Clinical trials: Child Malnutrition
Undernutrition
Shelf-Stable MDCF-2 for Children With Undernutrition
Background: Children with acute malnutrition have immature gut microbial communities compared to age-matched children with healthy growth that can not be repaired by existing therapeutic foods (Subramanian et al., Nature. 2014).
- Trial name
- NCT05094024
- Testing
- Central kitchen-prepared version of MDCF-2, MDCF-2 shelf-stable foil pouch prototype with green banana powder, MDCF-2 shelf-stable foil pouch prototype with sweet potato
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Anemia
Using Iron Supplementation to Decrease Iron Deficiency Anemia in Infants and Young Children in India
The purpose of this study is to determine the smallest dose of Sprinkles, a single-serving package of iron and other micronutrients, to treat infants with iron deficiency anemia in India.
- Trial name
- NCT00213161
- Testing
- iron supplement, iron drops
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 425 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Malnutrition
L-Carnitine Supplementation, Rate of Weight Gain and EED in Children With SAM
Background: Burden: Globally, an estimated 14.3 million under-5 children are severely malnourished. Two-thirds of them live in Asian countries, including Bangladesh.
- Trial name
- NCT05083637
- Testing
- L- carnitine oral solution
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Malnutrition, Child
The Reliable Nutritional Risk Screening Tools
assess the subjective global validity and reliability of using The Pediatric Yorkhil Malnutrition Score (PYMs) and merits of using the Screening Tool for Risk on Nutritional status and Growth (STRONGkids) as a nutrition screening…
- Trial name
- NCT05792514
- Testing
- stong,stamp,pyms
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Maternal Care Patterns, Child Nutrition Disorders
Relationship Between Maternal Awareness About Vitamin D for Under- Five Years Children and Their Health Status Outcomes
The observational study aims to identify the relationship between maternal awareness about vitamin D for under-five-year-old children and their health status outcomes.
- Conditions
- Maternal Care Patterns, Child Nutrition Disorders, Vitamin D Deficiency
- Trial name
- Vit-D (NCT06562426)
- Testing
- Descriptive group on vitamin D awareness
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alexandria University
Obesity, Childhood, Malnutrition
Physical Activity and the Home Environment in Preschool-aged Children in Urban Bangladesh
The overall goal of this study is to generate new knowledge regarding the nutritional and environmental determinants of physical activity in young children living in a densely populated urban community in Bangladesh.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Malnutrition, Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT04628897
- Testing
- Exposures
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
ARFID, Picky Eating
Chompions! A Treatment Study for Childhood Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a disorder that affects toddlers, children, adolescents, and adults. Individuals with ARFID are not able to consume an adequate amount or variety of food to a degree that it…
- Conditions
- ARFID, Picky Eating, Eating Disorders in Children
- Trial name
- NCT05105308
- Testing
- Family Assisted Diet (FAD), Feeling and Body Investigator_ARFID Division (FBI-ARFID)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 203 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Maternal Health, Gut Health
Fermented Food - Achars (fermented Pickles) in Pakistan
The highest burden of malnutrition in the world is in South Asia and Africa. Over the last ten years, our work on Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in Matiari, a poor rural district in the Sind province of Pakistan, shows that…
- Trial name
- FF (NCT06748313)
- Testing
- Mango Pickle (Water-Based), Mango Pickle (Oil Based), Carrot Pickle (Water-Based)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 223 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Asthma, Vitamin D Deficiency
The Effect of Vitamin D Replacement on Airway Reactivity, Allergy and Inflammatory Mediators in Exhaled Breath Condensate in Vitamin D Deficient Asthmatic Children
Research Title: The effect of vitamin D replacement on airway reactivity, allergy and inflammatory mediators in exhaled breath condensate in vitamin D deficient asthmatic children.
- Trial name
- NCT01287455
- Testing
- Vitamin D3 as "BABY D3"
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Malnutrition, Child
Community-based, Controlled, Open-label, Cluster-randomized Trial for the Reduction of Chronic Malnutrition in Children Under Two Years of Age, With Three Intervention Arms Grouped by Clusters, in Two Provinces in Southern Angola, Huíla and Cunene.
The severity of the stunting in the provinces of Huíla and Cunene, Angola, in children aged 6 to 59 months is considered to be very high, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of 2018.
- Trial name
- NCT05571280
- Testing
- Nutritional Supplementation, Money transfers, Standard intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Angola
- Volunteers
- 1,423 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron Research Institute
Child Malnutrition, Breast Feeding
Community-based Nutrition Program Effectiveness Evaluation in Afghanistan
The study will be a mixed methods, two-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial. The primary aim of this evaluation is to measure the effectiveness of the Community-Based Nutrition Package intervention on child feeding practices…
- Conditions
- Child Malnutrition, Breast Feeding, Nutrition
- Trial name
- NCT04133766
- Testing
- Community Based Nutrition Package (CNBP)
- Where
- 3 sites in Afghanistan
- Volunteers
- 4,076 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Vitamin D Deficiency, 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Deficiency, Selective
Vitamin D3-enhanced Eggs in Preschool Children
This is double-blind, controlled fiel trial, to compare fortified egg with D3-or 25(OH)D3 and non-fortified eggs in healthy preschool-age children 12 to 60 months of age, affiliated to day-care centers at Secretaria de Desarrollo…
- Trial name
- VD3-egg (NCT06096194)
- Testing
- vitamin D-enhanced egg, Control
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 275 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico
Vitamin D Deficiency, Musculoskeletal Diseases
Vitamin D in School Children
The primary purpose of this study it to investigate total circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) in school children (aged 4-11years) in Northern Ireland; thereby establishing the prevalence of vitamin D status (deficiency…
- Conditions
- Vitamin D Deficiency, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Cognitive Delay, Mild
- Trial name
- DVinCHI (NCT05018988)
- Testing
- Oral vitamin D spray
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Childhood Obesity, Nutrition Poor
Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness Curriculum Promotes Positive Behaviors in 3rd-5th Graders Compared to Control
The Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness (CHFFF) curriculum was evaluated in 3rd-5th graders, hypothesizing that change pre- to post- CHFFF education would be greater than in the same child during a delayed intervention control…
- Trial name
- NCT03524911
- Testing
- CHFFF nutrition education
- Volunteers
- 561 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Vitamin A Deficiency
Vitamin A Equivalence of Plant Carotenoids in Children
Our objectives will be to test the following hypotheses and to make the following determinations: (1) The absorption and bio-conversion of provitamin A carotenes taken by children are different between spinach, Golden Rice, and…
- Trial name
- NCT00680212
- Testing
- dietary carotenoids, spinach, rice, and synthetic beta-carotene
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Nutrition, Growth
Impact of Diet and Nutrition on Growth and Development in Young Children
The association between nutrition in early life and its long-term health consequences has long been known. However, there is a scarcity of scientific evidence on how nutritional status affects child growth and development in…
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Growth, Development, Stunting
- Trial name
- DIGEST (NCT06018636)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 832 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Khyber Medical University Peshawar
Malnutrition, Worm Infestation
Deworming and Vitamin A (DEVTA) Prepilot Study
Background. More than a third of the world's population is infected with intestinal nematodes. A majority of these infections occur in children.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Worm Infestation, Under-Fives
- Trial name
- NCT00396500
- Testing
- Albendazole (400 mg) and/or Vitamin a
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- King George's Medical University
Severe Acute Malnutrition
The Effect of Routine Antibiotic Use in the Outpatient Treatment of Severely Malnourished Children Without Complications
This study will be conducted as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to compare routine antibiotic prescription vs.
- Trial name
- NCT01613547
- Testing
- Amoxicillin
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 2,412 people
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Malnutrition, Cancer
Enteral Nutrition in Cancer Patient
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Tumor and its therapy have adverse effects on the nutritional status of cancer patients, leading to nutritional support.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Cancer, Pediatric
- Trial name
- NCT01302509
- Testing
- industrialized oral supplementation (IOS) and tube feeding regimen (TFR) with Nutren
- Sponsor
- Grupo de Apoio ao Adolescente e a Crianca com Cancer
Undernutrition
Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children at Risk of Undernutrition
The objective of this randomized, controlled trial is to evaluate the effects of consuming a pediatric oral nutritional supplement (ONS) plus dietary counseling for 120 days on anthropometric growth, strength, and nutritional…
- Trial name
- NCT05161000
- Testing
- Oral Nutritional Supplement, Dietary counseling
- Where
- 17 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 279 people
- Sponsor
- Abbott Nutrition