Clinical trials: Nutritional Deficiency
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Prevalence of Oral Manifestations of Iron Deficiency Anemia in a Sample of Egyptian Population
According to WHO Reportin 2002, iron deficiency anemia was considered to be the most important contributing factor to the global burden of anemia.
- Trial name
- NCT03365570
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
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
Malnourished Children, Stunting of Growth
Comprehensive Nutritional Support for Children in Zambia (ZamCNC) - A Pilot Investigation
In a recently completed intervention study, more than 50% of children in Lusaka were found to be stunted by age two, even when nutritional supplements were provided.
- Trial name
- ZamCnC (NCT07153913)
- Testing
- Intensive growth support
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Günther Fink
Other Preterm Infants, Vitamin D Deficiency
The Effect of Vitamin D Administration to Premature Infants on Vitamin D Status and Respiratory Morbidity
This trial objective is to assess whether doubling the daily intake of vitamin D improves serum vitamin D levels and serves as primary prevention of respiratory infections and asthma in premature infants.
- Conditions
- Other Preterm Infants, Vitamin D Deficiency, Bronchiolitis, Asthma
- Trial name
- NCT02404623
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Soroka University Medical Center
Vitamin D Deficiency
Impact of Vitamin D Status on Bones in Breastfed Infants
Vitamin D deficiency is widespread and linked to decreased bone mineral content. Little data exists regarding the vitamin D status and the relationship of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) status to functional bone health outcomes in…
- Trial name
- NCT00697294
- Testing
- Tri-Vi-Sol
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Malnourished Children
Effect Of Probiotics Supplementation on Outcome Of Malnourished Children
The Outcome Of malnourished children who receive probiotics (Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium
- Trial name
- NCT06606951
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia
Palliative Care Needs of Children With Rare Diseases and Their Families
The palliative care needs of family caregivers of children with rare diseases and their children are largely unmet, including the need for support to prepare for future medical decision making.
- Conditions
- Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Arthrogryposis Congenita Multiplex With Intestinal Atresia, Asparagine Synthetase Deficiency, CHARGE Syndrome
- Trial name
- FACE-Rare (NCT06938542)
- Testing
- Family Centered pediatric palliative care for family caregivers of children with rare diseases.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Hypovitaminosis D
Vitamin D Status and the Adequacy of Vitamin D Intake in Early Preterm Infants
Vitamin D is an essential nutrient. Deficiency of vitamin D is widespread. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in early preterm infants is unknown.
- Trial name
- NCT01793402
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Healthy Lifestyle Promotion Program in Communities From the Yaqui Valley
The aim is to evaluate the change in indicators of lifestyle and its effect on cardiometabolic biomarkers as a response to an integrative mother-child intervention to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent food insecurity and…
- Trial name
- NUTRIGANDO (NCT05945862)
- Testing
- NUTRIGANDO
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora
Fanconi Anemia
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Treatment of Patients With Fanconi Anemia Lacking a Genotypically Identical Donor, Using Total Body Irradiation, Cyclophosphamide and Fludarabine
The purpose of this research study is to: (1) determine if the combination of low dose total body irradiation, low dose cyclophosphamide and the addition of fludarabine, and a serum to suppress the immune system can allow…
- Trial name
- NCT00595127
- Testing
- Cyclophosphamide, Fludarabine, Total body irradiation (TBI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Malnourished Children
Zinc Absorption From Zinc Biofortified Rice
a. To measure the amount of zinc absorbed from ZnBfR compared with the amount absorbed from CR and from CR fortified with added zinc, using the triple stable isotope tracer ratio technique in young children.
- Trial name
- NCT01346722
- Testing
- Diet-ZnBfR, Diet- CR, CR + Zn
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Deficiency Still Growing
Vitamin D deficiency has become one of the most prevalent health problems in modern society. However, there has been no study that has reported the trend of vitamin D status in Asia.
- Trial name
- NCT03304795
- Volunteers
- 39,759 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- DongGuk University
Insulin Resistance
Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Oral Glucose Tolerance Among Obese Adolescents
Childhood obesity is a rapidly growing epidemic in the US and the world. Current estimates suggest that 30% of our nation's children are either overweight ot obese.
- Trial name
- NCT01856946
- Testing
- 4,000 IU vitamin D3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri-Columbia
Diarrhea, Malnutrition
Randomized, Controlled Trial - Lactoferrin Prevention of Diarrhea in Children
Much has been learned in recent years about the mechanisms by which breastfeeding improves child health and survival. However, there has been little progress in using these insights to improve pediatric care.
- Trial name
- NCT00560222
- Testing
- bovine lactoferrin
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 555 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Zinc Deficiency, Child Nutrition Disorders
Daily Zinc Supplement Effect on Prevention of Diarrhea and Acute Respiratory Infections in Children Less Than Five Years
Zinc deficiency in children is a major problem which leads to compromised immunity and accordingly repeated infections. This study aims to investigate the effect of supplementing zinc to decrease the incidence of diarrhea and…
- Trial name
- RCTZ (NCT05002101)
- Testing
- zinc
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Iron-deficiency
The Effect of Lactoferrin and Dosing Regimen on Iron Absorption From a Maize-based Porridge in Kenyan Infants
The purpose of this study is to measure iron absorption from maize-based porridge fortified with either apo-lactoferrin, holo-lactoferrin or ferrous sulfate and to test whether there is an effect of these.
- Trial name
- NCT03617575
- Testing
- apo-Lactoferrin, holo-Lactoferrin, FeSO4
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Vitamin A Deficiency, Iron-deficiency
Impact of Food-to-Food Fortified Cereal Products on Diet Quality in Eldoret, Kenya
The overall hypotheses is that a product designed with optimized nutritional characteristics, based on consumer preferences and leveraging local nutrient dense ingredients, can successfully deliver nutrition through sustainable…
- Trial name
- KenyaMPS (NCT05882682)
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Purdue University
Malnutrition, Child
Community-based, Controlled, Open-label, Cluster-randomized Trial for the Reduction of Chronic Malnutrition in Children Under Two Years of Age, With Three Intervention Arms Grouped by Clusters, in Two Provinces in Southern Angola, Huíla and Cunene.
The severity of the stunting in the provinces of Huíla and Cunene, Angola, in children aged 6 to 59 months is considered to be very high, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of 2018.
- Trial name
- NCT05571280
- Testing
- Nutritional Supplementation, Money transfers, Standard intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Angola
- Volunteers
- 1,423 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
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
Diamond Blackfan Anemia, Dyskeratosis Congenita
Cancer in Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
Background: A prospective cohort of Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome (IBMFS) will provide new information regarding cancer rates and types in these disorders.
- Conditions
- Diamond Blackfan Anemia, Dyskeratosis Congenita, Fanconi Anemia, Shwachman Diamond Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT00027274
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)