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
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Metabolic Syndrome, Protection Against
Growth, Risks of Allergy and Metabolic Syndrome in 6 Year Old Children Born Preterm Compared to Postdischarge Nutrition
This is a follow-up cohort study of 6 years old children born preterm in Denmark from 2004-2008, and at four different neonatal units. During hospitalisation they received breast milk with fortification.
- Conditions
- Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Metabolic Syndrome, Protection Against, Allergy, Dietary Modification
- Trial name
- NCT02078687
- Testing
- Enfamil HM fortifier, Mead Johnson, Enfalac Premature Formula, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Mothers own milk
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 239 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
Inflammatory Myelopathies
CNS Growth Factors Release and Changes in the Inflammatory Environment in Response to Electrical Stimulation in Subjects With Inflammatory Myelopathies
This research is being done to see how different amounts of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) affect cycling on factors in blood and spinal cord in people with spinal cord inflammation.
- Trial name
- FIRST-STIM (NCT01440452)
- Testing
- FES Cycling, Cycling without FES, Lumbar puncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Kidney Transplant; Complications, Glomerular Disease
Effect of Moderate Caloric Restriction on Glomerular Growth After Kidney Transplantation
One possible reason that weight gain after transplant may interfere with new kidney function is due to the enlargement of a kidney structure called the glomerulus.
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant; Complications, Glomerular Disease, Weight Gain, Kidney Transplant
- Trial name
- NCT03607500
- Testing
- caloric intake reduction
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Short Bowel Syndrome
Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety Growth Hormone, Glutamine and Diet in Patients With Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)
Treatment for 3.5-8 weeks with GH (0.05 mg/kg/day) +GLN+Diet, followed by continued compliance to the individualized oral diet and enteral GLN, will result in reduced volume of TPN infusion/week and/or reduced frequency of TPN…
- Trial name
- NCT00742157
- Testing
- Growth Hormone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
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
Preterm Infant
Preterm Infant Multicentre Growth Study
The purpose of this study is to improve health professionals understanding of preterm infant growth patterns, and to determine if early growth patterns predict risks of adverse metabolic and cognitive outcomes.
- Trial name
- PreMGS (NCT03064022)
- Testing
- Growth
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,275 people
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
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
Weight Gain, Human Milk
Growth and Weight Gain in ELBW Infants Fed an Exclusively Human Milk Based Diet With Prolacta®
Preterm infants are susceptible to postnatal growth restriction. Breast milk is the recommended source of nutrition for preterm infants.
- Conditions
- Weight Gain, Human Milk, Preterm Infants, Extremely Low Birth Weight
- Trial name
- NCT03886844
- Testing
- Human milk fortifier based on human milk (Prolacta)
- Where
- 2 sites in Austria
- Volunteers
- 196 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
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
Advanced EGFR-positive Solid Tumors
Treatment of Chemotherapy Refractory EGFR(Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor) Positive Advanced Solid Tumors (CART-EGFR)
RATIONALE: Placing a tumor antigen chimeric receptor that has been created in the laboratory into patient autologous T cells may make the body build immune response to kill cancer cells.
- Trial name
- CART-EGFR (NCT01869166)
- Testing
- CART-EGFR
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese PLA General Hospital