Clinical trials: Underweight
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
Overweight, Childhood, Obesity, Childhood
Prevalence of Obesity and Overweight in Primary School Children in the Rhein-Neckar Region in Germany
The study will determine the weight status in primary school children in the Rhein-Neckar Region in Germany and will analyse the development of height and weight in these children during the time of COVID-19 related restrictions…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Childhood, Obesity, Childhood, Child Development, Overweight and Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05077059
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Adipositasnetzwerk Rhein-Neckar e.V.
Neurodevelopment, Child Growth
Building Opportunities for Nurturing Care to Enhance Child Development in Eastern and Southern Africa
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to adapt and test a package of interventions to provide nurturing care for children aged 0-2 years in three countries (Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe).
- Trial name
- BONDS (NCT07430826)
- Testing
- Friendship Bench, Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Curriculum, Play-Based Curriculum
- Volunteers
- 1,260 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Anemia, Stunting
School Lunch Program (SLP) Towards Nutrition Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Nutrition Status of Adolescents
The main objective of this study is to assess the impact of the school lunch program and nutrition education towards the change in knowledge, attitude, and behavior on balanced nutrition and clean and healthy lifestyle behavior…
- Conditions
- Anemia, Stunting, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT03638557
- Testing
- Nutritious Lunch
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 413 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Pertanian Bogor
Overweight Adolescents, Underweight
Building Healthy Food Environment in Schools: Evaluating Co-created Interventions in Low Resource Settings. #BetterNutrition4Adolescent
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a multicomponent nutrition program developed together with the students, parents, teachers and canteen operators will improve nutrition status of adolescents.
- Conditions
- Overweight Adolescents, Underweight, Obese Adolescents
- Trial name
- NCT07332676
- Testing
- Multicomponent school nutrition intervention, Usual nutrition program
- Where
- 2 sites in India, Nepal
- Volunteers
- 2,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Undernutrition, Stunting
The Effectiveness of HBM-based Education Program on Improve Knowledge and Behaviors
The randomized controlled trial design with one intervention arm (nutrition education and complementary feeding) and one control (usual care) arm (1:1 ratio).
- Conditions
- Undernutrition, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT05517395
- Testing
- health nutrition education, usual care
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Malnutrition, Stunting
Child Health, Nutrition and Microbiome Development
Childhood malnutrition is a global public health issue with devastating consequences on the health, well-being, and psychosocial development of children.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight
- Trial name
- CHAMP (NCT05793294)
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Khyber Medical University Peshawar
Food Insecurity, Stunting
Scaling up Small-Scale Food Processing to Promote Food Security Among Women Farmers in Rural Vietnam
This repeated measures, cluster randomized, cohort trial design was carried out in three provinces in the northern mountainous area of Vietnam.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT03847662
- Volunteers
- 799 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Nutrition, Vietnam
Underweight, Stunting
Energy Regulation and Nutritional Status of Children: A Satiation Study
This is study among children attending child welfare clinics in Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The investigators want to find out if moderately malnourished children regulate the food energy intake similarly to healthy children…
- Conditions
- Underweight, Stunting, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT05346549
- Testing
- High energy preload, Low energy preload
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ghana
Child Malnutrition, Breastfeeding
Impact of Behavior Change Communications and Market-based Approach to Delivering Micronutrient Powders on Stunting, Infant Feeding Practices and Anemia in Bangladesh
This complex evaluation of a large-scale program uses a cluster-randomized design where 20 geographic clusters (subdistricts) were randomized to study two sets of interventions.
- Conditions
- Child Malnutrition, Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding, Childhood Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT01678716
- Testing
- EHC + BCC, Micronutrient powders, Mass media
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 8,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Assess the Impact of Moringa Leaves on Serum Heamoglobin and Vitamin A Level Among the Adolescent Girls
Moringa Oleifera (Drumstick Leaves) for Improving Haemoglobin, Vitamin A Status and Underweight Among Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: A Quasi-experimental Study
Background (brief): 1. Burden: Bangladesh has a population of 29.5 million adolescents, which represents nearly one-fifth of the country's total population.
- Trial name
- Moringa (NCT04156321)
- Testing
- Moringa fry
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 226 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Obesity, Overweight
An Intervention to Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity in Preschoolers in Cuenca, Ecuador
The aim of this study is to design and evaluate an educational and behavioral intervention focused on improving nutrition and physical activity habits among preschoolers in Cuenca, Ecuador, with the overarching goal of preventing…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT02451410
- Testing
- Nutrition and physical activity
- Where
- 9 sites in Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 307 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Cuenca
Neurodevelopment Outcome, Linear Growth
Micronutrient Enhancement for Development and Health in Adolescents - The MEDHA Study
MEDHA is a randomized controlled trial among 10-18 year old girls to examine the use-case of the United Nations International Multiple Micronutrient Antenatal Preparation (UNIMMAP) multiple micronutrient supplement (MMS)…
- Conditions
- Neurodevelopment Outcome, Linear Growth, Micronutrient Status, Bone Mineral Density
- Trial name
- MEDHA (NCT07695883)
- Testing
- Iron (60 mg)- folic acid (400 ug) [IFA], Multiple micronutrient supplement [MMS], Multiple micronutrient supplement Plus [MMS+]
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Underweight Children Aged 6-23 Month Old (WAZ < -1)
Innovative Nutrition and mHealth Evidence Building Project
The project is the collaboration with the lead agencies National Institute of Public Health, World Vision and Emory University World Vision has a history of successfully implementing "Positive Deviance/Hearth (PDH)" programs…
- Trial name
- NCT03399058
- Testing
- Group 1 5+5+5 (Control), Group 2: 5+5+5 & PDH, Group 3: 5+5+5 & PDH lite+mHealth
- Where
- 3 sites in Cambodia
- Volunteers
- 840 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Public Health, Cambodia
Childhood Obesity, Overweight (BMI > 25)
Weight Status, Resilience, and Quality of Life in Indian Children
A school-based cross-sectional study that aims to generate context-specific evidence on how weight status is related to resilience, health behaviour, and quality of life among Indian adolescents.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Overweight (BMI > 25), Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT05648045
- Where
- 16 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Low Weight Eating Disorders, Anorexia Nervosa
Reward Systems and Food Avoidance in Eating Disorders
The researchers plan to explore brain networks involved in emotion processing and learning using a brain scan and test meals. One core feature of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is eating a small number of high-calorie or high-fat foods.
- Trial name
- NCT02795455
- Testing
- Interoceptive Exposure (IE), Family Based Therapy-Weight Gain Control (FBT-WG), meal replacement shake
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Underweight, Stunting
Evaluation Research of the Nutrition Interventions in the INHP II Areas of CARE India
This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of CARE India's Integrated Nutrition and Health Program (INHP II) to reduce malnutrition among children 0-23 months of age.
- Conditions
- Underweight, Stunting, Wasting, Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT00198835
- Testing
- Maternal nutrition and infant feeding advice
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 17,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Preterm Infant
Effects of Two Modalities of Non-invasive Ventilation After Extubation in Very Low Birth Weight Neonates
The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of continuous positive airway pressure and nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation on breathing pattern variables of very low birth weight neonates immediately after…
- Trial name
- NCT03551314
- Testing
- Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Minas Gerais
Underweight, Stunted Growth
Effects of Multiple-micronutrients Supplementation on Growth and Iron Status of Indigenous Children in Malaysia
Child undernutrition is largely attributed to inadequate nutrition including micronutrient deficiency. Undernutrition is prevalent among indigenous children as compared to the general population.
- Conditions
- Underweight, Stunted Growth, Wasting, Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT04561635
- Testing
- Multiple-micronutrients supplement
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Malnutrition
Stunting Prevention Project in Thatta and Sujawal Districts, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Widespread food insecurity and malnutrition are largely the main impairing factors for human capital development in Pakistan. Rates of chronic malnutrition are very high, and acute malnutrition is critical: 44% of children under…
- Trial name
- NCT02422953
- Testing
- Wheat Soya Blend (WSB), Wawa Mum, Micronutrient Powders (MNP)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 4,020 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University