Clinical trials: Growth Modification
Weight Gain, Anemia, Iron Deficiency
Egg Intervention During Pregnancy in Indonesia
The study consists of two arms: 1) intervention group using eggs as supplementary food given from 2nd trimester of pregnancy to birth, and 2) observational group of pregnant mothers.
- Conditions
- Weight Gain, Anemia, Iron Deficiency, Birth Weight, Birth Length
- Trial name
- PRECODE (NCT04694235)
- Testing
- Egg intervention
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 702 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition
Pregnancy, Obesity
An Optimized Programming of Healthy Children (APPROACH)
The Nutrition Research Unit at Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev will during the fall 2013 initiate a randomized and controlled intervention study engaging 390 obese pregnant women.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Obesity, Gestational Age and Weight Conditions, Maternal Care for Excessive Fetal Growth
- Trial name
- NCT01894139
- Testing
- High-Protein/Low-GI Diet, Low-protein/High-GI Diet
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Anemia, Growth Retardation
Creating Homestead Agriculture for Nutrition and Gender Equity (CHANGE) in Burkina Faso
The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term impact of the Enhanced Homestead Food Production Program implemented by HKI on household food security and nutritional status, as well as the impact on including additional…
- Trial name
- CHANGE (NCT02236468)
- Testing
- Enhanced-Homestead Food Production Program (old), WASH/malaria behavior change, LNS distribution
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 2,747 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Sedentary Lifestyle
Changes in Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21) Levels Correlated With Exercise
We evaluated the effect of two weeks of intensive supervised physical activity in serum fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) levels.
- Trial name
- NCT01512368
- Testing
- Supervised Exercising
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Diabetic Macular Edema
Anterior and Posterior Segment Vascular Changes Following Laser and Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy
The study will investigate changes in the structure and function of blood vessels in the front and back of the eye following laser and anti-VEGF treatments for sight-threatening diabetic eye disease.
- Trial name
- VEGF (NCT01196325)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
Aqueous Humor Level of Cytokines in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy and Change of Cytokines After Photodynamic Therapy
This is a prospective, comparative control analysis. The investigators want to evaluate the aqueous humor levels of vascular endothelial growth factor in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and the effect of photodynamic therapy…
- Trial name
- NCT01360151
- Testing
- ranibizumab(Lucentis), verteporfin(Visudyne)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seoul St. Mary's Hospital
Stunting, Wasting
Impact Evaluation of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) on Stunting Among Under-five Children
The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) on prevalence of stunting among under-five children in low income setting of Pakistan.
- Conditions
- Stunting, Wasting, Anemia, Nutrient Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT06025786
- Testing
- Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 13,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan 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
HIV, Pregnancy
Maternal Determinants of HIV-exposed and HIV-unexposed Fetal Growth, Birth Outcomes and Early Infant Growth
The purpose of this study is to understand how differences in the nutritional status and concentration of hormones and cytokines associated with cachexia in HIV+ and HIV- pregnant women living in a semi-rural and rural region of…
- Conditions
- HIV, Pregnancy, Malnutrition, Cachexia
- Trial name
- NCT01647841
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 218 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
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
Hopeless Tooth in Esthetic Zone, Loss of Soft and Hard Tissue Around Implant
Peri-implant Tissue Changes Using Dual Zone Concept with Connective Tissue Graft Versus Concentrated Growth Factor
Tooth extraction not only alters the bony architecture of the alveolar ridge, but it also has an impact on the surrounding soft tissues.
- Conditions
- Hopeless Tooth in Esthetic Zone, Loss of Soft and Hard Tissue Around Implant, Immediate Implant Placement
- Trial name
- NCT06728696
- Testing
- Immediate implant with with dual zone technique using concentrated growth factor graft., Immediate implant with dual zone technique using connective tissue graft.
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Stunting
Impact of Life-size Growth Charts on Understanding of Stunting
Randomized control trial testing whether exposure to a wall hanging (growth mat) enabling parents to physically compare their children's height against the World Health Organization (WHO) standards for height-for-age in…
- Trial name
- NCT04579328
- Testing
- Exposure to Growth Mats
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,019 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Spastic Cerebral Palsy, Acquired Brain Injury
Evaluation of Macroscopic Muscle Growth in Infants and Young Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy
A mixed longitudinal design study will be carried out to explore the onset and time course of morphological muscle changes on a macroscopic level in children with spastic cerebral palsy (SCP).
- Trial name
- 3D-MMAP (NCT05197764)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 229 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Induced Defocus to the Retina
Defocus Induced Changes on Choroidal Thickness
The goals of this study are to assess the short-term (10-60 minutes) effects of different magnitudes of myopic and hyperopic optical defocus on the transient thickness of the choroid in children and adults, as well as to assess…
- Trial name
- NCT03954886
- Testing
- Plus powered optical lens
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
Infant Nutrition
Formula With Modified Content of Protein and Improved Fatty Acids and Their Impact on Infant Growth and Health
In this study, the suitability of an infant formula with a modified content of protein and fatty acid pattern (LC-PUFA) for healthy term infants will be investigated.
- Trial name
- BEMIM (NCT01094080)
- Testing
- standard infant formula, modified infant formula, breast milk
- Where
- 2 sites in Germany, Serbia
- Volunteers
- 505 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Stunting, Wasting
Weight Patterns in the Month After Birth
This is a prospective cohort study that will be conducted in four low income countries to describe newborn weight patterns in the first month after birth and their association with clinical and demographic factors including…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Wasting, Undernutrition, Feeding Patterns
- Trial name
- NCT04025827
- Testing
- Dietary intake
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Guinea-Bissau and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 741 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malnutrition, Stunting
Child Health, Nutrition and Microbiome Development
Childhood malnutrition is a global public health issue with devastating consequences on the health, well-being, and psychosocial development of children.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight
- Trial name
- CHAMP (NCT05793294)
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Khyber Medical University Peshawar
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
IUGR, Pregnancy
Transplacental Gradients and Transport in Intrauterine Growth Restricted (IUGR) Pregnancies Compared to Normal Pregnancies.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the transplacental gradients for 6 polyols and mannose are altered in intrauterine growth restricted (IUGR) pregnancies compared to normal pregnancies and b) to determine the…
- Trial name
- NCT02397291
- Testing
- Mannose, Myoinositol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Depressive Symptoms, Happiness
Believing People Can Change: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Incremental Theory Intervention in Adolescence
This study will test the effectiveness of a brief educational intervention that teaches youth that they can grow and change, known as "growth mindset." Similar growth mindset interventions have improved youths' well-being and…
- Conditions
- Depressive Symptoms, Happiness, Life Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT04133389
- Testing
- Growth mindset of personality educational intervention, Growth mindset of athletic ability educational intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 576 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Guelph