Clinical trials: Child Nutrition
Overweight and Obese Children
The Effectiveness of the Health Promoting School Intervention Model in Reducing Overweight and Obesity Among School Children in Indonesia: a Mixed-Methods Protocol Study
The prevalence of obesity in children is increasing rapidly, Among children aged 5-12 years, 18.8% have severe overweight, comprising 10.8% who are obese and 8.8% who are over.
- Trial name
- NCT06601348
- Testing
- Nutrition education, physical activity intervention, and health promoting school model trials
- Where
- 2 sites in Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Gadjah Mada University
Thalassemia Major
Evaluation of Nutritional Status in Thalassemia Major Patients in Assiut Children Hospital
Thalassemia is a blood disorder passed down through families in which the body makes an abnormal form of hemoglobin. There are 2 main types of thalassemia; Alpha \& Beta thalassemia.
- Trial name
- NCT03161899
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 246 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Obesity
Folic Acid Supplementation in Women of Child Bearing Age
The objective of this study is to identify genes whose expression is potentially modifiable due to changes in folate intake and help delineate mechanisms accounting for the variability in individual response to folic acid…
- Trial name
- FASUPP (NCT01841658)
- Testing
- Folic acid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Georgia
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
Obesity
Obesity Intervention "Obeldicks" for Obese Children, Adolescents and Their Parents
The intervention program "Obeldicks" was developed for obese children aged 6 to 16 years. This intervention is gender- and age specific.
- Trial name
- Obeldicks (NCT00435734)
- Testing
- obesity intervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Witten/Herdecke
Obesity
Obesity Guidelines for Outpatient Surgery
The investigators are concerned about anesthetizing obese children in outpatient locations in case they need prolonged stay, increased respiratory interventions, or need for post-operative narcotics.
- Trial name
- NCT01655238
- Testing
- BMI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,327 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Epilepsy Intractable
Comparison of the Effectiveness of the Outpatient Classical Ketogenic Diet and Modified Atkins Diet on Seizures Frequency, Nutritional Status and Some Biochemical Factors in Children and Adolescents With Intractable Epilepsy
Epilepsy is one of a common neurological disorder. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are usually the primary treatment of epilepsy. However, almost 30% of patients do not respond to AEDs and other treatments including ketogenic diet…
- Trial name
- NCT03014752
- Testing
- Classical ketogenic diet, Modified Atkins diet
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Migraine Disorders, Obesity
A Pilot Study of Migraine and Appetite Behaviour in Children
The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is an association between migraine in children and certain patterns of appetite or eating behaviour that may lead to later obesity.
- Trial name
- NCT00930852
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Children, Only, Behavior, Eating
School Lunch Salad Bars and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
The investigators propose an efficacy study (i.e., do salad bars work under controlled conditions in naturalistic settings) to test whether introducing salad bars in elementary, middle, and high schools that have never had salad…
- Conditions
- Children, Only, Behavior, Eating, School, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03283033
- Testing
- New salad bar, Marketing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,491 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Diarrheal Disorder
Long-term Impact and Intervention for Diarrhea in Brazil
The primary objectives of this study are to determine the effect of 1 year supplementation of Vitamin A, Zinc, and Vitamin A plus Zinc compared to placebo on the Height for Age Z Score (HAZ) and the number of episodes of diarrhea…
- Trial name
- NCT00133406
- Testing
- Glutamine, Vitamin A, glycine
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 321 people
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Overweight, Obesity
The Impact of Educational Materials on Family Behavior
The purpose of the research is to learn whether written materials or handouts that are given to parents are helpful in changing knowledge or behavior.
- Trial name
- NCT00993434
- Testing
- Booklet on nutrition and physical activity., Safety Booklet
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 95 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Oxytocin Intranasal Administrations in Children With Prader-Willi Syndrome Aged From 3 to 12 Years
Positive results in preclinical and clinical studies in adults and infants with Prader-Willi syndrome lead investigators to set up a new study in children with Prader-Willi syndrome.
- Trial name
- Oxyjeune (NCT03114371)
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Toulouse
Childhood Obesity
Kaledo Game and The Nutrition Education Prepared According to Health Belief Model
According to the World Health Organization, childhood obesity is the most serious problem of this century. Childhood obesity is an important risk factor for many chronic diseases such as insulin resistance, dyslipidemia…
- Trial name
- NCT04620044
- Testing
- Kaledo game, Education, No intervention
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University
Behavior
Integrating Nutrition Education & Household Food Production for Child Nutrition
In Ethiopia, a child-centered counseling approach is hypothesized to be more effective than the current nutrition and health education when investment on home-based food production is used as a platform for nutrition education.
- Trial name
- NCT02249286
- Testing
- Child Centered Nutrition Counseling, no intervention
- Volunteers
- 404 people
- Sponsor
- Jimma University
Obesity, Low Fitness
Fitness Training in Children
We hypothesize that improvement in cardiovascular fitness is associated with a greater improvement in insulin sensitivity than improvement in body composition (loss of body fat) is associated with insulin sensitivity.
- Trial name
- NCT00205296
- Testing
- exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Liver Cirrhosis
Enteral Nutrition in Liver Cirrhosis
Malnutrition is frequently occurring in patients with liver cirrhosis and is associated with a poorer outcome, as it determines life quality and affects both morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT00168961
- Testing
- High Protein Energy, Fresenius-Kabi (nutritional intervention)
- Where
- Germany
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Obesity, Feeding Behaviors
Observational Study of Parental Feeding Practices to Improve Child's Food Intake and Weight Status
Background: A topic of interest in the etiology of child obesity is if and how parental feeding behaviors are associated with child food intake and weight status.
- Trial name
- NCT01525186
- Volunteers
- 660 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
X-Linked Hypophosphataemia
A UK Multicentre, Health-Related Quality of Life Study for Children and Adolescents With XLH
This study aims to provide Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) data from children and adolescents with growing skeletons in the United Kingdom (UK), including those treated with burosumab or alternative XLH treatment, as part…
- Trial name
- NCT04819490
- Where
- 6 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceutical Development Ltd
Nutrition in Cancer Survival and Treatment
Delivery of Nutritional Services in Nicaragua
This study investigates nutritional status, at predefined points in therapy, and the association with outcomes in children and adolescents undergoing treatment for cancer in institutions under Asociación de Hemato-Oncología…
- Trial name
- NCT04031586
- Where
- Nicaragua
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Child Development, Parenting
The Sugira Muryango PLAY Collaborative
The Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA) has successfully grown its evidence-based home-visiting program-Sugira Muryango (SM)-in Rwanda, as policies and programs aligned with the Rwandan social protection system have…
- Conditions
- Child Development, Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Child Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT04257383
- Testing
- Sugira Muryango
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 1,333 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College