Clinical trials: Child Growth
Growth Retardation, Malnutrition
Nutrition Education Package for Infants and Young Child Feeding and Health in Rural Tanzania
Building on the success of community-based peer education and counselling in breastfeeding, it is possible to address young child feeding and health practices in the surveyed district.
- Trial name
- NECTAc (NCT02249754)
- Testing
- Nutrition education, Routine health education
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sokoine University of Agriculture
Malnutrition, Child
Effectiveness of a Positive Deviance Program in Reducing Childhood Undernutrition
Globally, childhood malnutrition remains a public health concern. Malnutrition can be diverse from undernutrition to overnutrition.
- Trial name
- NCT04688515
- Testing
- Nutrition program developed using positive deviance approach
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
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
Childhood Obesity
Translational Investigation of Growth and Everyday Routines in Kids
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of severe obesity on physical activity, sedentary behavior and cardiometabolic risk factors during childhood and adolescence and whether these associations are modified by…
- Trial name
- TIGER Kids (NCT02784509)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 342 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Spastic Cerebral Palsy, Acquired Brain Injury
Evaluation of Macroscopic Muscle Growth in Infants and Young Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy
A mixed longitudinal design study will be carried out to explore the onset and time course of morphological muscle changes on a macroscopic level in children with spastic cerebral palsy (SCP).
- Trial name
- 3D-MMAP (NCT05197764)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Stunting, Dietary Deficiency
Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia
The causes of malnutrition are complex and addressing the problem requires integrated action among various sectors. Globally, much attention has been given to nutrition-specific interventions to address the immediate causes of…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Dietary Deficiency, Anemia
- Trial name
- SURE (NCT04694898)
- Testing
- Standard programme, SURE intervention
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,292 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Overactive Bladder
Urinary Neurotrophin Levels in Healthy Children
The aim of this study is to analyse urinary neurotrophin levels in healthy children. Urine samples will be collected at 3 different times of day (morning, noon, and evening) at urge sensation from all age groups of children who…
- Trial name
- NCT02389270
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Zagreb
Nutritional Deficiencies
Development and Health of Rural Chinese Children Fed Meat as a Daily Complementary Food From 6-18 Mos of Age
Inadequate feeding of infants and toddlers impairs physical and cognitive development and is a major contributor to early childhood infectious disease illnesses and preventable mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT00726102
- Testing
- Meat, Cereal, fortified rice cereal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,488 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Changes in Nerve Electro Physiologic Properties in Children Before and After Correction of Malnutrition
The goal of this clinical trail study is to measure neurophysiologic parameters to assess the effect of malnutrition on the peripheral nervous system and their response to treatment in three categories (SAM, severe wasting, and…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT05891457
- Testing
- Nutritional Intervention
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Nutritional Stunting, Nutritional Anemia
Association Between Intakes of Protein, Calcium and Milk With Gene Expression and Linear Growth of School Aged Children
Protein is one type of nutrients known as the cause of stunting in developing countries since the mid-1970s (1) but then less attention on protein intake with the assumption that protein intake is sufficient.
- Conditions
- Nutritional Stunting, Nutritional Anemia, Nutritional Deficiency, Nutrigenetic
- Trial name
- NCT03895151
- Testing
- Milk supplementation, Food Based Recommendation (FBR) nutrition education
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition
Children's Health and Growth, Childcare Absenteeism
The Effect of Yogurt Containing BB12 on Children's Health and Child Care Absenteeism
The aim of our study is to assess the effect of daily consumption of yogurt containing probiotic bacteria BB12 on the health and growth of healthy children 12-48 months of age in out of home child care.
- Trial name
- NCT00653705
- Testing
- Yogurt drink with probiotic bacteria BB12
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 181 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)
Regular Growth Monitoring (RGM) of Young Children in Guinea-Bissau
Wasting (severe thinness) is a common and serious problem among young children in rural Guinea-Bissau. Community Health Agents (CHAs) can help prevent malnutrition by regularly measuring children's growth and advising families on…
- Trial name
- NCT07584395
- Testing
- Regular Growth Monitoring (RGM) by Community Health Agents
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College
Focus on Healthy Infants
Development of Muscle Function in Prepubertal Children As a Response to Growth and Resistance Training
Healthy skeletal muscle development is crucial for a life-long quality of life. Childhood and puberty may be key periods for developing muscle growth and neuromuscular capacities, which are essential for bone-muscle interaction…
- Trial name
- decade-fit (NCT06594900)
- Testing
- resistance training intervention
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ralf Roth
Hypovitaminosis, Vitamin A Deficiency
Impact of Maternal Supplementation With Dual Megadose of Vitamin A
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of maternal supplementation with 400,000 IU of oral retinol palmitate in the post-partum, the nutritional situation of the binomial mother-child, on growth and morbidity of…
- Trial name
- NCT00742937
- Testing
- vitamin A
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 239 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira
Stunting, Anemia
Effectiveness Study During the First 1,000 Days in Kenya
Malnutrition is a public health problem in Kenya, with 26% of children underfive years of age stunted, and 26% of pre-school children, 26% of women of reproductive age and 42% of pregnant women being anaemic, respectively.
- Conditions
- Stunting, Anemia, Micronutrient Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT03558464
- Testing
- Intervention (integrated package), Control
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fabian Rohner
Malnutrition, Child, Development, Child
Grandi Byen: Test of an Integrated Parenting and Nutrition Intervention
The premise of this trial is that a combined nutrition (eggs) and parenting behavior intervention (responsive parenting combined with the reinforcement of animal source foods and improved WASH) will synergistically result in…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Development, Child, Parenting
- Trial name
- NCT04785352
- Testing
- Nutrition Intervention, Grandi Byen
- Where
- Haiti
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Childhood Sleep Promotion
Mobile Health Sleep and Growth Study 2
Investigators seek to determine if an online behavioral economic based intervention can be developed to target increases in childhood time in bed (TIB).
- Trial name
- mSGrow2 (NCT03426644)
- Testing
- Mobile Sleep and Growth Study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Gut Microbiome, Neurocognitive Correlates of Eating Habits
Tiny Tummies - A Milk Study
This is a 12-month, 2-arm randomized controlled trial (n=150) examining whether toddlers randomized at 12 months of age to 1.5 cup-equivalents/day of cow's milk-based dairy versus oat milk-based dairy, and followed to 24 months…
- Conditions
- Gut Microbiome, Neurocognitive Correlates of Eating Habits, Infants and Young Children, Sleep
- Trial name
- NCT07839156
- Testing
- Daily cow's milk products, Daily Oat Milk Exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Failure to Thrive
Trial of Home Visitation Among Infants With Failure To Thrive
1. Children in the home intervention group will have better growth (increase in weight and height) than children in the control group. 2.
- Trial name
- FTT (NCT00483691)
- Testing
- Home Visit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Stunting
Gut Microbiota Stunted Children NTT
NTT Province is on the list of priority areas of high prevalence of stunting, Southwest Sumba, South Middle East, and Kupang district have a stunting prevalence of 36.2%, 34.5% and 48.1% respectively in 2020.
- Trial name
- NCT05119218
- Testing
- No Intervention
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bina Nusantara University