Clinical trials: Growth Modification
Stunting, Underweight
Spirulina Supplementation and Infant Growth, Morbidity and Motor Development
Background: In developing countries, micronutrient deficiency in infants is associated with growth faltering, morbidity, and delayed motor development.
- Conditions
- Stunting, Underweight, Pneumonia, Pneumocystis, Cough
- Trial name
- NCT03523182
- Testing
- Spirulina, Control
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 501 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Programme Against Malnutrition
Fetal Growth Abnormalities, Fetal Weight
Impact of AI Feedback on Ultrasound Biometry Accuracy Across the Expertise Levels
Objective: To evaluate the impact of real-time AI feedback on fetal biometry accuracy and investigate the Expertise Reversal Effect-whether AI benefits diminish as user experience increases.
- Trial name
- NCT07476638
- Testing
- AI interventional group
- Where
- 3 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation
Unrecognized Condition
Nutrition Behavior on Micronutrient Among Growth Children in Central Highland of Ethiopia: Cluster Randomized Trial.
Hypotheses of the study 1. Mothers/ caregivers who have less knowledge and attitude about the prevention of IDD their table salt obtained from in the households has less quantity of iodide than those mothers/ caregivers who might…
- Trial name
- NCT04846062
- Testing
- nutrition behavior intervention
- Volunteers
- 1,012 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jimma University
Dietary Intervention
Growth of Infants Fed New Starter Formula
The purpose of this study is to assess the growth of infants fed a novel starter formula containing synbiotics and different protein levels, compared to a standard starter infant formula, during the first four months of life.
- Trial name
- NCT01079208
- Testing
- test starter infant formula, test starter infant formula with synbiotics, control standard formula
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 297 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Underweight, Stunting
Evaluation Research of the Nutrition Interventions in the INHP II Areas of CARE India
This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of CARE India's Integrated Nutrition and Health Program (INHP II) to reduce malnutrition among children 0-23 months of age.
- Conditions
- Underweight, Stunting, Wasting, Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT00198835
- Testing
- Maternal nutrition and infant feeding advice
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 17,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Stunting, Malnutrition, Child
Effectiveness of SNF and SBCC to Prevent Stunting Among Children in Afghanistan: a Quasi-experimental Study
Over the years, there has been some progress made in reducing stunting in Afghanistan, the prevalence remains high with half of the provinces experiencing rates above the WHO alert threshold.
- Trial name
- NCT04581993
- Testing
- Super Cereal - wheat soya blend with sugar, Lipid-based nutrient supplement-medium quantity (LNS-MQ), Social and behavior change communication (SBCC)
- Where
- Afghanistan
- Volunteers
- 33,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Changes in Nerve Electro Physiologic Properties in Children Before and After Correction of Malnutrition
The goal of this clinical trail study is to measure neurophysiologic parameters to assess the effect of malnutrition on the peripheral nervous system and their response to treatment in three categories (SAM, severe wasting, and…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT05891457
- Testing
- Nutritional Intervention
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Weight Gain
Effect of Olive Oil Massage on Growth in Preterm Low Birth Weight Neonate: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
STUDY TITLE: Effect of olive oil massage on growth of preterm low birth weight neonate: A randomized controlled clinical trial." SUMMARY: Preterm low birth weight (LBW) babies have more the risk of the neurological complications…
- Trial name
- NCT05944991
- Testing
- Olive oil message
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Undernutrition, Stunting
The Effectiveness of HBM-based Education Program on Improve Knowledge and Behaviors
The randomized controlled trial design with one intervention arm (nutrition education and complementary feeding) and one control (usual care) arm (1:1 ratio).
- Conditions
- Undernutrition, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT05517395
- Testing
- health nutrition education, usual care
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Weight Gain
Post Disaster Nutrition Intervention for Under-two-year-old Children in Lombok Indonesia
In 2018, multiple earthquake with magnitude range from 6 to 7 hit Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. Following the situational analysis and baseline study in December 2018 (4 months after the first…
- Trial name
- NIELombok (NCT03895398)
- Testing
- nutrition and psychosocial intervention with community participatory
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition
Nutrition, Growth
Impact of Diet and Nutrition on Growth and Development in Young Children
The association between nutrition in early life and its long-term health consequences has long been known. However, there is a scarcity of scientific evidence on how nutritional status affects child growth and development in…
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Growth, Development, Stunting
- Trial name
- DIGEST (NCT06018636)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 832 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Khyber Medical University Peshawar
Stunting, Wasting
Complementary Food Supplements for Reducing Childhood Undernutrition
The purpose of this study is to test the impact on child growth of three specially formulated complementary food supplements vs. Plumpy'Doz, a previously tested, commercially available complementary food, and vs.
- Trial name
- NCT01562379
- Testing
- Wheat Soy Blend (WSB++), Chickpea based complementary food supplement, Rice based complementary food supplement
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 5,449 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Body Weight Changes
Clinical Trial of Infant Formula-fed
Compared with breast milk and another commercially available formula, infants' growth rate after 12 weeks' Friso formula with different ways of processing feeding will be assessed.
- Trial name
- NCT02715895
- Testing
- Friso, Wyeth, Breast milk
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Hainan Province
Body Weight Changes
Clinical Trial of Infant Formula-fed
Compared with breast milk and another commercially available formula, infants' growth rate after 12 weeks' Friso formula with low glycation feeding will be assessed.
- Trial name
- NCT02621814
- Testing
- Low glycation formula feeding, Commercially common formula feeding
- Where
- 6 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 224 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Healthy, no Evidence of Disease, Obesity
Study of a Smart Growth Community's Effect on Prevention of Obesity in Middle-, Moderately Low- and Low-Income Families
RATIONALE: Overweight and obesity have been associated with multiple types of disease, including cancer. Living in a smart growth community may encourage behaviors that would reduce the risk of obesity.
- Conditions
- Healthy, no Evidence of Disease, Obesity, Weight Changes
- Trial name
- NCT00986011
- Testing
- questionnaire administration, study of socioeconomic and demographic variables, survey administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 780 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Infant Malnutrition, Cognitive Change
Integrating Infant Feeding Counselling With Psychosocial Stimulation to Improve Child Growth and Development in Urban Slum of Bangladesh
Undernutrition and poor cognitive development affect many children under 5 in developing countries, who are exposed to multiple risk factors including poverty, malnutrition, poor health, and unstimulating home environments.
- Trial name
- NCT03040375
- Testing
- Peer counselling
- Volunteers
- 365 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Anemia, Growth Retardation
Creating Homestead Agriculture for Nutrition and Gender Equity (CHANGE) in Burkina Faso
The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term impact of the Enhanced Homestead Food Production Program implemented by HKI on household food security and nutritional status, as well as the impact on including additional…
- Trial name
- CHANGE (NCT02236468)
- Testing
- Enhanced-Homestead Food Production Program (old), WASH/malaria behavior change, LNS distribution
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 2,747 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Stunting, Wasting
Impact Evaluation of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) on Stunting Among Under-five Children
The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) on prevalence of stunting among under-five children in low income setting of Pakistan.
- Conditions
- Stunting, Wasting, Anemia, Nutrient Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT06025786
- Testing
- Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 13,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Exclusive Breastfeeding, Feeding Patterns
SPOON: Sustained Program for Improving Nutrition - Mexico
The primary goal of this study is to assess the impact of an innovative strategy to prevent undernutrition and obesity in early childhood in children 0-24 months in Mexico.
- Conditions
- Exclusive Breastfeeding, Feeding Patterns, Stunting, Obesity, Childhood
- Trial name
- NCT03752762
- Testing
- SQ-LNS, SPOON behavioral change strategy
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inter-American Development Bank
HIV, Pregnancy
Maternal Determinants of HIV-exposed and HIV-unexposed Fetal Growth, Birth Outcomes and Early Infant Growth
The purpose of this study is to understand how differences in the nutritional status and concentration of hormones and cytokines associated with cachexia in HIV+ and HIV- pregnant women living in a semi-rural and rural region of…
- Conditions
- HIV, Pregnancy, Malnutrition, Cachexia
- Trial name
- NCT01647841
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 218 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University