Clinical trials: Nutrition Processes
Malnutrition
Women's Work in Agriculture and Infant Nutrition
Background Over the last 10 years there has been an increase in the female agriculture labour force, in Pakistan, resulting in a feminisation of agriculture; which could have either a positive or negative impact on maternal and…
- Trial name
- WWAN (NCT03406182)
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Psoriasis, Obesity
Cross-sectional Evaluation of Biological Markers of Cardiovascular Disease in Children and Adolescents With Psoriasis
Hypothesis 1: Patients with psoriasis will have clinical and laboratory assessments differing from control patients. Hypothesis 2: Patients with psoriasis will have laboratory alterations that correlate with other clinical…
- Conditions
- Psoriasis, Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT01122095
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
Dysbiosis, Cardiometabolic Health Indicators
Pulse Education and Children
This parallel-arm, randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effectiveness of a 6-week pulse-focused nutrition intervention in school-aged children (6-13 years).
- Conditions
- Dysbiosis, Cardiometabolic Health Indicators, Education on Feeding and Health Status, Gut Motility
- Trial name
- NCT07648446
- Testing
- Education Only, Education + Pulse Provision, Cooking Class
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Malnutrition, Child, Enteropathy
Study of Environmental Enteropathy and Malnutrition in Pakistan
Environmental Enteropathy (EE) is an acquired sub-clinical inflammatory gut condition in which alterations in intestinal structure, function, and local and systemic immune activation lead to impaired vaccine responses, decreased…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Enteropathy, Vaccine Response Impaired, Stunting
- Trial name
- SEEM (NCT03588013)
- Testing
- Nutritional education, Ready to Use Therapeutic Food, Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with biopsy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 416 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Disease
Meta-analyses of Liquid Versus Solid Calories and Body Weight
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to rising rates of overweight and obesity. The most prominent mechanism to explain the link between SSBs and obesity is that liquid calories are not perceived by the…
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Disease, Cardiovascular Diseases, Prediabetic State
- Trial name
- NCT02702440
- Testing
- Liquid calories from sugars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- John Sievenpiper
Chronic Pancreatitis
The Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis
To develop a new standardized multimodal diagnostic approach to CP considering: WP 1: Fat in faeces and functional testing; the combination of tests has to be easy to practice, should take as little time as possible and…
- Trial name
- NCT01059669
- Testing
- diagnostic test
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Haukeland University Hospital
Type 2 Diabetes, Chronic Disease
PRE-STARt Intervention - Trial of an Interactive Family Based Lifestyle Programme
To investigate whether the interactive family based lifestyle programme leads to behaviour change at 6 months with the primary outcome being increased levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes, Chronic Disease, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT02845791
- Testing
- Interactive Lifestyle programme workshop
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 318 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals, Leicester
Infant Nutrition Disorders, Health Behavior
Sharing Histories: Test of a Teaching Method for Community Health Workers
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an innovative methodology for training Community Health Workers that will improve their effectiveness in educating mothers to adopt best practice health behaviors in…
- Trial name
- NCT02903602
- Testing
- Sharing Histories training method for CHW, Standard training method for CHW
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Future Generations Graduate School
Water-Related Diseases
SAFEWATER Health & Behaviour Impact Field Trials; Mexico
At least 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water that is faecally contaminated and thus likely to lead to diarrheal illness: nearly 1,000 children die each day due to water and sanitation-related diarrhoeal…
- Trial name
- NCT04736615
- Testing
- SAFEWATER systems for drinking water disinfection, Behavior change interventions
- Where
- 3 sites in Colombia, Mexico
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Inflammation
Effect of HCCD Supplemented With Omega-3 Fatty-Acids on Inflammation in Healthy, Overweight Subjects
The purpose of this study is to examine the anti inflammatory effect of high complex carbohydrate diet, supplemented by omega-3 fatty acids.
- Trial name
- HCCD (NCT00504478)
- Testing
- omega-3 fatty acids, high complex carbohydrate diet
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Towards Personalized Nutrition With SCAPIS2-HOME
The Swedish CardioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS) is a nationwide, open-access, population-based cohort in Sweden designed to study cardiovascular disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Trial name
- NCT06992921
- Testing
- Dietary intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 1,641 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chalmers University of Technology
Malnutrition, Child
Effectiveness of a Positive Deviance Program in Reducing Childhood Undernutrition
Globally, childhood malnutrition remains a public health concern. Malnutrition can be diverse from undernutrition to overnutrition.
- Trial name
- NCT04688515
- Testing
- Nutrition program developed using positive deviance approach
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Schistosomiasis, Anemia
Schistosomiasis Effect on Response to Vaccines, Anaemia and Nutritional Status of Children of Northern Senegal
SchistoVAN aims to study the role of schistosomiasis infection in the modulation of the immune response of children to childhood vaccine antigens, as well as the impact of this infection on their nutritional status and their…
- Conditions
- Schistosomiasis, Anemia, Underweight, Stunting
- Trial name
- SchistoVAN (NCT01553552)
- Where
- Senegal
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biomedical Research Center EPLS
Childhood Obesity, Endothelial Dysfunction
Mechanisms of Atherogenesis During Post-prandial Time in Childhood Obesity
Childhood obesity is increasing at a fast pace, together with its complications. The aim of the present study is to assess several candidate triggering agents, mechanisms and intermediate phenotypes of atherosclerosis during the…
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Endothelial Dysfunction, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT01502826
- Testing
- standardized mixed meal
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universita di Verona
Atrial Fibrillation, Adiposity
The Role of Adipokines In Atrial Fibrillation
The principal aim of the present study is to analyze adiponectin, omentin-1, apelin and visfatin plasma levels in patients with and without AF in an effort to identify their potential role in the development of AF.
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation, Adiposity, Adiponectin, Visceral Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03592732
- Testing
- Blood sample
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Athens
Stunting, Dietary Deficiency
Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia
The causes of malnutrition are complex and addressing the problem requires integrated action among various sectors. Globally, much attention has been given to nutrition-specific interventions to address the immediate causes of…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Dietary Deficiency, Anemia
- Trial name
- SURE (NCT04694898)
- Testing
- Standard programme, SURE intervention
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,292 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Childhood Obesity, Insulin Resistance
Leipzig Adipose Tissue Childhood Cohort
In this study the investigators hypothesize that pathological alterations in adipose tissue biology already occur during the development and progression of obesity in children and adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT02208141
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leipzig
Undernutrition, Anemia
Effect of Moringa Royal Jelly on the Nutritional Status and Cognitive Level of Adolescent Girls
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a locally developed supplement called MRJ - a combination of Moringa oleifera (drumstick tree) extract and royal jelly - can improve the nutritional status and cognitive…
- Conditions
- Undernutrition, Anemia, Stunting, Cognitive Function 1, Social
- Trial name
- MRJ (NCT07037498)
- Testing
- Moringa Oleifera
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 372 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hasanuddin University
Cognitive Performance, Inflammation
Peanut Consumption on Cognitive, Weight, and Inflammation
A multi-school, two-arm parallel cluster-randomized controlled trial will be conducted in 200 healthy young adolescents from Barcelona (Spain) to evaluate the effect of peanut consumption on cognitive performance, weight…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Performance, Inflammation, Weight Change, Body, Adolescents
- Trial name
- PEANUTY (NCT06127511)
- Testing
- Food (peanut)
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Barcelona
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