Clinical trials: Child Nutrition
Healthy
Study of Early Infant Diet on Growth and Development
The purpose of this study is to characterize physical growth, body composition, dietary intake, neurobehavioral development, and brain function of infants and children fed mostly breast-milk, milk-based formula or soy-based…
- Trial name
- Beginnings (NCT00616395)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Down Syndrome
Aerobic Exercise With and Without Low Calorie Diet on Adiposity and BMI of Down Syndrome
Down syndrome (DS) is caused by trisomy 21, or the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21. A calibrated weight scale is used to measure participants' weight accurately.
- Trial name
- NCT06943170
- Testing
- Aerobic Exercise and Low Calorie Diet
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Resting Metabolic Rate, Body Composition
Metabolic Rate, Eating Habits, and Eating Disorder Risk in Young Sport Climbers
The aim of this observational study is to evaluate resting metabolic rate (RMR), body composition, dietary habits, nutrition-related beliefs, and the risk of eating disorders among children and adolescents practicing sport…
- Conditions
- Resting Metabolic Rate, Body Composition, Dietary Habits, Nutrition-Related Beliefs
- Trial name
- NCT07724119
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw Medical University
Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Supplementation in Pediatrics. Oral or Parenteral! D2 or D3
A study will be performed on Vitamin D deficient/ insufficient Egyptian children to compare the efficacy of oral and parenteral forms of Ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol in raising serum 25(OH) D levels in these subjects
- Trial name
- NCT06176157
- Testing
- vitamin D2, vitamin D3
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive, Pediatric Obesity
Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Obese Children and Teenagers - Occurrence and Importance of Intervention
The prevalence of childhood obesity has increased at an alarming rate over the last decades, both globally and in Denmark. There are a number of serious sequelae related to obesity, such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia…
- Trial name
- NCT02463201
- Testing
- Weight loss
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 236 people
- Sponsor
- Zealand University Hospital
Pediatric Cancer
Medically Tailored Meals for Kids
The purpose of this project is to learn whether an intervention that provides households with home-delivered healthy, frozen meals tailored to illness related conditions for 12 weeks during a child's treatment for serious illness…
- Trial name
- MTM-Kids (NCT06814795)
- Testing
- Medically tailored meals
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Dependent, Hypercholesterolemia
Statins in Children With Type 1 Diabetes and Hypercholesterolemia
Children with type1 diabetes (T1DM) have increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to chronic increase in the blood sugars and inflammation.
- Trial name
- NCT01236365
- Testing
- Atorvastatin
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Obesity, Short Stature
Study of the Molecular Basis in the Pathophysiology of Food Intake and Growth in Children
Obesity, now a global epidemic, is a leading cause of illness and mortality in the developed world. To better understand the pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie weight disorders, increasing attention is being paid to…
- Trial name
- Ghrelin (NCT00830141)
- Volunteers
- 259 people
- Sponsor
- HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
Obesity
The mFIT Study (Motivating Families With Interactive Technology)
The high rates of childhood obesity in the US demand innovative and cost-effective weight gain prevention tools; mobile applications (apps) represent one such solution.
- Trial name
- mFIT (NCT02361151)
- Testing
- TECH, TECH+
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Obesity, Childhood, Overweight, Childhood
Dairy Consumption and Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents: a Meta-analysis.
According to statistics from the European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), taking into account the definition of overweight and obesity recommended by the International Obesity Task Fort (IOTF), the prevalence of…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Overweight, Childhood, Overweight and Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT04297722
- Testing
- Dairy products
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili
Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity
Early Tracking of Childhood Health Determinants (ETCHED) Study
Background: Children s weight has increased sharply in recent years. This may put them at higher risk for health problems. High blood glucose in a pregnant mother and too much weight gain during pregnancy also may have long-term…
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, Fatty Liver
- Trial name
- NCT03481829
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Eating Disorder, Obesity
Maternal Loss of Control Eating
This study focused on investigating the effects of maternal disordered eating on maternal and child outcomes as part of a secondary data analysis of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).
- Trial name
- NCT03269253
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14,451 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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
Crohn Disease, Enteral Nutrition
Effect of Exclusive Enteral Nutrition on Disease Process, Nutritional Status and Gastrointestinal Microbiota for Chinese Children With Crohn's Disease
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic inflammatory diseases. It is believed that the inflammation results from sustained abnormal immune response towards altered or pathogenic microbiota in genetically susceptible hosts.
- Conditions
- Crohn Disease, Enteral Nutrition, Gastrointestinal Microbiome
- Trial name
- NCT03755583
- Testing
- Exclusive Enteral Nutrition
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Obesity, Myopia
Beijing (Peking)---Myopia and Obesity Comorbidity Intervention (BMOCI)
Based on the RE-AIM framework, this project intends to integrate the prevention and control measures of myopia and obesity, and establish a set of key suitable technical packages and guarantee systems for the…
- Trial name
- NCT05275959
- Testing
- A cluster randomized trial of a comprehensive intervention nesting family and clinic into school centered implementation to reduce myopia and obesity among children and adolescents in Beijing, China
- Where
- 3 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 3,963 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Obesity, Overweight
Children's Use of the Built Environment for Physical Activity
The study aims are to develop and test the feasibility of a pediatric physical activity intervention that incorporates personal information on use of the built environment, and test the intervention's preliminary efficacy at…
- Trial name
- CUBES (NCT01939405)
- Testing
- built environment use counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Undernutrition, Underweight
Satiation Study With Children Attending a Tertiary Feeding Clinic
This is a pilot study of children attending the Glasgow feeding clinic (GFC) which looks after children with severe feeding problems who commonly have low appetite and extreme thinness.
- Trial name
- NCT04851327
- Testing
- High Energy preload, Low energy preload, Test meal
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
Malnourished Children With Watery Diarrhoea
Modified ORS Solution for Severely Malnourished Children
Diarrhoea and malnutrition are the common childhood illnesses responsible for higher deaths in developing counties. Physiologically, malnourished children excrete lower amounts of salts and water in diarrhoeal stools, and they…
- Trial name
- NCT01821586
- Testing
- Modified ORS-1, Modified ORS-2 (ReSoMal), Modified ORS-3 (Benefibre)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 189 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Metabolism Disorder, Insulin Sensitivity
Supervised Exercise-training in Children With Insulin Resistance or Healthy Metabolic Profile
Despite exercise training decrease blood fasting glycemia in 'average' terms, there is a wide interindividual variability after exercise training explored mainly in adults but not in children.
- Conditions
- Metabolism Disorder, Insulin Sensitivity, Obesity, Pediatric
- Trial name
- NCT03003754
- Testing
- High Intensity Training (HIT) + Resistance Training (RT), Control group
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Santo Tomas
Pregnancy, HIV
Management and Optimization of Nutrition, Antenatal, Reproductive, Child Health & HIV Care
This study evaluates the impact of a quality improvement (QI) intervention on maternal and child healthcare services in seven primary healthcare (PHC) clinics, in a rural setting of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Trial name
- MONARCH (NCT02626351)
- Testing
- Quality Improvement, Baseline data collection (active comparator)
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 3,172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of KwaZulu