Clinical trials: Child Nutritional Status
Childhood Obesity
Painted Playgrounds Aim 1
Painted Playgrounds Aim 1: Observation will examine the physical environment of licensed childcare centers before and after painting stencil activities (hopscotch, foursquare, fun trails, etc.) on playgrounds.
- Trial name
- NCT03890913
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Obesity, Overweight
Mobile Attention Retraining in Overweight Female Adolescents
Background: People are constantly exposed to unhealthy foods. Some studies of adults show that training attention away from unhealthy foods might reduce overeating.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Binge Eating, Healthy Volunteers
- Trial name
- NCT02977403
- Testing
- Attention Bias Retraining
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Childhood Obesity
Summer Harvest Adventure: A Garden-based Obesity Prevention Program for Children Residing in Low-resource Communities
The objective of this study is to implement and test the efficacy of the "Summer Harvest Adventure," a comprehensive garden-based behavioral, social, and environmental intervention for children (ages 8-11 years) residing in…
- Trial name
- SHA (NCT05367674)
- Testing
- Summer Harvest Adventure, My Summer Plate (MSP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Diet Quality
Nutricity: An mHealth Nutrition Intervention to Improve Diet Quality Among Latino Children
The overall objective of this application is to pilot test an mHealth nutrition intervention within pediatric clinics serving Latino families and evaluate its potential for implementation.
- Trial name
- NCT06266468
- Testing
- Nutricity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Malnutrition
Effectiveness Comparison of Three Supplementary Foods in the Treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition
The purpose of this study is to compare the recovery rates of moderately malnourished Malawian children treated with either milk-enriched corn/soy blend, soy/peanut fortified spread or a commercially produced ready-to-use therapy…
- Trial name
- NCT00998517
- Testing
- Soy/peanut fortified spread, Milk fortified corn/soy blend, Supplementary Plumpy®
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 2,712 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Obesity
Preventing Weight Gain and Unhealthy Behaviors in Children
This study will address engagement in unhealthy behaviors, low levels of self-regulation, and unhealthy weight gain for children from low-income households.
- Trial name
- NCT04608188
- Testing
- Summer Camp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina
Pneumonia
CHIZAP: Community- and Health Facility-Based Intervention With Zinc as Adjuvant Therapy for Childhood Pneumonia
The aim of the study described is to measure the degree with which zinc given as adjunct therapy to standard antibiotic treatment during childhood pneumonia reduces the risk of treatment failure and the duration of the illness.
- Trial name
- NCT00148733
- Testing
- Zinc
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 2,628 people
- Sponsor
- Centre For International Health
Obesity, Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D and Vascular Health in Children
In this study, we will test the central hypothesis that enhancement of vitamin D status in obese and overweight children will improve their vascular health and their cardiovascular disease (CVD) and metabolic syndrome risk…
- Trial name
- NCT01797302
- Testing
- Vitamin D3
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Prader-Willi Syndrome, Hyperphagia
Oxytocin vs. Placebo for the Treatment Hyperphagia in Children and Adolescents With Prader-Willi Syndrome
The investigators propose a randomized double-blind 8 week treatment trial of intranasal oxytocin (IN-OXT) vs. placebo in 24 subjects aged 5 to 18 years with PWS in order to assess IN-OXT's affect on (1) Eating behaviors (2)…
- Trial name
- OXT-PWS (NCT02629991)
- Testing
- Intranasal Oxytocin (IN-OXT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood
Impact of the "Ten Steps for Healthy Feeding of Children Younger Than Two Years" in Health Centers
A cluster randomized field trial to evaluate the impact that training healthcare workers in healthy feeding practices has on the nutrition and health of children.
- Trial name
- NCT00635453
- Testing
- Dietary Advice
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 715 people
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
CLABSI - Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection
Sodium Citrate 4% Locking Solution for Children Requiring Home Parenteral Nutrition
This study an open label prospective observational cohort study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of sodium citrate 4% locking solution in preventing central line associated blood stream infection in children requiring long…
- Trial name
- NCT04756427
- Testing
- Sodium Citrate 4% Inj Syringe 3Ml
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Physical Fitness, Nutritional Status
Nutrition, Physical Performance & Fitness in Indian School Children
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of nutritional supplement on physical performance measures of apparently healthy school going children in India.
- Trial name
- NCT00876018
- Testing
- Nutritional supplement
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GlaxoSmithKline
Obesity, Morbid
GLP-1 Therapy for Weight Loss and Improved Glucose Tolerance in Obese Children
The prevalence of severely obese children is on the rise. Behavioral therapies for weight loss are successful in some, but others need more aggressive approaches such as drug therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT00886626
- Testing
- Exenatide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Childhood Obesity
Intervention for the Prevention of Obesity in Preschool
The purpose of this study is to develop, implement and evaluate an intervention focused to change feeding practices and patterns of physical activity of preschool children through providing motivational counseling to the mother.
- Trial name
- NCT01539070
- Testing
- Eating and physical activity counseling
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 306 people
- Sponsor
- Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico
Obesity, Insulin Resistance
Apelin Levels and G212A Polymorphism of Apelin Receptor (APJ)
The aim of this study is to investigate serum apelin levels as well as their possible association with G212A polymorphism of the apelin receptor in obese children and adolescents.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
- Trial name
- NCT01121172
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Hypophosphatasia
Open-Label Study of Asfotase Alfa in Infants and Children ≤ 5 Years of Age With Hypophosphatasia (HPP)
This clinical trial was conducted to study hypophosphatasia (HPP), a bone disorder caused by gene mutations or changes. These gene mutations cause low levels of an enzyme needed to harden bone.
- Trial name
- NCT01176266
- Testing
- asfotase alfa
- Where
- 23 sites in United States, Australia and 10 more
- Volunteers
- 69 people
- Sponsor
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Overweight and Obesity, Adiposity
Healthy Mothers-Healthy Children Nutrition
Using a randomized two-group, repeated measures experimental design, the goal of the proposed study is to investigate the efficacy of a 12-week nutrition and exercise education, physical activity, coping skills training, and…
- Conditions
- Overweight and Obesity, Adiposity, Nutrient; Excess, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- HMHC (NCT03866902)
- Testing
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention, English for Second Language Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 578 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
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
Autism Spectrum Disorder
An Integrated Nutrition Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating Habits for Children With ASD
There is an unmet need for nutrition interventions that address both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) specific feeding challenges and unbalanced eating habits among children with ASD to prevent future chronic health conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT05194345
- Testing
- Autism Eats nutrition intervention, We Can! enhanced usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
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