Clinical trials: Acute Malnutrition
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Efficacy and Acceptability of RUTFs in Indonesia
Severe wasting or Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) continues to be a major public health problem in Indonesia, affecting more than 2 million children under 5 years old.
- Trial name
- NCT05614505
- Testing
- Ready to use therapeutic foods
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement
Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)
Development, Feasibility and Acceptability of Recipes for Locally Available, Specially Formulated Foods for the Management of Moderate Acute Malnutrition in Niger (Related to NCT06382857 Protocol)
The study consisted of two phases. Phase 1 was a recipe development phase, which aimed to identify recipes that meet ≥80% of the recommended nutrient profile for Specially Formulated Foods (SFF) used in the standard management of…
- Trial name
- LAF (NCT07506213)
- Testing
- Locally Available Food
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Malnutrition
Effectiveness Comparison of Three Supplementary Foods in the Treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition
The purpose of this study is to compare the recovery rates of moderately malnourished Malawian children treated with either milk-enriched corn/soy blend, soy/peanut fortified spread or a commercially produced ready-to-use therapy…
- Trial name
- NCT00998517
- Testing
- Soy/peanut fortified spread, Milk fortified corn/soy blend, Supplementary Plumpy®
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 2,712 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Leukemia, Lymphoma
Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride and Nutritional Supplementation in Treating Young Patients With Weight Loss With Cancer
RATIONALE: Cyproheptadine hydrochloride may help improve appetite and lessen weight loss caused by cancer or cancer treatment. It is not yet known whether cyproheptadine hydrochloride is more effective with or without nutritional…
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Lymphoma, Malnutrition, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT00949117
- Testing
- Ensure, PediaSure, cyproheptadine hydrochloride
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Malnutrition; Moderate
Effectiveness, Tolerability and Safety of Three Formulations in Underfives With Moderate Acute Malnutrition
This is a randomized clinical trial aimed at evaluating the effectiveness, tolerability and safety of standardized milk-based formulation, standardized non-milk based formulation and a hospital-based formulation in the management…
- Trial name
- NCT04323059
- Testing
- Standardized milk-based formulation
- Where
- 3 sites in Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Dr. Ekong E. Udoh
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in Severe Malnourished Children
1. RUTF would be more effective (quicker catch-up growth by promoting more tissue accrue resulting decrease stay in rehabilitation ward) in treating children with SAM during the rehabilitation phase than khichuri /halwa; 2.
- Trial name
- RUTF (NCT01331044)
- Testing
- Plumpy Nut, Khichuri and Halwa
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Acute Malnutrition, Severe
Reduced Dosage and/or Visitation Protocol for the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition in Kenya
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) places children at significant risk of mortality. Outpatient treatment programs are effective but there is a need to increase treatment coverage and reduce costs of treatment.
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Acute Malnutrition, Severe, Acute Malnutrition, Moderate, Wasting
- Trial name
- RSWITCH (NCT07420062)
- Testing
- WHO-reduced, WHO-full, Kenya-IMAM
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 2,274 people
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Moderate Acute Malnutrition
Ready to Use Supplementary Food in Moderate Childhood Malnutrition
Since 2001, Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) are widely used to treat severe malnutrition. Their efficacy and effectiveness were proven in community therapeutic care programs.
- Trial name
- NCT01147198
- Testing
- Ready to Use Supplementary Food, Premix CSB-oil treatment
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 570 people
- Sponsor
- Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Synbiotics for the Management of Malnutrition (Children)
In this study, dose related effect of synbiotics on the blood indices of severely acute malnourished (SAM) children (6-59 months) was carried out in hospitalized setting.
- Trial name
- NCT06722404
- Testing
- Standard therapeutic foods, Therapeutic foods plus Synbiotics
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore - Pakistan
Malnutrition, Child
Effectiveness of a Microbiome-directed Food to Promote Programmatic and Sustained Nutritional Recovery Among Children With Uncomplicated Acute Malnutrition
This study is an individually randomized controlled trial comparing microbiome-directed foods to standard nutritional therapy among children aged 6 to < 24 months with uncomplicated acute malnutrition in terms of programmatic…
- Trial name
- NCT06382857
- Testing
- MDF, RUTF, RUSF
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 7,356 people
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Severe Acute Malnutrition
The Effect of Routine Antibiotic Use in the Outpatient Treatment of Severely Malnourished Children Without Complications
This study will be conducted as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to compare routine antibiotic prescription vs.
- Trial name
- NCT01613547
- Testing
- Amoxicillin
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 2,412 people
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Malnutrition Severe, Antibiotic Resistance
First Line Antimicrobials in Children With Complicated Severe Acute Malnutrition
Children with severe malnutrition who are admitted sick to hospitals have a high mortality(death rate), usually because of infection.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition Severe, Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Toxicity
- Trial name
- FLACSAM (NCT03174236)
- Testing
- Ceftriaxone, Benzyl penicillin, Metronidazole
- Where
- 8 sites in Kenya, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Evaluating RISQ System Implementation in Acutely Malnourished Children in Chad (CRIMSON)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) system implementation on mortality and processes of care in a nutritional program treating children 6 to 59 months of…
- Trial name
- CRIMSON (NCT06123390)
- Testing
- The Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) System
- Where
- Chad
- Volunteers
- 14,671 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Acute Malnutrition in Infancy, Acute Malnutrition in Childhood
ComPAS Low-WAZ RCT Mali
Admissions criteria which treat children with only low mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) or children with low weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) are not aligned with the evidence on which children are at risk of mortality.
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition in Infancy, Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT05248516
- Testing
- Simplified dose of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), Standard dose of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), No nutritional treatment
- Where
- 11 sites in Mali
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- International Rescue Committee
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Performance of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference for Detection of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Indonesian Under-Fives
WHO recommends 11.5 cm as a cut-off point of Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) to detect and/or diagnose severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in under-five.
- Trial name
- NCT06545240
- Testing
- Mid-upper arm circumference
- Where
- 2 sites in Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 421 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Comparison of Treatment of SAM in Children 6-59 Months With RUTF and RUSF in Umerkot, Sindh, Pakistan
In Pakistan, around 15% of children under five are wasted, which is almost twice that of the global prevalence 7.5%. There is a demand for a reliable and consistent locally available severe acute malnutrition (SAM) treatment…
- Trial name
- NCT04174846
- Testing
- Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), Ready-to-use-supplementary food (RUSF)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Non-routine Use of Antibiotics (Amoxi-light)
To evaluate, in routine operational settings of treatment of uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in children aged 6-59 months, the risk of nutritional recovery and hospitalization with non-routine use of amoxicillin…
- Trial name
- NCT03370003
- Testing
- Standard medical care
- Volunteers
- 2,876 people
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Wasting
Simplified Treatment Protocol for Acute Malnutrition in Venezuela
Global acute malnutrition (GAM) in children under five is defined by being too thin for a given height and/or having the Mid-upper arm circumference less than a given threshold.
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Wasting, Child Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT05543759
- Testing
- Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)
- Where
- Venezuela
- Volunteers
- 307 people
- Sponsor
- UNICEF - Venezuela
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Nutritional Status in Children With ALL in Guatemala
This study proposes to investigate the association of nutritional status of a children assessed by body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TSFT), and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), with body composition, measured…
- Trial name
- NCT03471416
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Wasting, Moderate Acute Malnutrition
Effectiveness of Nutritional Products to Treat Moderate Acute Malnutrition
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an improved corn-soya blend (CSB+) and a new formulated ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) are effective in the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in children.
- Trial name
- NCT01898871
- Testing
- A daily ration of 40 kcal/kg of body weight during 56 days
- Where
- 2 sites in Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Food and Nutrition Research, Yaounde