Clinical trials: Balanced Energy Protein (BEP)
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED), Malnutrition
The Maternal EED Study
Undernutrition among women of reproductive age is more common in South Asia than in any other region. In South Asia, the prevalence of maternal undernutrition varies between 10 and 40%.
- Conditions
- Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED), Malnutrition, Women of Reproductive Age, Gut Microbiota
- Trial name
- NCT05862363
- Testing
- Microbiota-directed balanced energy protein (MD-BEP), Ready-to-use supplementary food-balanced energy protein (RUSF-BEP), Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Fetal Growth Retardation, Low Birth Weight
BEP Supplementation Research in Bangladesh (JiVitA-BEP-IR)
The primary aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of fortified balanced energy and protein (BEP) supplementation vs. control (multiple micronutrient supplement, MMS) without targeting and with targeting (either by low…
- Conditions
- Fetal Growth Retardation, Low Birth Weight, Preterm Birth, Gestational Weight Gain
- Trial name
- Target-BEP (NCT05576207)
- Testing
- Balanced energy and protein supplement for pregnant women, Multiple Micronutrient Supplement for pregnant women
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 3,390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health