Clinical trials: Preventing Malnutrition
Child Malnutrition
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Four Formulations of Food Supplements for the Prevention of Wasting and Stunting in Burkina Faso
This research will serve as a follow-up on the review of Title II commodities performed by the Food Aid Quality Review at Tufts University in October 2011.
- Trial name
- FAQR-Burkina (NCT02071563)
- Testing
- CSB14, RUSF1, SC+
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 6,039 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Malnutrition, Malaria
Effectiveness of Nutritional Supplementation in Preventing Malnutrition in Children With Infection
The purpose of this study is to determine whether 14 days nutritional supplementation with Ready to use therapeutic Food (RUTF) or micronutrients alone to children having an infection will prevent malnutrition and reduce the…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Malaria, Lower Respiratory Tract Infection, Diarrhoea
- Trial name
- NCT01154803
- Testing
- Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), Micronutrient Powder (MNP)
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 2,213 people
- Sponsor
- Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands
Malnutrition
Preventing Malnutrition in Children Under Two Years of Age Approach
A study conducted by IFPRI in Haiti provided the first programmatic evidence, using a cluster randomized evaluation design, that preventing child undernutrition in children under two years of age (PM2A) through an integrated…
- Trial name
- NCT01072279
- Testing
- Tubaramure (Burundi), Procomida (Guatemala)
- Where
- 2 sites in Burundi, Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 16,895 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Overweight and/or Obesity, Children - Malnutrition
Family-Based Nutrition Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity in School-Age Children.
This proposal aims to enhance the well being of schoolchildren and their families through a mobile application and multidisciplinary intervention model grounded in authoritative parenting principles and social cognitive theory.
- Conditions
- Overweight and/or Obesity, Children - Malnutrition, Preventing Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT07159971
- Testing
- School B, Control
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Claudia Teresa Tovar Palacio
Malnutrition, Manihot Species Poisoning
Caregiver Training to Prevent Konzo Disease in Children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
The proposed research adapted the caregiver training and child neurodevelopmental assessment capacity that the PI previously built in Uganda beginning in 2008, to a community-based intervention model for the prevention of konzo…
- Trial name
- NCT04036708
- Testing
- Wetting method (WTM), Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers (MISC)
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 238 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Malnutrition, Child, Wasting Disease
Cash Plus Interventions for Prevention of Acute Malnutrition in Children Under 5 and Their Mothers in Somalia
This trial studied different combinations of cash assistance to families that live in food insecure areas of Somalia and aimed to understand if this cash assistance provided reduced malnutrition of children and mothers.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Wasting Disease, Stunting, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT06642012
- Testing
- Cash only, Cash + Social Behavior Change Communication, Cash + top-up cash
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Somalia
- Volunteers
- 3,384 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Malnutrition
Different Strategies for Preventing Severe Acute Malnutrition in Niger
Options for large-scale preventive distributions include fortified blended flours, ready-to-use foods and direct cash transfer either alone or in combination with family protective rations.
- Trial name
- NCT01828814
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 7,836 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Child Malnutrition, Infant Morbidity
Effectiveness of Nutritional Supplementation in Preventing Malnutrition in Children With Infection in Karamoja, Uganda
The purpose of this study is to determine whether 14 days nutritional supplementation with Ready to use therapeutic Food (RUTF) or micronutrients alone to children having an infection will prevent malnutrition and reduce the…
- Trial name
- MSF-nutcon03 (NCT01497236)
- Testing
- Dietary Supplement: Nutrition supplement with RUTF or MNP
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 2,202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medecins Sans Frontieres, Spain
Lumbar Hyperlordosis, Athletic Injuries
Effectiveness of Abdominal Muscle Strengthening and Pelvic Control in the Prevention of Dance Injuries
Introduction. After observing the lack of lumbo-pelvic control and the difficulty in identifying the musculature used when performing the different dance positions, it was decided to carry out an exercise intervention to…
- Trial name
- NCT05771233
- Testing
- Prevention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Murcia
Nutrition Disorders
Preventing Malnutrition and Restoring Nutritional Status in Hospitalized Children
This cluster-randomized trial will evaluate the impact of a multifaceted intervention (including electronic medical alerts) coordinated by a Nutritional Support Team, on adherence to recommended practices for care of starved…
- Trial name
- PREDIRE (NCT01081587)
- Testing
- Access to a Computerized Clinical Decision Support System (CCDDS), Education of Healthcare workers, Local assistance by a dietician
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,457 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Tumor, Solid, Children
Standardized Nutritional Management of Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors
The purpose of this study is to establish a standardized nutrition intervention procedure for children with solid tumors, and to explore the effectiveness and clinical applicability of standardized nutrition management and short…
- Conditions
- Tumor, Solid, Children, Nutritional Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT06730204
- Testing
- Standardized nutritional management, Standardized nutritional management + short peptide ONS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Visceral Leishmaniasis
A Community Trial for Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL)
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) / Kala-azar (KA) is a public health problem in the many countries in the world including Bangladesh. Where more than 90,000 VL cases have been reported since 1994. The disease is fatal if not treated.
- Trial name
- NCT01069198
- Testing
- Albendazole, Iron, Zinc and Vitamin A
- Where
- 2 sites in Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Underweight, Wasting
Preventing Infant Malnutrition With Early Supplementation
Background: Worldwide, more than 50 million children under 5 years of age are wasted (weight-for-length/height Z-score (WLZ) <-2) and over 150 million children under 5 are stunted (length/height-for-age Z-score (LAZ) <-2); such…
- Conditions
- Underweight, Wasting, Stunting, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- PRIMES (NCT04704076)
- Testing
- ESVS, Exclusive breastfeeding
- Where
- 2 sites in Guinea-Bissau, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 324 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco