Clinical trials: Underweight
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
Liver Transplantation, Low-weight Children
Outcomes of Liver Transplantation in Low Weight Children After Reducing the Lateral Segment of a Living Donor, Adapting the Shape and Size of the Graft to the Needs of the Recipient
The shortage of organs has always been a problem in pediatric liver transplants due to the lack of donors with an adequate size.
- Conditions
- Liver Transplantation, Low-weight Children, Hyper-reduced Liver Grafts
- Trial name
- NCT03594864
- Testing
- Liver transplantation with hyper-reduced grafts
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Growth, Low Weight
Study to Evaluate the Effect of Short Treatment With Nutritional Supplementation Standardized Innovative Formula, on Growth and Weight Gain in Short and Lean Prepubertal Children
Study design: Double blind, randomized, placebo controlled study.The proposed study will consist of two main segments: 1. Segment 1 is aimed to assess the effect of 6-12 months treatment with nutritional supplementation…
- Conditions
- Growth, Low Weight, Low Height
- Trial name
- Formula (NCT01158352)
- Testing
- Nutritional supplementation formula
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
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
Childhood Cancer
Underweight, Overweight, and Linear Growth of Childhood Cancer Patients - the Growth Study
The Growth study investigates nutritional status, BMI, and linear growth trajectories from birth to adulthood in childhood cancer patients and survivors.
- Trial name
- Growth (NCT07750444)
- Where
- 11 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 12,150 people
- Sponsor
- Fabiën Belle
Critically Ill
Protein Supplementation vs Standard Feeds in Underweight Critically Ill Children: A Dual-Centre Pilot RCT
This pilot trial is part of a long-term research program leading to a large trial to determine if a strategy of supplementing protein in a subset of critically ill children is superior to standard enteral nutrition care.
- Trial name
- NCT04565613
- Testing
- Enteral protein supplementation
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Child Nutrition Disorders, Malnutrition
Community Based Management of Severe Malnutrition in Tribal Area of Melghat- Cluster Randomized Control Field Trial
Provision of community based health care to severely malnourished children (Age group: 6 months through 5 years) in 16 tribal villages by trained semi-literate village health workers. 1.
- Trial name
- SAMMAN (NCT02671786)
- Testing
- MAHAN RUTF & MAHAN Vit-Min mix
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 824 people
- Sponsor
- MAHAN Trust
Congenital Heart Defects, Underweight
Nutrition In Preoperative Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease
Introduction: The use of a nutritional protocols provides the standardization of assessment procedures and the optimization of nutritional status recovery of pre-surgical infants with Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).
- Trial name
- NCT05457712
- Testing
- protocol, Control
- Volunteers
- 118 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul
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
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Preliminary Percutaneous Intervention Versus Observational Trial of Arterial Ductus in Low-weight Infants
This is a pilot study to collect preliminary data for a larger, multicenter clinical trial proposal. The study will examine two strategies commonly used to treat preterm infants diagnosed with a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA).
- Trial name
- PIVOTAL (NCT03982342)
- Testing
- Cather closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), Conservative management of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Critical Illness, Pain
Population Pharmacokinetics of Remifentanil in Low-Weight Critically Ill Patients
The goal of this prospective clinical study is to learn about the population pharmacokinetics (PopPK), safety, and efficacy of remifentanil in low-body-weight patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) who require mechanical…
- Trial name
- NCT07301970
- Testing
- Remifentanil
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
Anorexia Nervosa
Interoceptive Exposure for Adolescents With Low Weight Eating Disorders
This project includes a parallel group randomized controlled trial comparing two psychological treatments: 1) Exposure-based Family Therapy (IE) vs.
- Trial name
- NCT05763849
- Testing
- Interoceptive Exposure Treatment (IE), Family-Based Treatment (FBT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Low Weight for Age in Preschool Children
Effect of Mass Deworming on Child Growth
The purpose of the study was to determine whether periodical mass deworming improves growth in children below six years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT00344669
- Testing
- Albendazole 400 mg, given 6 monthly
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people
- Sponsor
- Makerere University
Undernutrition, Underweight
Satiation Study With Children Attending a Tertiary Feeding Clinic
This is a pilot study of children attending the Glasgow feeding clinic (GFC) which looks after children with severe feeding problems who commonly have low appetite and extreme thinness.
- Trial name
- NCT04851327
- Testing
- High Energy preload, Low energy preload, Test meal
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
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
Anorexia Nervosa
Efficacy of Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Treatment of Low Weight Eating Disorders
This project includes a 4-week randomized trial comparing pre-meal vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) to pre-meal sham stimulation.
- Trial name
- NCT05554172
- Testing
- taVNS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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