Clinical trials: Children - Malnutrition
Child Malnutrition
Strategies to Increase Milk Consumption by Young Nepali Children
Dairy animals are an important source of income, food and nutrition security at the household level. However, substandard animal husbandry practices and limited understanding of disease prevention and control may limit dairy…
- Trial name
- NCT03886467
- Testing
- Community-based nutrition education
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 368 people
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
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
Malnutrition
Effectiveness of LNS and MNP Supplements to Prevent Malnutrition in Women and Their Children in Bangladesh
The program effectiveness study aims to assess the effect of a lipid-based nutrition supplement (LNS) and micronutrient powder (MNP) provided in a programmatic context for improving maternal nutritional status during pregnancy…
- Trial name
- RDNS (NCT01715038)
- Testing
- LNS-PLW, LNS-Child, MNP
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 4,011 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
Effectiveness of Oral Albendazole in the Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition
The benefit of anti-worm therapy as part of the case management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the outpatient setting has not previously been studied.
- Trial name
- NCT01395381
- Testing
- Albendazole
- Where
- Malawi
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Severe Wasting
Soy-Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in Severely Malnourished Children
SAM defined by having weight-for-height (WH) less than - 3 Z score or bi-pedal nutritional edema is an important cause of death in children globally including Bangladesh.
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition, Severe Wasting, Community Based Nutritional Management
- Trial name
- NCT01634009
- Testing
- Soy-based RUTF (in double blind design)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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
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
Cerebral Palsy, Mastication Disorder
Growth, Dietary Intakes and Feeding Behaviors of Children With Cerebral Palsy Who Have Chewing Disorders
The nutritional status of CP children may be decreased when children have chewing disorders too due to insufficient solid food intake.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Mastication Disorder, Malnutrition, Growth Delay
- Trial name
- NCT02777645
- Testing
- Growth, feeding evaluation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Acute Malnutrition With no Complications
Effectiveness of an Alternative Protocol in the Management of Acute Malnutrition
This experimental study aims to test an alternative protocol for managing acute malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months in Burkina Faso.
- Trial name
- Alternat-MAL (NCT06792370)
- Testing
- ready-to-use therapeutic food (for children with MAM), Ready-to-use supplementary food, Ready to Use Therapeutic Food - Reduced dose 1
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 3,521 people
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso
Physical Disorder, Mental Health Wellness
Study of Arsha Vidya Chhatralaya Initiative on Health and Functioning of Disadvantaged Tribal Children
India's poor tribal communities have far worse health and social indicators than the general population. Most tribal people live in remote forested or desert areas where illiteracy, trying physical environments, malnutrition…
- Conditions
- Physical Disorder, Mental Health Wellness, Social Function Disorder, Childhood or Adolescent, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT03578159
- Testing
- Chhatralaya
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NMP Medical Research Institute
Acute Malnutrition in Infancy (Disorder)
Optimizing Acute Malnutrition Management in Children Aged 6 to 59 Months in Niger (OptIMA Niger)
Acute malnutrition (AM) is a continuum condition, arbitrarily divided into severe and moderate categories (SAM, MAM) which are managed separately, with programs overseen by different agencies with different products and supply…
- Trial name
- NCT04698070
- Testing
- Nutritional Strategy - OptiMA, Nutritional Strategy - ComPAS, National nutritional Strategy (Niger)
- Where
- 4 sites in Niger
- Volunteers
- 2,304 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for International Medical Action
Anemia
Action Against Malnutrition Through Agriculture (AAMA) Plus MNP Study
Helen Keller International (HKI), the ministry of health and population, and ministry of agriculture and cooperatives, of Nepal and local non-governmental organizations (NGO) partners are currently implementing a USAID funded…
- Trial name
- MNP (NCT01488305)
- Testing
- MNP (micro-nutrient powders), AAMA project activities (HFP and IYCF BCC)
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 334 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Helen Keller International
Child, Hospitalized, Vitamin D Deficiency
Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Improvement of Pneumonic Children
In Egypt, according to UNICEF 2018, Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARTIs)was estimated to account for 11% and 19% of the under-five and post-neonatal mortalities respectively.
- Conditions
- Child, Hospitalized, Vitamin D Deficiency, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- NCT04244474
- Testing
- A single one ml injection
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 191 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Malnourished Children
Enhancing Growth Monitoring Visits in Joshipur Rural Municipality, Kailai, Nepal
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if health workers training on growth promotion and monitoring guideline and Female Community Health Volunteers mobilization for increasing demand for growth monitoring and promotion…
- Trial name
- NCT06743451
- Testing
- Health workers training on GMP guideline, Female community health volunteers' mobilization for inviting mothers and caretakers
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
Obesity, Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Supplementation in Psychiatric Illnesses
Children and adolescents with psychiatric illnesses who are treated with medications called second generation antipsychotic agents (SGA) often gain excessive weight during their treatment with these medications.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Vitamin D Deficiency, Psychosis, Schizophrenia
- Trial name
- VDSS (NCT01004354)
- Testing
- Ergocalciferols
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM)
Integrated Treatment Protocol for Acute Malnutrition: A Non Inferiority Trial in Burkina Faso
MUAC only is a pilot trial external control carried out between January 2017 and December 2017 in the Yako district (northern region), Burkina Faso.
- Trial name
- MUAC-Only (NCT03027505)
- Testing
- Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 4,958 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for International Medical Action
Severe Acute Malnutrition
RECIPE BASED F100 INTERVENTION FOR NUTRITIONAL EFFICACY IN SAM (REFINE-SAM )
This open-label randomized controlled trial evaluates the efficacy and safety of multiple formulations of the F-100 therapeutic feed during the rehabilitation phase among children aged 6-59 months with SAM, in comparison to…
- Trial name
- REFINE-SAM (NCT07130877)
- Testing
- WHO F100, WHO RECIPE BASED F100
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Multan
Malnutrition, Child Development
Tools to Improve Parental Recognition of Developmental Deficits in Children
In this study, we aim to improve child nutrition by increasing parents' awareness of their children's physical growth. We use a cluster-randomized trial design to evaluate two interventions that provide parents with regular…
- Trial name
- NCT02242539
- Testing
- Height measurement poster, Community-based monitoring
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 547 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Crohn's Disease, Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Supplementation as Non-toxic Immunomodulation in Children With Crohn's Disease
IBD is caused by an abnormal immune response to the gut bacteria in people who are genetically predisposed. There has been a huge increase in the number of people diagnosed with IBD since World War II, likely due to changes in…
- Trial name
- NCT01046773
- Testing
- Cholecalciferol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Zinc Deficiency, Mother and Child Malnutrition
Multi-Omic Profiling of a Zinc-Biofortified Maize Intervention in Guatemalan Mothers and Children
A trial evaluating the systemic and ecological impact of zinc-biofortified maize consumption on cellular zinc status, inflammatory biomarkers, and gut microbiota composition in a cohort of Guatemalan mothers and children.
- Trial name
- NCT07585318
- Testing
- F3 Biofortified Maize, Conventional Maize
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama