Clinical trials: Nutrition Therapy
Asthma, Obesity
Reducing Socioeconomic Disparities in Health at Pediatric Visits
This research project is aimed to assess the effectiveness and impact of a pediatric-based intervention aimed at reducing low-income families' unmet material needs (food, housing, employment, childcare, household heat, education…
- Conditions
- Asthma, Obesity, Health Care Utilization, Health Care Disparities
- Trial name
- WECARE01 (NCT02451059)
- Testing
- WE CARE survey, WE CARE Community Resource Handout, Patient Navigator
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,205 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
Premature Infant
Amino Acids Profiles in Premature Infants Receiving Nutritional Support
The aim of this study is to investigate the changes of amino acid metabolic profiles in different nutritional stages of preterm infants and determine the effects of nutritional intervention on the amino acid metabolic status of…
- Trial name
- NCT03100305
- Testing
- Collection of blood and urine
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Food Insecurity, Kidney Transplant
Vouchers for Improving Transplant Access to Lifestyle Nutrition - Kidney Transplant
This study evaluates the effect of a six-month fruit and vegetable voucher program on satisfaction, dietary quality, and health outcomes among pediatric and young adult kidney transplant recipients experiencing food insecurity.
- Trial name
- VITAL-KT (NCT06953336)
- Testing
- Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Support Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Childhood Obesity
Exercise and Behavioral Therapy in Obese Children
The aim of this study is to compare the effects of exercise training and family-based behavioral treatment, either in individual or in group setting, in pre-pubertal children and their mother.
- Trial name
- NCT01506245
- Testing
- Family-based behavioral therapy
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
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
Pediatric Obesity, Weight Loss
Our Lifestyles Our Lives
The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of step goals with pedometers to improve children's weight loss, physical activity, and psychosocial health during behavioral treatment.
- Trial name
- OLOL (NCT02965729)
- Testing
- Family-based weight management, Pedometer, Individualized step goals
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
HIV Infection, HIV Infections
Reassessment of the Nutritional Status in Thai Orphans Living With HIV in a Family Style Community
To reassess nutritional status of HIV-infected Thai children living in the family style community after receiving nutrition support program for 6 months.
- Trial name
- TACHIN003-1 (NCT01002612)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 73 people
- Sponsor
- Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
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
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Gemcabene for the Treatment of Pediatric NAFLD
This is a multicenter, prospective, open-label, Phase 2, proof of concept study to test preliminary efficacy and safety of gemcabene in children with established nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) incompletely treated by…
- Trial name
- NCT03436420
- Testing
- Gemcabene
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Obesity
A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of a Self-regulation Program to Treat Pediatric Obesity
The objective of this study is to pilot test, evaluate and compare the effects of Cue Reactivity and Sensitivity Training (CRST) and Children's Appetite Awareness Training (CAAT) in 48 children aged 8-12 years old.
- Trial name
- ROC (NCT01442142)
- Testing
- CAAT: Appetite Awareness, CRST: Volcravo, Combined CAAT and CRST program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 236 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
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
Premature Birth, Birth Weight
Fresh RX: NHS 2020
This study is an evaluation of the Fresh Rx: Nourishing Healthy Starts program administered by Operation Food Search, a St. Louis-based nonprofit organization.
- Conditions
- Premature Birth, Birth Weight, Post Partum Depression, Health Care Utilization
- Trial name
- NCT04845230
- Testing
- FreshRx Nourishing Healthy Starts
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Dengue, Viral Infection
Metformin in Dengue With Obesity
This study aims to investigate the effect of metformin as host-directed therapy in obese/overweight patients with dengue Primary Objective To evaluate the safety and tolerability of metformin in obese/overweight young adults and…
- Conditions
- Dengue, Viral Infection, Metformin, Anti-inflammatory Agents
- Trial name
- MeDO (NCT04377451)
- Testing
- Metformin
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam
Childhood Obesity, Dyslipidemia
Nutritional Treatment of Overweight Adolescents With Cardiovascular Risk Factors (PowerUp)
This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of two diets, a low glycemic load diet and a low saturated fat diet, in the treatment of adolescents with some heart disease risk factors associated with being overweight, such as…
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Dyslipidemia, Insulin Resistance, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT00477477
- Testing
- Diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Type1diabetes
Family-Based Behavioral Medical Nutrition Therapy Education in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is a heterogeneous condition and is an absolute insulin deficiency resulting from autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic β-cells (1).
- Trial name
- NCT05411952
- Testing
- Medical nutrition therapy and carbohydrate counting education, No intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Hasan Kalyoncu University
Hypopituitarism, Hypogonadism
Detection and Treatment of Endocrine Abnormalities in Childhood Cancer Survivors and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients
This study will determine the prevalence of endocrine-related side effects in children who have been treated for cancer and establish a database and registry organized according to cancer diagnosis, treatments and endocrine side…
- Conditions
- Hypopituitarism, Hypogonadism, Thyroid Dysfunction, Bone Diseases, Metabolic
- Trial name
- NCT00504218
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Obesity, Child
Kids Obesity Prevention Program - Study (KOP)
Obesity and its associated comorbidities are becoming a key and rapidly growing public health problem. The cause of obesity is an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure in favor of the former.
- Trial name
- KOP (NCT02551978)
- Testing
- The serious game KOP
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Tuebingen
Nutrition Aspect of Cancer, Stem Cell Transplant Complications
Study on Intelligent Nutrition Support Therapy for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients
The use of high-dose radiotherapy, chemotherapy and preventive antibiotics in the preconditioning regimen before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation can easily lead to damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa…
- Trial name
- NCT05590091
- Testing
- Parenteral nutrition;Enteral nutrition
- Volunteers
- 106 people
- Sponsor
- Hebei Yanda Ludaopei Hospital
Pediatric Obesity, Implementation
Parks & Pediatrics Fit Together
The proposed project will test an implementation strategy (the "TrailGuide") for delivering an existing model of pediatric obesity treatment ("Fit Together") that has demonstrated ability to meet published recommendations for…
- Trial name
- NCT05455190
- Testing
- Fit Together, Educational materials
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Overweight, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Treatment of Overweight Induced by Antipsychotic Medication in Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether metformin is safe and effective in the treatment of weight or weight gain in young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) who are currently taking atypical antipsychotic…
- Trial name
- MET (NCT01825798)
- Testing
- Metformin
- Where
- 4 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital