Clinical trials: Child Nutrition Sciences
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Follow Up of Severely Malnourished Children (FUSAM)
The overall objective of the research is to assess the long-term and cost-effectiveness of a combined nutrition psychosocial intervention to a stand-alone nutritional treatment of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)…
- Trial name
- FUSAM (NCT02672982)
- Testing
- NUTPSY treatment, NUT treatment
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 427 people
- Sponsor
- Action Contre la Faim
Obesity
A Child Care-based Obesity Prevention Intervention
The overall objective is to determine the impact of comprehensive, multifaceted, child care-based intervention to prevent obesity among children 2 through 5 years of age. The specific aims are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT01679938
- Testing
- primary obesity prevention
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 640 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico
Obese Children and Adolescents
Digital Wellness Nurse - FIT Families: Virtual Family Intervention for Adolescent Obesity
The purpose of the research is to evaluate the digital wellness nurse (DWN) app to find out if it is helpful in delivering the FIT Families intervention. The study is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Trial name
- DWN-FIT (NCT07087808)
- Testing
- Digital Wellness Nurse - FIT Families
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Machine and Human Interaction
Obesity, Dysglycemia
Secular Trends in the Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Teenage School Children in Urban South India
The prevalence of cardiometabolic risk is high among South Asians which manifests itself at an early age. Studies have reported that unhealthy food choices, inadequate physical activity and lack of awareness on healthy lifestyle…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Dysglycemia, Dyslipidemias, Hypertension
- Trial name
- NCT04015726
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 2,815 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- India Diabetes Research Foundation & Dr. A. Ramachandran's Diabetes Hospitals
Malnutrition, Manihot Species Poisoning
Caregiver Training to Prevent Konzo Disease in Children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
The proposed research adapted the caregiver training and child neurodevelopmental assessment capacity that the PI previously built in Uganda beginning in 2008, to a community-based intervention model for the prevention of konzo…
- Trial name
- NCT04036708
- Testing
- Wetting method (WTM), Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers (MISC)
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 238 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University
Quality of Life (QOL), Physical Activity
An Evaluation of "Growing Healthy Places: Mississauga"
The goal of this intervention study is to learn if community co-designed activities to improve diet and physical activity can impact the health of children ages 6-13 in Mississauga, Canada.
- Conditions
- Quality of Life (QOL), Physical Activity, Diet Quality, Obesity &Amp; Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT07191925
- Testing
- Community Co-designed Physical Activity and Diet Intervention Package
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 4,900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brock University
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Obesity
Effect of Exercise on Hepatic Fat in Overweight Children
The objective of the present study is to evaluate the effect of 6 months exercise intervention program on hepatic fat fraction in overweight children.
- Conditions
- Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
- Trial name
- EFIGRO (NCT02258126)
- Testing
- Multidisciplinary intervention program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Childhood Obesity, Dietary Habits
The Eat Right Emirates Healthy Lifestyle Study
The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential factors that determine preschool obesity in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, and assess the effectiveness of a simple healthy lifestyle tool: Eat Right Emirates (ERE)…
- Trial name
- ERERCT (NCT02559076)
- Testing
- Ten Steps leaflet advice for healthy lifestyle
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Nutritional Deficiencies, Developmental Delay
Project Grow Smart: Intervention Trial of Multiple Micronutrients and Early Learning Among Infants in India
Project Grow Smart evaluates the impact fortification with multiple micronutrient powders (MNP) vs. placebo (one vitamin) on child development (primary outcome) and on micronutrient status, growth, and morbidity (secondary…
- Trial name
- GrowSmart (NCT01660958)
- Testing
- MNP, Early Learning
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 834 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Obesity
Core Stabilization and PNF Exercises on Cor Muscle Activation in Obese Children
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of core stabilization and PNF exercises on core muscle activation in obese children.In the study, the initial sample size was calculated as 66 people, under the assumptions that the…
- Trial name
- NCT05571085
- Testing
- Core Stability Exercises, PNF Exercise Program
- Where
- Cyprus
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Eastern Mediterranean University
Malnutrition, Pneumonia
Trial in Childhood Pneumonia With Malnutrition
The impetus for this study came from the findings of the investigators' recently published study entitled "Day-care management of severe and very severe pneumonia, without associated co-morbidities such as severe malnutrition, in…
- Trial name
- NCT00968370
- Testing
- Day-care clinic, Hospital Management
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 440 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Prader-Willi Syndrome, Social Behavior
tVNS in Children With Prader-Willi Syndrome
The purpose of the current project is to test the impact of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) on social ability in children with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS).
- Trial name
- NCT04396470
- Testing
- tVNS
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Vitamin A Deficiency
Efficacy of Yellow Cassava to Improve Vitamin A Status of Kenyan School Children
The overall aim of the project is to provide proof-of-principle that biofortification of cassava with vitamin A is a viable strategy to improve vitamin A status of deficient populations.
- Trial name
- CASSAVITA (NCT01614483)
- Testing
- Yellow cassava, White cassava
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 341 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Cardiovascular Disease, Childhood Obesity
Exercise and Arterial Modulation in Youth
The project is designed as a large scale, cross-sectional study. The aim of the study is to investigate the association of micro- and macrovascular function with physical fitness and body composition in primary school children.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Disease, Childhood Obesity, Hypertension, Endothelial Dysfunction
- Trial name
- ExAMIN YOUTH (NCT02853747)
- Testing
- Physical Activity, 20-meter shuttle run
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 337 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Basel
Vitamin A Deficiency
Using Stable Isotope Techniques to Monitor and Assess the Vitamin A Status of Children Susceptible to Infection
The combination of infectious diseases and malnutrition is the most prevalent, preventable public health problem in the world, responsible for millions of deaths annually, particularly in infants and children.
- Trial name
- NCT02363985
- Testing
- Mega-dose of vitamin A supplement
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Asthma in Children, Obesity
Mechanistic Study of Inspiratory Training in Childhood Asthma (MICA)
This is single-center cross-sectional mechanistic study in lean and obese children with moderate-severe asthma, followed by a randomized, SHAM-controlled trial of Inspiratory Training (IT).
- Conditions
- Asthma in Children, Obesity, Pediatric Obesity, Pediatric Asthma
- Trial name
- MICA (NCT05945355)
- Testing
- Pro2 - Low Dose - 40% of participant's MIP, Pro2 - High Dose - 75% of participant's MIP
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Marasmus, Kwashiorkor
Mothers Understand And Can do it - Mid Upper Arm Circumference Screening for Malnutrition Performed by Mothers
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE : To determine whether mothers, given minimal group training, are capable of using a MUAC (mid-upper arm circumference) bracelet to screen their children for malnutrition and categorise them into one of three…
- Conditions
- Marasmus, Kwashiorkor, Malnutrition; Degree, Moderate, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- MUAC (NCT01790815)
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alliance for International Medical Action
X-linked Hypophosphatemia
Using Different Doses of Active Vitamin D Combined With Neutral Phosphate in Children With X-linked Hypophosphatemia
X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) is the most common form of heritable rickets. Current treatments include active vitamin D metabolites (e.g. calcitriol) and phosphate salts.
- Trial name
- NCT03820518
- Testing
- Calcitriol
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Diarrhea
Meatsafe Food Storage and Diarrhea Prevention Trial in Urban Bangladesh
The goal of this clinical trial was to evaluate whether a simple household food storage cabinet called a "meatsafe" could reduce bacterial contamination of complementary foods and decrease diarrhea among children aged 6 to 24…
- Trial name
- NCT07332078
- Testing
- Meatsafe Food Storage Cabinet
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 290 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Malnutrition, Child
The "Self Evaluation of Food Intake" (SEFI) as a Screening Test for Hospital Malnutrition in Children Over 10 Years
The goal is to find a simple tool that can be used by medical and paramedical staff and that is reliable to identify children at risk for malnutrition.
- Trial name
- SEFI (NCT04536974)
- Testing
- SEFI tool
- Where
- 6 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 368 people
- Sponsor
- Rennes University Hospital
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