Clinical trials: Infant Nutrition Disorders
Infant Malnutrition, Light-For-Dates With Signs of Fetal Malnutrition
Early DHA/ARA Supplementation in Growth-restricted Very Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Growth-restricted very preterm infants (VPT) are born without adequate fat mass (FM) deposits and low docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) concentrations.
- Conditions
- Infant Malnutrition, Light-For-Dates With Signs of Fetal Malnutrition, Premature, Nutrition Disorder, Infant
- Trial name
- NCT06207071
- Testing
- DHA
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Obesity, Pregnancy
Maternal Obesity, Breast Milk Composition, and Infant Growth
Today the majority of pregnant women in the United States are either overweight or obese at conception with their offspring having greater adiposity at birth, a 2-fold greater risk of later obesity, and neonatal insulin…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Pregnancy, Breastmilk Collection, Infant Overnutrition
- Trial name
- (MILK) (NCT03301753)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,050 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Child Malnutrition
Growth and Nutritional Impact of Small Fish Powder Supplementation in Infants
This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of supplementing the diets of infants aged 6-7 months with small fish powder on growth outcomes in the Garoua 1st Health District, Northern Cameroon.
- Trial name
- NCT07794085
- Testing
- Small Fish Powder, Millet Flour
- Where
- Cameroon
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Food and Nutrition Research, Yaounde
Infant Development, Infant Overnutrition
Measurement of Energy Metabolism in Infants
The purpose of this study is to measure energy expenditure during the first 3 months of life in infants.
- Trial name
- BabyEE Pilot (NCT02683473)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
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
Body Composition, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn
Role of Body Composition in Large for Gestational Age Infants (LGA) With Oral Feeding Difficulty
Large for Gestational Age (LGA) infants have excess fat-mass (FM) proportion secondary to prolonged in utero exposure to an energy-rich environment.
- Conditions
- Body Composition, Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Nutrition Disorder, Infant
- Trial name
- NCT04599010
- Testing
- Dietary intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Lactation Disorder With Baby Delivered, Nutrition Disorder, Infant
Macronutrients in Lactating NICU Parents - Impact of Kangaroo Care
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impact of Kangaroo Care (holding your baby skin-to-skin on your chest) in lactating parents with babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) that cannot directly…
- Trial name
- MILK (NCT06047470)
- Testing
- Kangaroo Care, No Kangaroo Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Infant Overweight, Infant Obesity
Project Sueño: Sleep & Understanding Early Nutrition in Obesity
The purpose of the study is to understand how mothers think and feel about feeding their babies and putting them to sleep, understand more about programs that can support mothers taking care of babies, and how professionals can…
- Conditions
- Infant Overweight, Infant Obesity, Infant Overnutrition, Infant Development
- Trial name
- NCT06117631
- Testing
- Centering Parenting, Bright by Text
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 256 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
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
Malnutrition, Child, Malnutrition, Infant
Mother Screening for Relapse Using Mid-upper Arm Circumference Among Children Recovered From Severe Acute Malnutrition (Full Scale Trial)
A 1:1:1 individually randomized unmasked controlled trial is proposed in which caregivers will be trained to screen their children who have recovered from an episode of SAM (severe acute malnutrition) using MUAC (mid-upper arm…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Malnutrition, Infant, Malnutrition or Risk of Malnutrition, Hemoglobin Level Measurement
- Trial name
- MAMAN (NCT06599580)
- Testing
- Training caregivers to screen children for malnutrition relapse, Reduced follow-up schedule
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Malnutrition Pregnancy, Malnutrition in Children
Early Life Malnutrition, Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Microbiome Trajectories
Malnutrition in women of reproductive age remains a public health concern in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Malnutrition during pregnancy affects foetal growth with a tendency of the exposed infants to also develop it.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition Pregnancy, Malnutrition in Children, Malnutrition (Calorie), Environmental Enteric Dysfunction
- Trial name
- UZBCS-2 (NCT07195006)
- Testing
- Malnutrition in pregnancy as exposure, Poor WASH living conditions as exposure
- Where
- Zimbabwe
- Volunteers
- 368 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Zimbabwe
Infant Nutrition Disorders
Breastfeeding Duration and Tongue-tie in Neonates.
The goal of this observational study is to examine how performed frenotomy in term-born infants influences the breastfeeding duration.
- Trial name
- NCT05946590
- Testing
- Frenotomy
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hvidovre University Hospital
Malnutrition, Infant, Enteral Feeding Intolerance
Efficacy and Safety of Numeta G13%E Compared to Compounded Parenteral Nutrition in Preterm Neonates
Preterm (PT, born before 37 weeks of gestation) birth complications are the leading causes of death among children aged under 5 years globally, with nearly one million infant deaths reported in 2013.
- Trial name
- NCT06894446
- Testing
- Numeta G13%E, Compounded Parenteral Nutrition (cPN) solution
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Infant Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Pregnancy
Supplementing Maternal and Infant Diet With High-energy, Micronutrient Fortified Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements (LNS)
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-DYAD-M (NCT01239693)
- Testing
- IFA, MMN, LNS
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 1,391 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tampere University
Infant Malnutrition, Nutrition Knowledge
Improving the Nutrition Status of Infants in South-Western Uganda
Undernutrition and growth restriction due to poor diet and inadequate nutrient intake continues to be a global challenge, particularly in the developing countries including Uganda.
- Conditions
- Infant Malnutrition, Nutrition Knowledge, Growth, Cognitive Development
- Trial name
- CHNUDEV (NCT02098031)
- Testing
- Improving nutrition knowledge among mothers
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 511 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Maturation of the Healthy Infant Intestinal Microbiota, Microbial Colonization
Bern Birth Cohort / Trajectory of Microbiota Maturation in Healthy Bern Infants - a Network Approach
Background: Intestinal microbiota composition is fundamental to human health and undergoes critical changes within the first two years of life.
- Conditions
- Maturation of the Healthy Infant Intestinal Microbiota, Microbial Colonization, Nutrition Disorder, Infant, Milk Expression, Breast
- Trial name
- BeBiCo (NCT04447742)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Pre-Term, Breast Milk Expression
Preemie Milk Analyser Validation Study
This study aims to test and validate the Preemie Ecosystem- a new device and associated software package for measuring the nutrient (fat, protein and carbohydrate) content of the breast milk of the mothers of premature babies.
- Conditions
- Pre-Term, Breast Milk Expression, Nutrition Disorder, Infant
- Trial name
- NCT06486194
- Testing
- Targeted breast milk fortification using preemie device, Standard Breast milk fortification
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Gastrointestinal Diseases, Infant Nutrition Disorders
GI Symptoms in Infants Fed GMF or CMF
The aim of this study was to assess common gastrointestinal symptoms in healthy Brazilian infants receiving goat milk-based infant formula (GMF) compared to cow's milk-based infant formula (CMF) during a 24 week intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT06395571
- Testing
- Goat milk-based infant formula, Cow's milk-based infant formula
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ausnutria Hyproca B.V.
Infant Nutrition Disorders, Feeding Patterns
Effectiveness of a Dietary Counseling to Prevent Early Consumption of Added Sugar and Ultra-processed Foods
The purpose of the study is to prevent the early introduction of added sugar and ultra-processed foods and evaluate the impact on breastfeeding duration, complementary feeding quality, growth and prevalence of caries during the…
- Conditions
- Infant Nutrition Disorders, Feeding Patterns, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Trial name
- NCT03841123
- Testing
- Dietary Counseling
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 516 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Child Nutrition Disorders
A Nutrition/Hygiene Education Program for the Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Rural Kenya
This study will determine if an education program about hygiene and child feeding practices, taught by local village community health workers, will improve child growth and decrease the prevalence of childhood malnutrition in a…
- Trial name
- NCT01679535
- Testing
- nutrition and hygiene education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico