Clinical trials: Growth; Stunting, Nutritional
Malnutrition
Women's Work in Agriculture and Infant Nutrition
Background Over the last 10 years there has been an increase in the female agriculture labour force, in Pakistan, resulting in a feminisation of agriculture; which could have either a positive or negative impact on maternal and…
- Trial name
- WWAN (NCT03406182)
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malnourished Children, Stunting of Growth
Comprehensive Nutritional Support for Children in Zambia (ZamCNC) - A Pilot Investigation
In a recently completed intervention study, more than 50% of children in Lusaka were found to be stunted by age two, even when nutritional supplements were provided.
- Trial name
- ZamCnC (NCT07153913)
- Testing
- Intensive growth support
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Günther Fink
Malnutrition, Child, Enteropathy
Study of Environmental Enteropathy and Malnutrition in Pakistan
Environmental Enteropathy (EE) is an acquired sub-clinical inflammatory gut condition in which alterations in intestinal structure, function, and local and systemic immune activation lead to impaired vaccine responses, decreased…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Enteropathy, Vaccine Response Impaired, Stunting
- Trial name
- SEEM (NCT03588013)
- Testing
- Nutritional education, Ready to Use Therapeutic Food, Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with biopsy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 416 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Infant Nutrition Disorders, Health Behavior
Sharing Histories: Test of a Teaching Method for Community Health Workers
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an innovative methodology for training Community Health Workers that will improve their effectiveness in educating mothers to adopt best practice health behaviors in…
- Trial name
- NCT02903602
- Testing
- Sharing Histories training method for CHW, Standard training method for CHW
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Future Generations Graduate School
Water-Related Diseases
SAFEWATER Health & Behaviour Impact Field Trials; Mexico
At least 1.8 billion people globally use a source of drinking water that is faecally contaminated and thus likely to lead to diarrheal illness: nearly 1,000 children die each day due to water and sanitation-related diarrhoeal…
- Trial name
- NCT04736615
- Testing
- SAFEWATER systems for drinking water disinfection, Behavior change interventions
- Where
- 3 sites in Colombia, Mexico
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Malnutrition, Child
Effectiveness of a Positive Deviance Program in Reducing Childhood Undernutrition
Globally, childhood malnutrition remains a public health concern. Malnutrition can be diverse from undernutrition to overnutrition.
- Trial name
- NCT04688515
- Testing
- Nutrition program developed using positive deviance approach
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Schistosomiasis, Anemia
Schistosomiasis Effect on Response to Vaccines, Anaemia and Nutritional Status of Children of Northern Senegal
SchistoVAN aims to study the role of schistosomiasis infection in the modulation of the immune response of children to childhood vaccine antigens, as well as the impact of this infection on their nutritional status and their…
- Conditions
- Schistosomiasis, Anemia, Underweight, Stunting
- Trial name
- SchistoVAN (NCT01553552)
- Where
- Senegal
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biomedical Research Center EPLS
Stunting, Dietary Deficiency
Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia
The causes of malnutrition are complex and addressing the problem requires integrated action among various sectors. Globally, much attention has been given to nutrition-specific interventions to address the immediate causes of…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Dietary Deficiency, Anemia
- Trial name
- SURE (NCT04694898)
- Testing
- Standard programme, SURE intervention
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,292 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Undernutrition, Anemia
Effect of Moringa Royal Jelly on the Nutritional Status and Cognitive Level of Adolescent Girls
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a locally developed supplement called MRJ - a combination of Moringa oleifera (drumstick tree) extract and royal jelly - can improve the nutritional status and cognitive…
- Conditions
- Undernutrition, Anemia, Stunting, Cognitive Function 1, Social
- Trial name
- MRJ (NCT07037498)
- Testing
- Moringa Oleifera
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 372 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hasanuddin University
Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Changes in Nerve Electro Physiologic Properties in Children Before and After Correction of Malnutrition
The goal of this clinical trail study is to measure neurophysiologic parameters to assess the effect of malnutrition on the peripheral nervous system and their response to treatment in three categories (SAM, severe wasting, and…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT05891457
- Testing
- Nutritional Intervention
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Nutritional Stunting, Nutritional Anemia
Association Between Intakes of Protein, Calcium and Milk With Gene Expression and Linear Growth of School Aged Children
Protein is one type of nutrients known as the cause of stunting in developing countries since the mid-1970s (1) but then less attention on protein intake with the assumption that protein intake is sufficient.
- Conditions
- Nutritional Stunting, Nutritional Anemia, Nutritional Deficiency, Nutrigenetic
- Trial name
- NCT03895151
- Testing
- Milk supplementation, Food Based Recommendation (FBR) nutrition education
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition
Malnutrition, Child, Development, Child
Grandi Byen: Test of an Integrated Parenting and Nutrition Intervention
The premise of this trial is that a combined nutrition (eggs) and parenting behavior intervention (responsive parenting combined with the reinforcement of animal source foods and improved WASH) will synergistically result in…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Development, Child, Parenting
- Trial name
- NCT04785352
- Testing
- Nutrition Intervention, Grandi Byen
- Where
- Haiti
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Pregnancy Complications
Measuring sVAP-1 as a Predictor of Pregnancy Problems
Pre-eclampsia is a common pregnancy disorder defined as high blood pressure and protein in the urine after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
- Trial name
- NCT04891315
- Testing
- Blood test for soluble VAP-1 (sVAP-1).
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leicester
Fetal Growth Restriction
A Randomized Air Filter Intervention Study of Air Pollution and Fetal Growth in a Highly Polluted Community
The purpose of this study is to use an air filter intervention to evaluate the relationship between particulate matter air pollution exposure during pregnancy and fetal growth.
- Trial name
- NCT01741051
- Testing
- HEPA Filter
- Where
- Mongolia
- Volunteers
- 540 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Simon Fraser University
Exclusive Breastfeeding, Feeding Patterns
SPOON: Sustained Program for Improving Nutrition - Mexico
The primary goal of this study is to assess the impact of an innovative strategy to prevent undernutrition and obesity in early childhood in children 0-24 months in Mexico.
- Conditions
- Exclusive Breastfeeding, Feeding Patterns, Stunting, Obesity, Childhood
- Trial name
- NCT03752762
- Testing
- SQ-LNS, SPOON behavioral change strategy
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inter-American Development Bank
Malnutrition
Prevention of Linear Growth Failure in Infants and Young Children With Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements (iLiNS-DOSE)
The use of lipid-based nutrients (LNS), such as Nutributter or fortified spread (FS), have been associated with improved growth and development outcomes among infants in Ghana and Malawi.
- Trial name
- iLiNS-DOSE (NCT00945698)
- Testing
- Lipid-based nutrient supplement, 10gM, Lipid-based nutrient supplement, 20gM, Lipid-based Nutrient Supplement, 20gNoM
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 1,920 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tampere University
Stunting, Development, Child
Methylation, mIcrobiome, NUtritional sTatus, and dEvelopment of Stunted Children
The investigators will conduct a case-control study among under-two children in Lombok Timur, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The power required to detect changes in epigenetic markers may not be sufficient in the cohort study.
- Conditions
- Stunting, Development, Child, DNA Methylation, Epigenetics
- Trial name
- MINUTES (NCT05779904)
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition
Child Malnutrition, Wasting Syndrome
Laser Height Measuring Device Study in Vietnam
This study will evaluate whether a portable laser device can accurately measure the height and length of children younger than 5 years in Quang Nam, Vietnam.
- Conditions
- Child Malnutrition, Wasting Syndrome, Stunting
- Trial name
- NCT07906067
- Testing
- Laser Height/Length Measuring Device, ShorrBoard
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 571 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- World Vision US
Infant Malnutrition, Fetal Growth Retardation
DEUX OEUFs: Cracking the Potential of Eggs to Improve Child Growth and Development
This proposed randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effect of maternal egg consumption during pregnancy on birth length.
- Trial name
- NCT06405360
- Testing
- Egg consumption
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 464 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Low Birthweight, Stunting
Impact of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) on Maternal and Child Nutritional Status
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) which includes specialized nutritious food (SNF) augmented with specific reproductive health interventions during pregnancy on proportion of…
- Conditions
- Low Birthweight, Stunting, Wasting, Malnutrition, Child
- Trial name
- NCT05836961
- Testing
- Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 5,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University