Clinical trials: Infant Growth
Growth Failure, Good Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices
Joint Infant and Young Child Nutrition Program and Malnutrition Prevention
Study title: Joint Infant and young children nutrition program in Burkina Faso: Impact evaluation Hypothesis: The fortification of complementary foods associated with a counseling on feeding practices for infants and young…
- Trial name
- NCT02136966
- Testing
- MNP + IYCN counseling + cooking demonstrations
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 2,212 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso
Growth
Study of Nutritional Suitability of a New Infant Formula for Term Infants
This is a growth study of full-term infants. The growth of infants fed the investigational formula will be compared with infants fed a control formula. A breastfeeding arm will be used as reference.
- Trial name
- NCT02490852
- Testing
- Investigational infant formula, Active Comparator: Commercially available Infant formula, Active Comparator: Human milk
- Where
- 18 sites in Austria, Croatia and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 304 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ausnutria Hyproca B.V.
Steatorrhea, Growth
Tolerance and Digestibility of a New Formula in Healthy Infants
The great majority of infants formula contain fats exclusively from vegetable oil. Nevertheless, the use of both vegetable and dairy lipids is on a real interest to obtain an infant formula closer to the nutritional composition…
- Trial name
- NCT01184378
- Testing
- dairy lipids and soluble milk proteins
- Where
- 2 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lactalis
Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D and Its Affect on Growth Rates and Bone Mineral Density Until Age 5
Abstract Background: Vitamin D affects a wide variety of functions in the body including regulation of calcium, phosphorus, and bone metabolism.
- Trial name
- VitD (NCT01419821)
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meir Medical Center
Problem With Growth of an Infant
Cohort Construction for Preterm Infants With Growth Retardation and Its Influencing Factors
In this cohort, prospective clinical cohort study was used to establish a follow-up cohort of preterm infants with different gestational ages.
- Trial name
- NCT04817878
- Testing
- Developmental assessment
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University Third Hospital
Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Premature - Weight 1000g-2499g or Gestation of 28-37weeks
Influence of Intrauterine Growth Restriction on Amplitude-integrated EEG in Preterm Infants
Objective: The impact of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) on perinatal morbidity and long-term neurodevelopmental outcome has been published in numerous studies.
- Conditions
- Intrauterine Growth Restriction, Premature - Weight 1000g-2499g or Gestation of 28-37weeks, Neurodevelopmental Disorder, EEG; Spikes, Centrotemporal, Epilepsy of Childhood
- Trial name
- NCT01942525
- Testing
- aEEG
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 156 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Neonatal Respiratory Failure
Flow and Grow - The Ideal Time to Wean CPAP Off In Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
Preterm neonates born at less than 30 weeks' gestation are commonly maintained on invasive or non-invasive respiratory support to facilitate gas exchange.
- Trial name
- Flow&Grow (NCT06123143)
- Testing
- Standardized/structured CPAP weaning protocol
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Diego
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
Growth, Infections
Effects of an Infant Formula and follow-on Formula Containing Bio-active Ingredients on Growth, Tolerance and Infections
In this clinical trial, the growth (weight for age), product tolerance (product intake, comfort) and infection-related symptoms of healthy infants consuming an IF and FOF containing bio-active ingredients will be evaluated and…
- Trial name
- NCT06137235
- Testing
- cows milk infant formula and follow-on formula with bioactive ingredients, standard cows milk infant formula and follow-on formula
- Where
- 3 sites in Greece
- Volunteers
- 456 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FrieslandCampina
Prematurity; Extreme, Feeding Disorder Neonatal
Early Protein Supplementation in Extremely Preterm Infants Fed Human Milk
The central hypothesis of this clinical trial is that, in extremely preterm infants, protein-enriched human milk diets compared to usual human milk diets during the first 2 weeks after birth increase fat-free mass (FFM)-for-age Z…
- Conditions
- Prematurity; Extreme, Feeding Disorder Neonatal, Breast Milk Expression, Growth Failure
- Trial name
- NCT04325308
- Testing
- Protein-enriched human milk diet, Usual human milk diet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
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
Postnatal Growth Disorder
Target Fortification of Breast Milk: How Often Breast Milk Needs to be Measured?
It has been observed that target fortification on different schedules leads to meal to meal variation. It changes the ratio of protein to energy and the percentage of carbohydrate to non-protein energy which may, affect growth.
- Trial name
- TFO2 (NCT02865941)
- Testing
- Fortification with modular protein, Fortification with modular carbohydrate, Fortification with modular fat
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster Children's Hospital
Low Birth Weight
Probiotics-Supplemented Feeding in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants
The overall purpose of this research is to test whether adding a supplement to the feeding of extremely low birth weight infant (infants weighing less than 2 pound 2 oz at birth) will help him/her achieve full feeding faster and…
- Trial name
- PAS (NCT01164124)
- Testing
- Probiotic supplementation (Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Bifidobacterium infantis)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- Vermont Oxford Network
Congenital Heart Disease, Pregnancy Related
Pregnancy in GUCH Patients
This study aims to investigate the impact of congenital heart diseases on maternal and foetal-neonatal health, the effect of pregnancy on maternal cardiac health, and the outcome of newborns/children born from Grown-Up Congenital…
- Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease, Pregnancy Related, Infant Development, IUGR
- Trial name
- PURE-HEART (NCT06574386)
- Testing
- Neurodevelopmental assessment
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Infant Development, Protein-energy; Imbalance
Protein Turnover in Preterm Infants - Feeding of Target Fortified Breast Milk With Different Macronutrient Composition to Improve Growth
The purpose of this study is to measure protein turnover rates in preterm infants.
- Conditions
- Infant Development, Protein-energy; Imbalance, Protein Deposition
- Trial name
- NCT04854226
- Testing
- Macronutrients_CARB, Macronutrient_FAT
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Paracelsus Medical University
Contraception, Fetal Growth Retardation
Obesity and Oral Contraceptive Failure
Contraceptive failure is the primary cause of unintended pregnancy in the United States. With obesity rates at epidemic proportions, any association between obesity and strategies that prevent undesired pregnancies constitutes a…
- Conditions
- Contraception, Fetal Growth Retardation, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT01944306
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Malnutrition, Child, Malnutrition, Infant
Assessing the Effect of Sustainable Small-scale Egg Production on Maternal and Child Nutrition in Rural Zambia
Animal source foods (ASF), such as meat and eggs, are rich in nutrients critical for growth and development. Yet, for poor children in developing countries, ASF consumption is limited by cost, inadequate caregiver knowledge, and…
- Trial name
- NCT02516852
- Testing
- Egg production
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 3,546 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Fetal Growth Retardation
Melatonin to Prevent Brain Injury in Unborn Growth Restricted Babies
Intrauterine growth restriction is the term used to describe a condition where an unborn baby does not reach its optimum size. In the short and long term, intrauterine growth restricted babies have a higher risk of serious…
- Trial name
- NCT01695070
- Testing
- Melatonin
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Monash University
Growth Retardation
The Effects of Time Points to Cease Parenteral Nutrition and IGF-1 on Very Low Birth Weight Infants
This study aims to estimate short-term and long-term effects of time points to cease parenteral nutrition on very preterm infants, such as growth; to estimate the role of insulin-like growth factor 1 in the growth.
- Trial name
- NCT06071403
- Testing
- (enteral feeding volume/ total fluid volume)*100%
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 416 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Postnatal Growth Disorder
Individualized Fortification of Breast Milk for Preterm Infants - A Pilot Study
To analyze the weight gain of very low birth weight infants during a minimum period of three weeks before 36 weeks postmenstrual age when infants are fed with breast milk that has been individually fortified.
- Trial name
- IFO Pilot (NCT01305642)
- Testing
- Individualized fortification of breast milk
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster Children's Hospital