Clinical trials: Kwashiorkor
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
Malnutrition, Calorie, Malnutrition; Protein
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Dietary Smartphone Application on Nutritional Status Among Cancer Patients
Multi-center prospective pilot trial study
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Calorie, Malnutrition; Protein, Weight Change, Body
- Trial name
- NCT04643626
- Testing
- artificial intelligence dietary android mobile application
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
End-stage Renal Disease, Malnutrition; Protein
Impact of IDPN on Nutrition Markers in Patients Receiving ICHD
Evaluate the impact of intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN) compounded with Clinisol, Prosol, and/or Clinolipid on albumin levels and weight in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing in-center hemodialysis.
- Trial name
- NCT05439174
- Testing
- Intradialytic Parenteral Nutrition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people
- Sponsor
- Patient Care America
Old Age; Cachexia, Dietary Habits
The Nutritionist's Educational Intervention on the Protein Intake in Hospitalized Elderly People
The food intake is often compromised in the elderly, and during hospitalization, dietary restrictions may be imposed, making them more susceptible to the risk of malnutrition and sarcopenia.
- Conditions
- Old Age; Cachexia, Dietary Habits, Sarcopenia, Protein Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT05502445
- Testing
- educational intervention
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Frailty, Sarcopenia
Combining Nutrition Supplementation With an Exercise Program in Elderly Malnourished Frail Patients After Hospital Stay
The objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility of a combined nutritional and home-based exercise intervention in elderly, malnourished, frail patients after hospital discharge.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Sarcopenia, Malnutrition; Protein
- Trial name
- NCT05325697
- Testing
- Intervention consisting of a multicomponent exercise program combined with an oral nutritional supplement
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER
Malnutrition; Protein, Frail Elderly Syndrome
Influence of Preoperative Nutritional Status on Perioperative Period in Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Frailty
The aim of the study is to determine whether the optimisation of the preoperative nutritional status affects the course of the perioperative period in patients with frailty.
- Trial name
- NCT05118165
- Testing
- Dietary supplement with protein
- Volunteers
- 176 people
- Sponsor
- Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Protein Malnutrition
Formative Research Study to Address Protein Intake in Children and Analysis of Breast Milk Nutrient Content in Mothers
This formative research seeks to explore the use of egg (as a potential source of protein) as nutritional supplement for young children aged 6-8 months of either sex and breast milk composition of mothers of infants under 6…
- Trial name
- NCT03140696
- Testing
- Egg Alone, Egg and ready to use supplementary food (RUSF), Egg and breast milk
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Intestinal Malabsorption, Critical Illness
Protein-bound Versus Free Amino Acid Nutrition During INtestinal Malabsorption in Critical Illness
In the current study, we willquantitate the difference in digestion and absorption kinetics of dietary whole protein versus free amino acids in vivo in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit suffering from…
- Conditions
- Intestinal Malabsorption, Critical Illness, Protein Malnutrition
- Trial name
- PANINI (NCT04791774)
- Testing
- Milk protein (food grade protein), Fee amino acids (food grade amino acids)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
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
Protein Malnutrition, Vitamin Deficiency
Evaluation of Protein Intake and Micronutrient Supplementation After Bariatric Surgery
Obesity is a chronic disease in which accumulation of excess body fat can result in impaired health. In cases of severe obesity, weight loss surgery can be necessary as a treatment.
- Conditions
- Protein Malnutrition, Vitamin Deficiency, Mineral Deficiency, Trace Element Deficiency
- Trial name
- BOP (NCT04587076)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Kwashiorkor
Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism in the Pathogenesis of Kwashiorkor
This research may explain whether a shortage of three special compounds called aromatic amino acids is responsible for the severe illness and high death rate of children with the kwashiorkor type of malnutrition and whether…
- Trial name
- NCT00429351
- Where
- Jamaica
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
End Stage Renal Disease, Hypotension During Dialysis
Effect of Protein Intake During Hemodialysis on Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness Indices
Open label, randomized, cross-over clinical study comparing the acute effect of high versus low protein meals during dialysis on intradialytic blood pressure, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure and arterial stiffness indices on…
- Conditions
- End Stage Renal Disease, Hypotension During Dialysis, Protein Malnutrition, Arterial Sclerosis
- Trial name
- NCT03947710
- Testing
- High-protein meals, Low- protein meals, No meals
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Kwashiorkor
The Role of Sulfur Amino Acids in Risk of Kwashiorkor
This observational cross-sectional study is investigating if young children in populations with higher prevalence of kwashiorkor malnutrition have lower dietary sulfur amino acid intake than populations with lower prevalence of…
- Trial name
- NCT03520621
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Growth Disorders, Infant Malnutrition
Effect of a Complementary Food Supplement on Growth and Morbidity of Ghanaian Infants
Prevention of malnutrition in infants and children requires access and intake of nutritious food starting at birth with exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life, breastfeeding in combination with complementary foods…
- Conditions
- Growth Disorders, Infant Malnutrition, Micronutrient Deficiency, Protein Malnutrition
- Trial name
- TRIUMF (NCT03181178)
- Testing
- Macro-micronutrient complementary food supplement, A micronutrient powder, Nutrition education
- Volunteers
- 1,204 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation
Protein-energy Malnutrition, Kwashiorkor
Study of Antioxidants and Oxidants in Malnourished Children
It is believed that the organs of severely malnourished children malfunction because harmful compounds called oxidants injure the tissues in these organs.
- Conditions
- Protein-energy Malnutrition, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
- Trial name
- NCT00069134
- Testing
- sulfur amino acids
- Where
- Jamaica
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Malnutrition, Diarrhoea
Reformulated F75 Milk to Treat Severe Acute Malnutrition
Inpatient treatment for complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) continues to have a high mortality in Africa. This is partly because children are commonly brought for admission because they are seriously ill, rather than…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Diarrhoea, Metabolic Disturbance
- Trial name
- F75 (NCT02246296)
- Testing
- Standard F75 Milk, Modified F75 Milk
- Where
- 3 sites in Kenya, Malawi
- Volunteers
- 842 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Severe Malnutrition, Malnutrition
Characterizing the Gut Microbiota Alteration Associated With Severe Acute Malnutrition
The investigators performed two case-control studies in Niger and Senegal analysing fecal microbiota to characterize the specificity of the gut microbiota alteration associated with severe acute malnutrition (SAM).
- Conditions
- Severe Malnutrition, Malnutrition, Infant Nutrition Disorders, Child Nutrition Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT02413905
- Testing
- Stool samples
- Where
- 2 sites in Niger, Senegal
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
Pilot Study of PUFA-optimized RUTF for Severe Acute Malnutrition
To test whether a ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) enriched with polyunsaturated fatty acids (RUTF-P) is as effective for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) as standard RUTF.
- Trial name
- NCT02053857
- Testing
- RUTF, RUTF-P, Amoxicillin
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 141 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Nutrition Disorders, Life-threatening Infection
Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis in Severely Malnourished Children
This trial aims to test the hypothesis that mortality among Kenyan children with severe malnutrition following initial stabilisation is due to ongoing vulnerability to infectious disease, and that long term daily co-trimoxazole…
- Trial name
- CTX (NCT00934492)
- Testing
- Cotrimoxazole dispersible tablet
- Where
- 4 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,781 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
Effectiveness of Oral Albendazole in the Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition
The benefit of anti-worm therapy as part of the case management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the outpatient setting has not previously been studied.
- Trial name
- NCT01395381
- Testing
- Albendazole
- Where
- Malawi
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine