Yunus, Fakir Md
Jalal, Chowdhury
Afsana, Kaosar
Podder, Rajib
Vandenberg, Albert
DellaValle, Diane M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3855-432X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Global Institute for Food Security
Nutrition International (10-1800-UNISAS-02)
Article History
Received: 11 September 2018
Accepted: 20 March 2019
First Online: 2 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study received ethical approval from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada (reference Bio#17–177), Marywood University, USA (reference IRB#1139116–2) and the Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC: reference BMRC/NREC/2016–2019/455). Each ethical body will be informed separately about any changes to the trial protocol. Adolescents and their families will be informed separately about the purpose of the study, the procedures to be used, and the benefits to be derived from the study. Two separate written informed consent forms for parents/guardians and participants (adolescents) will be a prerequisite to recruitment of the subjects. Adolescents with severe anemia will be symptomatically treated for Fe deficiency. The study will conform to all regulations of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB). A mid-term assessment of biochemical outcomes will be independently analyzed by the members of the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) to detect any adverse outcome. All participants will receive explanations about the objectives, importance, risks, and benefits of the research before recruitment. Participation will be completely voluntary, and appropriate written informed consent will be obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. CJ is an employee of Nutrition International (NI), which provided partial funding for the implementation of the study. However, the funding was provided after the study was conceptualized and the proposal drafted.
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