Clinical trials: Underweight
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
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Confirming the Efficacy/Mechanism of Family Therapy for Children With Low Weight ARFID
This study is examining the efficacy and mechanism of family therapy compared to usual care for children between the ages of 6 and 12 who are diagnosed with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT04450771
- Testing
- Family-based Treatment for ARFID, Manualized Non-Specific Usual Care for ARFID
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 285 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
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
COVID-19 Pandemic, Preterm
Socioeconomic Inequalities Exacerbated by Mitigation Measures to COVID-19 and Differences in Prematurity Prevalence
Objective: to assess the perinatal results in Uruguay during the semester of successful control of the COVID 19 pandemic to evaluate the impact of the crises in the public and private sub sectors of the Health System.
- Conditions
- COVID-19 Pandemic, Preterm, Low Birth-weight
- Trial name
- NCT05087160
- Testing
- mitigation measures against COVID 19
- Where
- Uruguay
- Volunteers
- 37,323 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad de la Republica
Growth Problem, Low Weight
Evaluating the Effect of Nutritional Supplementation on Growth of Short and Lean Adolescents Girls
Study design: Double blind, randomized, placebo controlled study. Participants will be randomly assigned either to the intervention group or the placebo control group.
- Trial name
- NCT02397200
- Testing
- Nutritional supplementation standardized formula
- Where
- 3 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
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
Growth Disorders, Low Weight
Long Term Effects of Nutritional Supplementation on Final Height
The proposed study is an extension study to two ongoing double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled studies evaluating the effect of gender-specific nutritional supplementation on growth of short and lean adolescent boys and…
- Conditions
- Growth Disorders, Low Weight, Short Stature
- Trial name
- NCT03323177
- Testing
- Gender specific nutritional standardized formula, Follow-up only
- Where
- Israel
- Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
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
Multiple Sclerosis
Safety and Efficacy of Fingolimod in Pediatric Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
To evaluate the safety and efficacy of fingolimod vs. interferon beta-1a i.m. in pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Trial name
- NCT01892722
- Testing
- Interferon beta-1a, Fingolimod
- Where
- 73 sites in United States, Australia and 23 more
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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
Stunting, Underweight
Spirulina Supplementation and Infant Growth, Morbidity and Motor Development
Background: In developing countries, micronutrient deficiency in infants is associated with growth faltering, morbidity, and delayed motor development.
- Conditions
- Stunting, Underweight, Pneumonia, Pneumocystis, Cough
- Trial name
- NCT03523182
- Testing
- Spirulina, Control
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 501 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Programme Against Malnutrition
Growth Problem, Low Weight
Evaluating the Effect of Nutritional Supplementation on Growth of Short and Lean Adolescents Boys
Study design: Double blind, randomized, placebo controlled study. Participants will be randomly assigned either to the intervention group or the placebo control group.
- Conditions
- Growth Problem, Low Weight, Short Stature
- Trial name
- NCT02389803
- Testing
- Nutritional supplementation standardized formula
- Where
- 3 sites in Israel
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Rabin Medical Center
Underweight, Malnutrition
Study of Effect of Microfinance on Under 5 Health in Rural India
Investigators propose a feasibility and pilot study for a cluster randomised controlled trial. The proposed trial will evaluate the effects of an economic intervention (microfinance) in self-help groups of poor and marginalised…
- Trial name
- NCT01845545
- Testing
- Early provision of microfinance
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 2,469 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
Undernutrition, Eating Disorders
Genetic Correlates of Wasting: a Pilot Study With Children Attending a Tertiary Feeding Clinic
This is a pilot study of children attending the Glasgow feeding clinic (GFC) which looks after a range of children with severe feeding problems who commonly have low appetite and extreme thinness.
- Conditions
- Undernutrition, Eating Disorders, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT04848129
- Testing
- Feeding clinic
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
Preoperative Fasting
Comparing the Gastric Emptying Times of Underweight and Healthy-weight School-aged Children
In the recent literature, preoperative fasting times for pediatric patients are limited to one hour for clear fluids. Studies related to gastric emptying times mostly searched for normal-weight children.
- Trial name
- NCT06522204
- Testing
- %5 Dextrose
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Karaman Training and Research Hospital
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