Clinical trials: Child Nutrition Disorders
Overweight Adolescents, Overweight
Pilot Program for Targeted Prevention of Child or Adolescent Weight Gain
This study will examine whether family-based interpersonal psychotherapy (FB-IPT) is an effective tool for helping pre-adolescent girls and boys at risk for become obese to reduce weight gain.
- Trial name
- NCT00263536
- Testing
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Pediatric Obesity, Binge-Eating Disorder
Project THINK: Trajectories of Health, Ingestive Behaviors, and Neurocognition in Kids
Overweight/obesity and loss of control eating (characterized by the sense that one cannot control what or how much one is eating) are prevalent among children and adolescents, and both are associated with serious medical and…
- Trial name
- NCT04701671
- Testing
- Observational (not including MRI scanning), Observational (including MRI scanning)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Obesity
Team PLAY (Positive Lifestyles for Active Youngsters)
The purpose of this study is to determine whether an intense family-centered program to help children, 4 to 7 years old, control their weight is more effective than the advise and referrals their health provider gives in the…
- Trial name
- Team PLAY (NCT00528164)
- Testing
- Team PLAY
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 270 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Overweight, Obesity
Prediction of Weight Gain by Children and Adolescents
The 'Meir children's sport and health center' runs a multi-disciplinary intervention program for the treatment of overweight and obese children and adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT01111812
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 530 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Nutritional Status in Children With ALL in Guatemala
This study proposes to investigate the association of nutritional status of a children assessed by body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TSFT), and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), with body composition, measured…
- Trial name
- NCT03471416
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Overweight and Obesity, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Atherosclerotic Risk in Children
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a serious health condition in overweight children which can lead to heart disease. This project will examine the links between liver health and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight and…
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT02383485)
- Testing
- Exercise, After-school program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 175 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Augusta University
Malnutrition
District-based Mainstreaming Nutrition Project in Rural Pakistan
This study aims to provide evidence regarding the feasibility of integrating an enhanced maternal and child care health education package into the existing curricula of the National Program for Family Planning and Primary Health…
- Trial name
- NF Nutrition (NCT00816946)
- Testing
- Enhanced education
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
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
Vitamin A Deficiency, HIV
Single-dose Postpartum Vitamin A Supplementation of Mothers and Neonates
The ZVITAMBO PROJECT is testing whether giving mothers and infants a single large dose of vitamin A during the immediate post partum period will reduce: 1.
- Trial name
- ZVITAMBO (NCT00198718)
- Testing
- Vitamin A (retinyl palmitate)
- Volunteers
- 28,220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism
Posture, Hand Functions and Sensory Processing Skills on Nutrition
To examine the effects of posture, hand functions and sensory processing skills on nutrition in children with autism spectrum disorder.
- Conditions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autism, Autism, Mild, ASD
- Trial name
- NCT06209463
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bezmialem Vakif University
Malnutrition
Sentinel Surveillance of Malnutrition, Niger
Malnutrition is a critical public health problem in developing countries. Malnutrition may be linked to more than one half of the deaths in children under 5 years old.
- Trial name
- NCT00682708
- Testing
- PlumpyNut, PlumpyDoz
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Obesity, Overweight
Community Outreach - Obesity Prevention Trial (CO-OPT)
The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of a community health worker-based program as an adjunct to clinical services regarding childhood obesity management.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Children
- Trial name
- CO-OPT (NCT02024360)
- Testing
- Patient navigation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Celiac Disease, Celiac Disease in Children
Effects of A2 Dairy Consumption in Celiac Adolescents
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of A2 β-casein-containing milk and dairy product consumption on nutritional status, gastrointestinal symptoms, quality of life, sleep quality, and selected biochemical…
- Conditions
- Celiac Disease, Celiac Disease in Children, A2 β-casein-containing Milk and Dairy Products
- Trial name
- NCT07815821
- Testing
- A2 β-casein milk and dairy products, Standard milk and dairy products
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Halic University
Obesity, Childhood, Eating Behavior
Interoception and Eating Behaviors in Children
The purpose of this study is to examine how individual differences in interoception (the ability to sense, interpret, and act on bodily feelings like hunger, fullness, thirst, hot, cold, etc.) relate to eating behaviors in…
- Trial name
- I-EAT (NCT06504654)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Thyroid Function
Mothers and Babies at Yorkhill Thyroid Health Cohort
This is an observational study in pregnant mothers and their newborn babies. The rationale of the study is to examine early markers of the effects of iodine insufficiency during pregnancy on thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and…
- Trial name
- MABY (NCT02390128)
- Testing
- observational only
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 697 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Glasgow
Vitamin D Deficiency, 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Deficiency, Selective
Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Children From 12 to 30 Months of Age.
Background Vitamin D (VD) is essential for calcium absorption, bone health and growth in children. In a national representative sample authors found mean serum concentration of 25-Hydroxi-Vitamin-D (25-OH-D) of 59 nmol/L, in…
- Trial name
- NCT03544671
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico
Obesity
Evaluation of Child Care Staff Weight Management Program
The goal of this 12-month cluster clinical trial is to evaluate if improving child care providers' health behaviors using an online provider weight management program elicits meaningful change in dietary and physical activity…
- Trial name
- NCT05656807
- Testing
- Go NAPSACC Enhanced, Go NAPSACC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 924 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Healthy, Healthy Nutrition
The BEGIN Study Bifidobacterium Infantis to Newborns: Effects of Modulating the Gut Microbial Composition on Growth, Immune Function and Inflammatory Conditions - a Randomized Placebo-controlled Double-blinded Intervention Trial
The goal of The BEGIN Study, a randomized controlled double-blinded intervention trial, is to learn if probiotics, with Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis Bifin02 (B.
- Trial name
- BEGIN (NCT06452199)
- Testing
- B. infantis
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Acute Malnutrition, Severe, Malnutrition, Child
Increasing the Coverage of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) Treatment in Ethiopia
The R-SWITCH intervention aims to address the low coverage of treatment for severe wasting (SAM) by leveraging existing community groups to deliver an integrated package focused on prevention, screening, referral, and treatment…
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition, Severe, Malnutrition, Child, Wasting
- Trial name
- R-SWITCH (NCT06380504)
- Testing
- R-SWITCH integrated intervention package
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,080 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Childhood Obesity
South Texas Early Prevention Studies PreK
The South Texas Early Prevention Study-Prekindergarten (STEPS-PreK4) was a cluster randomized trial (CRT) of preschool children 4 years of age to test the effect of the Bienestar/NEEMA Coordinated School Health Program (BN CSHP)…
- Trial name
- STEPSPreK (NCT05501392)
- Testing
- STEPS-PreK
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,277 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Rio Grande Valley