Clinical trials: Child Growth
Vitamin d Deficiency
Blue Sky Study: Impact of Milk and Vitamin D for Child Growth and Health
This intervention study will address the impact of vitamin D fortified milk and vitamin D supplements on the growth, levels of vitamin D, insulin-like growth factor 1, growth hormone, academic attention, respiratory infections…
- Trial name
- BSS (NCT00886379)
- Testing
- Mongolian milk without vitamin D, Mongolian milk with vitamin D, UHT milk
- Volunteers
- 597 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
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
Mental Health Issue (E.G., Depression, Psychosis, Personality Disorder, Substance Abuse), Infant Development
Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment
Maternal Adversity Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment (MAVAN) project is a prospective community-based, pregnancy and birth cohort of Canadian mother-child dyads.
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue (E.G., Depression, Psychosis, Personality Disorder, Substance Abuse), Infant Development, Infant Behavior
- Trial name
- MAVAN (NCT03434457)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 630 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Pneumonia, Diarrhea
Azithromycin to Prevent Post-discharge Morbidity and Mortality in Kenyan Children
Children hospitalized with severe illness in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of morbidity and mortality following discharge from hospital.
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Malaria, Co-infection
- Trial name
- Toto Bora (NCT02414399)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Hashimoto Disease
FGF-21 Levels and RMR in Children and Adolescents With Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (THYROMETABOL)
It is well documented that thyroid hormones (THs) are involved in energy and lipid metabolism, thermogenesis, and body weight control, acting on several tissues.
- Trial name
- THYROMETABOL (NCT02725879)
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Healthy
Safety of Lactobacillus Reuteri in Healthy Children Aged 2-24 Months
Phase I double blinded randomized trial of the safety and tolerability of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 given for five successive days in healthy children.
- Trial name
- PRIDEC Peru (NCT02460575)
- Testing
- Lactobacillus reuteri 17938
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tulane University School of Medicine
Stunting, Environmental Enteric Dysfunction
Safety, Acceptability, and Feasibility of Enterade®
This is a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot study to determine the safety, acceptability, and feasible pediatric dosage/tolerability of enterade® solution, an amino acid-based oral rehydration solution…
- Trial name
- SAFE (NCT03782272)
- Testing
- Enterade
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PATH
Diarrhea
PROMISE EBF: Safety and Efficacy of Exclusive Breastfeeding Promotion in the Era of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
The objective of the project is to develop and test an intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), to assess its impact on infant health in African contexts where a high prevalence of HIV is a barrier, and to…
- Trial name
- NCT00397150
- Testing
- Peer-support for exclusive breastfeeding
- Where
- 4 sites in Burkina Faso, South Africa and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 2,579 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre For International Health
Growth and Development
A Study to Investigate the Impact of Fortified Malt Based on Immunity Outcomes in School Children
This study will test the hypothesis that a fortified malt based food may improve immunity outcomes in 7-10 year old school age children.
- Trial name
- NCT02542865
- Testing
- Fortified malt based food
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 924 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Short Stature
Weekly Zinc Chelate Supplementation on Children's Growth
The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of weekly zinc supplementation on schoolchildren with growth deficit or normal stature.
- Trial name
- APZinc (NCT01911260)
- Testing
- Zinc amino acid chelate
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
Obesity, Short Stature
Free Fatty Acids, Body Weight, and Growth Hormones Secretion in Children
Background: Overweight and obese children and adults often have lower levels of growth hormone in the blood. Regulation of growth hormone may be tied to weight and free fatty acids in the blood.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Short Stature, Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT01237041
- Testing
- Niacin First, Dose-Establishing Study 1 Niacin 250mg, Dose-Establishing Study 1 Niacin 500mg
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Malnutrition, Wasting
Nutritional Impact of Moringa Oleifera Leaf Supplementation in Mothers and Children
Studies to date on the effects of Moringa oleifera in diabetes and anemia and animal studies that examine the utility of moringa for increased milk and litter yield are of small scale, however high-quality large-scale placebo or…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Wasting, Growth Failure
- Trial name
- NCT04587271
- Testing
- Moringa oleifera (high dose), Moringa oleifera (low dose)
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Suzanna L Attia
Child Growth, Diversity of Microbiome
MORDOR II Burkina Faso: Longitudinal Trial
Globally, childhood mortality has shown a promising downward trend in recent years, however, many sub-Saharan countries still have relatively high child mortality rates.
- Conditions
- Child Growth, Diversity of Microbiome, Child Mortality, Resistance Bacterial
- Trial name
- GAMIN (NCT03676751)
- Testing
- Azithromycin
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco