Clinical trials: Poor Nutrition
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Increases Serum Levels of the Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Women With PCOS
The purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanism that explain the beneficial clinical effect of vitamin D treatment in women with PCOS.
- Trial name
- NCT03644212
- Testing
- Vitamin D3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maimonides Medical Center
Vitamin D Deficiency, Injuries
Vitamin D Status Among Competitive Female Gymnast and Swimmers After Winter Time
As indoor athletes, competitive gymnasts and swimmers can face the problem of a potential vitamin D deficiency. In the last decades, indoor sports participants have been faced with the problem of an institutionalized lifestyle…
- Conditions
- Vitamin D Deficiency, Injuries, Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Nutritional Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT03584256
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- University of Ljubljana
Undernutrition
Effectiveness of Small-Quantity vs Medium-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements for Prevention of Undernutrition in Young Children
Nutrition is essential for a child's growth, brain development, and protection from disease. While breastmilk provides the best nutrition for young infants, children older than six months may not get all the nutrients they need…
- Trial name
- NCT07451951
- Testing
- Medium-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement (MQ-LNS), Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement (SQ-LNS)
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,568 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Malnutrition, Diarrhea
WASH Benefits Bangladesh
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to measure the independent and combined effects of interventions that improve water quality, sanitation, hand washing, and nutrition on child growth and development in the first years…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Diarrhea, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT01590095
- Testing
- Water quality, Sanitation, Hand washing
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 5,040 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Malnutrition
Effectiveness of Child Centered Counseling on Child Nutrition Status
Hypothesis N°1: The "children growth promotion based on approach centered on their specific needs" enhances caretakers and health workers skills, knowledge and practices on breastfeeding, complementary feeding and child care.
- Trial name
- LUCOMAI (NCT01977365)
- Testing
- Growth promotion based on child centered approach
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 2,341 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso
Depression, Anxiety
SALSA (Health, Food and Sociability): Community Networks for Healthy Eating, Autonomy, and Social Interaction
Antecedents: Unwanted loneliness is associated with an increased risk of anxiety, depression, social isolation, and malnutrition.
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Social Support (Formal and Informal), Quality of Life (QOL)
- Trial name
- SALSA (NCT06800027)
- Testing
- SALSA group intervention: Going to lunch at the restaurant in a group and attending healthy eating workshops.
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Short Bowel Syndrome, Malabsorption
Teen and Young Adult Connections for Support From Multidisciplinary Professionals & Peers
12 month study testing mobile delivery of health information and connections to professionals and peers to improve health of teen/young adult HPN users.
- Conditions
- Short Bowel Syndrome, Malabsorption, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT02987569
- Testing
- mConnect plus mobile connections to multidisciplinary professionals & peers, iPad use plus one mobile connections to multidisciplinary professionals & peers
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Obesity, Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Supplementation in Psychiatric Illnesses
Children and adolescents with psychiatric illnesses who are treated with medications called second generation antipsychotic agents (SGA) often gain excessive weight during their treatment with these medications.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Vitamin D Deficiency, Psychosis, Schizophrenia
- Trial name
- VDSS (NCT01004354)
- Testing
- Ergocalciferols
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Head and Neck Cancer
Efficacy of EPA-enriched Supplement in Malnourished Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergone Surgery
The purpose of this study is to study the effects of EPA-enriched supplement compared with conventional supplement in malnourished head and neck cancer patients undergone surgery. Primary outcome is perioperative weight changing.
- Trial name
- NCT02321631
- Testing
- EPA-enriched supplement, standard formula supplement
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Prince of Songkla University
Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, Vitamin D Deficiency
Supplementation With Vitamin D to Patients With Heart Failure (D-Heart).
In 200 patients with documented systolic heart failure give supplementation with vitamin D in those with a 25-OH- vitamin D < 50nmol/L - or placebo.
- Trial name
- D-Heart (NCT03289637)
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Linkoeping University
Stunting, Wasting
Weight Patterns in the Month After Birth
This is a prospective cohort study that will be conducted in four low income countries to describe newborn weight patterns in the first month after birth and their association with clinical and demographic factors including…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Wasting, Undernutrition, Feeding Patterns
- Trial name
- NCT04025827
- Testing
- Dietary intake
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Guinea-Bissau and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 741 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Skeletal Muscle Ultrasonography
Skeletal Muscle Ultrasonography in Detection of Malnutrition
To detect the role of Skeletal Muscle Ultrasonography in Detection of Malnutrition and Prediction of The Outcome among critically ill children.
- Trial name
- NCT06382766
- Testing
- Skeletal Muscle Ultrasonography
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Overnutrition, Undernutrition
Early Life Nutritional Exposures and Long-term Health and Cognitive Outcomes
This study aims to investigate the relationship of the various exposures during infancy and childhood on later health and development of adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT01979770
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 529 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Acute Malnutrition With no Complications
Effectiveness of an Alternative Protocol in the Management of Acute Malnutrition
This experimental study aims to test an alternative protocol for managing acute malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months in Burkina Faso.
- Trial name
- Alternat-MAL (NCT06792370)
- Testing
- ready-to-use therapeutic food (for children with MAM), Ready-to-use supplementary food, Ready to Use Therapeutic Food - Reduced dose 1
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 3,521 people
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso
Obesity
Nutrition Intervention and Play Group Exercise for Low-income Latinas
Obesity among Mexican-American women has the potential to become a public health crisis. Hispanics are one of the fastest growing minority populations in the United States and the prevalence of obesity in Mexican American woman…
- Trial name
- CHICOS (NCT00454948)
- Testing
- Home-based nutrition sessions and play group exercise, Group-based nutrition sessions and mail-out activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Folic Acid Deficiency
Serum Folic Acid Status, Genotyping MTHFR 677C-->T, Plasma Homocysteine, DNA Methylation of IGF2 Gene and Microbiota of the Children: Mother-Children Cohort Study
This study is part of the East Jakarta Cohort Study to assess the current micronutrient status of the mothers and their children.
- Trial name
- NCT04096521
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 254 people
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Malnutrition
Nutrition Supplementation in Cardiovascular Surgery Patients
This randomized controlled pilot study evaluates the use of oral nutritional supplementation in nutritionally at-risk cardiovascular surgery patients.
- Trial name
- NutriSuP-CVS (NCT02961205)
- Testing
- Oral Nutritional Supplementation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Pediatric Obesity, Food Insecurity
Nutrition and Obesity in Under-Represented Populations: Food Insecurity Research to Advance Science and Improve Health
Food insecurity is associated with obesity in children, and childhood obesity leads to long term health consequences. While existing research shows that food benefit programs reduce food insecurity, little is known about the…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Food Insecurity, Nutrition, Healthy, Nutrition Poor
- Trial name
- NOURISH (NCT06116422)
- Testing
- Grocery intervention - unrestricted, Grocery intervention - restricted
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Vitamin D Deficiency
Effects of Antarctic Environment on Vitamin D Status and Health Risk Biomarkers of Its Inhabitants
The purpose of this study is to evaluate vitamin D (VD) deficiency in the population of Chilean Antarctica and evaluate the efficacy and safety of VD supplementation to decrease VD deficiency and favorably influence biomarkers…
- Trial name
- AntarD (NCT02930434)
- Testing
- cholecalciferol
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
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
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