Clinical trials: Growth; Stunting, Nutritional
Aflatoxin Ingestion
Mycotoxin Mitigation Trial
Multiple observational studies show an association between fetal and post-natal aflatoxin exposure and reduced linear growth. However, the effects of confounding factors such as socio-economic status, food insecurity and nutrient…
- Trial name
- MMT (NCT03940547)
- Testing
- Provision of flour, Promotion of flour
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 2,842 people
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Obesity, Child Development
CrescNet - Growth Monitoring Network
CrescNet is a network of primary care physicians and pediatricians (n=219) and endocrinological treatment centers (n=33), established in Leipzig in 1998, whose aim is to improve the early detection of growth disorders.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Child Development, Growth Disorders
- Trial name
- CrescNet (NCT03072537)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leipzig
Obesity, Small for Gestational Age
Maternal Obesity and Small for Gestational Age Infants
The purpose of this retrospective pilot study is to address the effect that obesity, in the absence of other comorbidities, has on birth weight.
- Trial name
- NCT00371657
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Undernutrition
Effectiveness of Small-Quantity vs Medium-Quantity Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements for Prevention of Undernutrition in Young Children
Nutrition is essential for a child's growth, brain development, and protection from disease. While breastmilk provides the best nutrition for young infants, children older than six months may not get all the nutrients they need…
- Trial name
- NCT07451951
- Testing
- Medium-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement (MQ-LNS), Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement (SQ-LNS)
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,568 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Stunting, Malnutrition; Protein
Protein Plus: Improving Infant Growth Through Diet and Enteric Health
This cluster-randomized controlled trial is designed to address linear growth faltering in 6-12-mo-old Bangladesh infants through a proof-of-concept package of interventions to a) increase intake of high quality protein and b)…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Malnutrition; Protein, Enteric Pathogens, Campylobacter Infections
- Trial name
- JiVitA-6 (NCT03683667)
- Testing
- Azithromycin Oral Product, Protein Supplement, Isocaloric Supplement
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 5,283 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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
Nutritional Stunting
Development of Appetite Measuring Tool and Appetite Status of Stunted Children
This study will provide a tool for researchers to measure important outcomes in relation to trial of intervention to reduce or prevent stunting.
- Trial name
- NCT02839148
- Testing
- Food supplementation
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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
Growth Failure, Stunting
ELICIT 2.0: Pilot Study of the Effect of Maternal Protein Supplementation During Lactation on Childhood Growth
Haydom Global Health Research Center in north central Tanzania represents an important rural setting for performing high-quality medical research in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Conditions
- Growth Failure, Stunting, Malnutrition, Protein Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT04565314
- Testing
- Plumpy'Mum
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Water-Related Diseases
SAFEWATER Health & Behaviour Impact Field Trials; Colombia
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
- SAFEWATER (NCT04829981)
- Testing
- SAFEWATER systems for drinking water disinfection, Behaviour change interventions
- Where
- 3 sites in Colombia, Mexico
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Malnutrition, Infant, Malnutrition, Child
Efficacy of Mobile Health Application in Promotion of Exclusive Breast Feeding and Young Child Feeding Practices in Pakistan
Early life nutrition is the key modifiable determinant of child growth, development, survival and diseases of adult onset. Pakistan ranks highest for neonatal mortality rate (44.2/1000 live births (LBs)) globally.
- Trial name
- NCT05590351
- Testing
- First diet: m-health coaching application, Face to Face counselling
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Growth; Stunting, Nutritional
Assessing a Length Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Estimate Length of Children
An exploratory study to explore the possibility of using computer vision algorithms to estimate a child's length using images taken by a healthcare professional or parents.
- Trial name
- GAIN (NCT05079776)
- Testing
- Physical length measurement
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danone Asia Pacific Holdings Pte, Ltd.
Nutritional Stunting, Growth Failure
Nutritional Stimulation of Growth in Children With Short Stature
Short stature is a frequent reason for referral to a pediatric endocrinology clinic. Short stature is especially prevalent among those with failure to thrive (whose weight is significantly below the average weight of his/her…
- Trial name
- NCT04226586
- Testing
- Essential Amino Acid (EAA) group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Hypoalbuminemia, Stunted Growth
Nutritional Parameters and Other Risk Factors Affecting Severity of Pneumonia in Children Under Five Years in Upper Egypt
Decrease mortality rate resulting from pneumonia
- Conditions
- Hypoalbuminemia, Stunted Growth, Anemia, Iron Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT05050851
- Testing
- Measurement of nutritional parameters in children with pneumonia
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Malnutrition, Stunted Growth
What Promotes Healthy Eating? The Roles of Information,Affordability,Accessibility,Gender, and Peers on Food Consumption
Pre-school undernutrition is a global problem with life long adverse consequences. One form of undernutrition, chronic undernutrition or stunting, affects 171 million children under the age of 5 worldwide.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Stunted Growth, Growth, Feeding, Complementary
- Trial name
- NCT03229629
- Testing
- Behavior change communication, Food Voucher (Monetary)
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,243 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Growth; Stunting, Nutritional
Assessing a Height Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Estimate Height of Children
An exploratory study to explore the possibility of using computer vision algorithms to estimate a child's height using images taken by a healthcare professional or parents.
- Trial name
- INFER (NCT06578338)
- Testing
- Physical height measurement
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danone Asia Pacific Holdings Pte, Ltd.
Infant Malnutrition
The Mazira Project: An Evaluation of Eggs During Complementary Feeding in Rural Malawi
The Mazira Project is a study of the effect of egg consumption on growth, development and gut health of infants in Malawi. The study randomly assigns infants to receive one egg per day over six months or to receive an equivalent…
- Trial name
- NCT03385252
- Testing
- Eggs, Visits
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 662 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Neonatal Hypoglycemia, Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Effect of Tahneek on Hypoglycemia in Newborn Infants
Tahneek is an Arabic word which means putting something sweet such as dates, in the infant's mouth after the birth. Neonatal hypoglycemia is common in the first few days after birth.
- Conditions
- Neonatal Hypoglycemia, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Macrosomia, Fetal, Intrauterine Growth Restriction
- Trial name
- THIN (NCT03726697)
- Testing
- Tahneek
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 324 people
- Sponsor
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
Malnutrition, Child
Cash Transfers to Increase Dietary Diversity in Grand Gedeh County, Liberia
The investigators aim to evaluate the efficacy of a cash transfer and nutrition education program delivered by community health assistants to increase dietary diversity among children 6 to 23 months of age in Grand Gedeh County…
- Trial name
- NCT04101487
- Testing
- Cash Transfer, Cash Transfers and Nutrition Education
- Where
- Liberia
- Volunteers
- 599 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
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