Clinical trials: Malnutrition, Child
Child Development, Parenting
The Sugira Muryango PLAY Collaborative
The Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA) has successfully grown its evidence-based home-visiting program-Sugira Muryango (SM)-in Rwanda, as policies and programs aligned with the Rwandan social protection system have…
- Conditions
- Child Development, Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Child Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT04257383
- Testing
- Sugira Muryango
- Where
- Rwanda
- Volunteers
- 1,333 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Malnutrition
Evaluation of Two Community Based Screening Strategies for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children 6-59 Months in Mirria District, Niger
The objective of this study is to determine the efficacity of a community strategy for screening children 06-59 months old for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) conducted by their mothers' compared with a community screening…
- Trial name
- MàLÉ (NCT01863394)
- Testing
- Screening by mothers, Active comparator: Screening by community health workers
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 4,429 people
- Sponsor
- Alliance for International Medical Action
Malnourished Children
Enhancing Growth Monitoring Visits in Joshipur Rural Municipality, Kailai, Nepal
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if health workers training on growth promotion and monitoring guideline and Female Community Health Volunteers mobilization for increasing demand for growth monitoring and promotion…
- Trial name
- NCT06743451
- Testing
- Health workers training on GMP guideline, Female community health volunteers' mobilization for inviting mothers and caretakers
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
Stunting, Thinness
The Double Burden of Malnutrition Among Adolescents in Low-income and Middle-income Countries
Individual-participant data analysis of the Global School-Based Student Health Survey and Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children surveys in 57 LMICs between 2003-2013.
- Conditions
- Stunting, Thinness, Obese
- Trial name
- NCT03346473
- Volunteers
- 129,276 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Warwick
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Efficacy of Striatin in Malnourished Children
This is a double-blind randomized-controlled clinical trial to identify the effect of Striatin (snakehead fish extract) supplementation in increasing body weight, improving acute inflammatory markers and microbiota profiles in…
- Trial name
- NCT07089329
- Testing
- Striatin
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Universitas Sriwijaya
Diarrhea, Malnutrition
Randomized, Controlled Trial - Lactoferrin Prevention of Diarrhea in Children
Much has been learned in recent years about the mechanisms by which breastfeeding improves child health and survival. However, there has been little progress in using these insights to improve pediatric care.
- Trial name
- NCT00560222
- Testing
- bovine lactoferrin
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 555 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D of Chinese Children and Adolescents
The aim of this study was to assess the vitamin D status and analyze risk factors for vitamin D inadequacy of Chinese children and adolescents aged 6-17y.
- Trial name
- NCT03221972
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 15,000 people
- Sponsor
- Lichen Yang
Hypovitaminosis, Vitamin A Deficiency
Impact of Maternal Supplementation With Dual Megadose of Vitamin A
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of maternal supplementation with 400,000 IU of oral retinol palmitate in the post-partum, the nutritional situation of the binomial mother-child, on growth and morbidity of…
- Trial name
- NCT00742937
- Testing
- vitamin A
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 239 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira
Malaria, Malnutrition, Child
Assessment of a Combined Strategy of SMC + Nutrients Supplementation to Tackle Malaria and Malnutrition
Malaria and malnutrition represent major public health concerns worldwide especially in Sub-Sahara Africa. Despite implementation of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprophylaxis (SMC), an intervention aimed at reducing malaria prevalence…
- Trial name
- SMC-NUT (NCT04238845)
- Testing
- AQSP Administration, Supplementation with Plumpy'Doz, Supplementation with Vitamin A
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 1,059 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso
Vitamin D Deficiency, Pregnancy
Vitamin D Status of Pregnant Women and Their Children in Eau Claire, South Carolina
Science News (October 2004) called vitamin D deficiency a "silent epidemic" in America, with no group unaffected. Using new guidelines of optimal vitamin D levels, more than 90% of African American women now suffer from vitamin D…
- Trial name
- NCT00412087
- Testing
- cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), cholecalciferol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 564 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency
Cobalamin Supply and Metabolism in Healthy Children From Birth to the Age of 12 Months and in Their Mothers (Cbl_Neo)
Introduction: Infants with severe vitamin B12 (cobalamin, Cbl) deficiency can develop severe, sometimes irreparable neurological damage in the first months of life.
- Trial name
- Cbl_Neo (NCT05315843)
- Where
- 2 sites in Austria, Germany
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital, Zurich
Cerebral Palsy, Mastication Disorder
Growth, Dietary Intakes and Feeding Behaviors of Children With Cerebral Palsy Who Have Chewing Disorders
The nutritional status of CP children may be decreased when children have chewing disorders too due to insufficient solid food intake.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Mastication Disorder, Malnutrition, Growth Delay
- Trial name
- NCT02777645
- Testing
- Growth, feeding evaluation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Malnutrition in Children, Liver Stiffness
Effect of Malnutrition on Liver and Spleen Stiffness in Children
This prospective observational study aims to evaluate the effect of malnutrition on liver and spleen stiffness in children using shear wave elastography.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition in Children, Liver Stiffness, Spleen Stiffness, Shear Wave Elastography
- Trial name
- SWE (NCT06932445)
- Testing
- Shear Wave Elastography
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mehmet Akif AĞIR
Alkaline Phosphatase Deficiency, Vitamin D Deficiency
Serum Alkaline Phosphatase Levels In Healthy Turkish Children
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), is a metalloenzyme of the plasma membrane. Serum ALP levels in children are closely related to age and gender, many commercial test kits being used in hospitals, are only offering reference values for…
- Trial name
- NCT06689709
- Testing
- Serum Alkaline Phosphatase Levels
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emine Hafize
Malnutrition, Child, Arsenic Poisoning Chronic
Effect of Chronic Arsenic Exposure on Malnutrition of Under Five Children
Early life malnutrition is associated with later life health problems, Particularly Stunting, which is a height-for-age Z score less than -2 standard deviation of World Health Organization median.Underweight is weight-for-age Z…
- Trial name
- NCT03893721
- Testing
- arsenic exposure
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Malnutrition, Child, Malnourishment
the Effect of High Caloric Oral Nutritional Supplements on Growth and Development of Malnourished Children
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect of high caloric oral nutritional supplements on body proportion, weight, linear growth pattern, neuropsychological development level and related health aspects (gut…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Malnourishment, Nutritional Deficiency, Undernutrition
- Trial name
- EHCONSGDMC (NCT05911893)
- Testing
- high caloric oral nutritional supplements, nutritional education, dietary guidance
- Where
- 13 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Glucose-Galactose Malabsorption, Enteropathy
Labelled Carbon Sucrose Breath Test (13C-SBT) as a Marker of Environmental Enteropathy
Linear growth failure, a manifestation of chronic undernutrition in early childhood, is a recalcitrant problem in resource constrained settings.
- Conditions
- Glucose-Galactose Malabsorption, Enteropathy, Malnutrition, Child, Intestinal Permeability
- Trial name
- SBT4EE (NCT04109352)
- Where
- 9 sites in Australia, Bangladesh and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Vitamin D Deficiency, Stem Cell Transplant Complications
A Randomized Phase IV Control Trial of Single High Dose Oral Vitamin D3 in Pediatric Patients Undergoing HSCT
Research has suggested that children with sufficient vitamin D levels undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) have improved outcomes, including lower incidences of infection and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), as…
- Conditions
- Vitamin D Deficiency, Stem Cell Transplant Complications, Pediatric Cancer, Blood Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT03176849
- Testing
- Vitamin D3, Standard Vitamin D3 Supplementation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- Phoenix Children's Hospital
Paediatric Oncology, Malnutrition in Children
Development of a Digital Personalised Nutrition Tool for Adolescents Undergoing Cancer Treatment
This study aims to develop and test MybYte, a smartphone tool designed to support personalised nutrition for teenagers aged 12-18 undergoing cancer treatment.
- Trial name
- MybYte (NCT07865117)
- Testing
- The MybYte tool, a digital personalised nutrition tool for adolescents undergoing cancer treatment
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Renal Osteodystrophy, End Stage Renal Disease
Phase II Randomized Study of the Effects of Growth Hormone on Children and Adolescents on Maintenance Dialysis
OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the separate and combined skeletal effects of recombinant human growth hormone (GH) and calcitriol in patients with adynamic renal osteodystrophy. II.
- Trial name
- NCT00004340
- Testing
- calcitriol, growth hormone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 109 people
- Sponsor
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)