Clinical trials: Nutritional Stunting
Obesity, Childhood, Cognition
NiPPeR Randomised Trial - Child Follow Up Study
There is an increasing focus on the need to optimise nutrition, lifestyle and metabolism of parents before and during pregnancy and of the infant after birth, but as yet there is limited understanding of the specific influences…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Cognition, Neurobehavioral Manifestations, Metabolic Disturbance
- Trial name
- NiPPeR Child (NCT05934422)
- Testing
- Intervention (Study Nutritional Drink), Control (Standard Nutritional Drink)
- Where
- 3 sites in New Zealand, Singapore and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 461 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southampton
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
Pregnancy Complications
Measuring sVAP-1 as a Predictor of Pregnancy Problems
Pre-eclampsia is a common pregnancy disorder defined as high blood pressure and protein in the urine after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
- Trial name
- NCT04891315
- Testing
- Blood test for soluble VAP-1 (sVAP-1).
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 102 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leicester
Malnutrition, Stunting
Child Health, Nutrition and Microbiome Development
Childhood malnutrition is a global public health issue with devastating consequences on the health, well-being, and psychosocial development of children.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight
- Trial name
- CHAMP (NCT05793294)
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Khyber Medical University Peshawar
Fetal Growth Restriction
A Randomized Air Filter Intervention Study of Air Pollution and Fetal Growth in a Highly Polluted Community
The purpose of this study is to use an air filter intervention to evaluate the relationship between particulate matter air pollution exposure during pregnancy and fetal growth.
- Trial name
- NCT01741051
- Testing
- HEPA Filter
- Where
- Mongolia
- Volunteers
- 540 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Simon Fraser University
Growth Acceleration, Growth; Stunting, Nutritional
The Effect of Milk Protein vs Blends of Milk and Plant Protein on Growth Markers in 7-8 Year Old Healthy Danish Children
The purpose of PROGRO is to determine which combinations of milk and plant proteins are optimal to promote growth factors in children
- Trial name
- PROGRO (NCT03384719)
- Testing
- 35 g protein (30% milk + 70% rapeseed), 35 g protein (54% milk + 46% rapeseed), 35 g protein (100% milk)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 129 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Stunting, Wasting
Weight Patterns in the Month After Birth
This is a prospective cohort study that will be conducted in four low income countries to describe newborn weight patterns in the first month after birth and their association with clinical and demographic factors including…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Wasting, Undernutrition, Feeding Patterns
- Trial name
- NCT04025827
- Testing
- Dietary intake
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Guinea-Bissau and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 741 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Low Birthweight, Stunting
Impact of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) on Maternal and Child Nutritional Status
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) which includes specialized nutritious food (SNF) augmented with specific reproductive health interventions during pregnancy on proportion of…
- Conditions
- Low Birthweight, Stunting, Wasting, Malnutrition, Child
- Trial name
- NCT05836961
- Testing
- Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 5,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Malnutrition, Child, Development, Child
Grandi Byen: Test of an Integrated Parenting and Nutrition Intervention
The premise of this trial is that a combined nutrition (eggs) and parenting behavior intervention (responsive parenting combined with the reinforcement of animal source foods and improved WASH) will synergistically result in…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Development, Child, Parenting
- Trial name
- NCT04785352
- Testing
- Nutrition Intervention, Grandi Byen
- Where
- Haiti
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Child Malnutrition, Breastfeeding
Impact of Behavior Change Communications and Market-based Approach to Delivering Micronutrient Powders on Stunting, Infant Feeding Practices and Anemia in Bangladesh
This complex evaluation of a large-scale program uses a cluster-randomized design where 20 geographic clusters (subdistricts) were randomized to study two sets of interventions.
- Conditions
- Child Malnutrition, Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding, Childhood Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT01678716
- Testing
- EHC + BCC, Micronutrient powders, Mass media
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 8,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Overweight and Obesity, Stunted Growth
Intervention in Children With Malnutrition
Malnutrition is an epidemiologic problem with high prevalence in Mexico. Mexican children present a double burden of malnutrition characterized by the coexistence of undernutrition and micronutrient deficiency alongside excess…
- Conditions
- Overweight and Obesity, Stunted Growth, Malnutrition, Child, Nutrient Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT04915638
- Testing
- Experimental intervention group with enriched cookies
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marta Alicia Menjivar Iraheta
Pregnancy, Neonatal Mortality
Scalable Public Health Empowerment, Research, and Education Sites (SPHERES)
SPHERES is a health service research trial in the Indonesian primary care system designed to improve health system performance using a structured data-driven action model.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Neonatal Mortality, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B
- Trial name
- SPHERES (NCT07126041)
- Testing
- Prescription for Action (SPHERES Model)
- Where
- 2 sites in Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 1,750,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Indonesia
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
Child Malnutrition, Feeding Behavior
Nutrition Intervention Integrated With Food Voucher to Improve Child Growth and Feeding Practices
Brief Summary: Background: The period from birth to two years of age is the "critical window" for the promotion of optimal growth, health, and development.
- Conditions
- Child Malnutrition, Feeding Behavior, Growth; Stunting, Nutritional
- Trial name
- NCT03641001
- Testing
- Child feeding counselling, food voucher, micronutrient powder, WASH
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 410 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Anemia, Intrauterine Growth Retardation
Impact of Pre-pregnancy Micronutrient Supplementation on Maternal and Child Outcomes
The study evaluates the efficacy of providing weekly iron-folate (IFA) supplements or Multiple Micronutrient (MM) supplements before pregnancy in increasing birth weight and duration of gestation as well as maternal and infant…
- Conditions
- Anemia, Intrauterine Growth Retardation, Preterm Delivery, Iron Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT01665378
- Testing
- Multiple Micronutrient, Iron and Folic Acid, Folic Acid
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 5,011 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Growth Disorders, Metabolic Syndrome
The Effect of Milk and Meat on IGFs in Prepubertal Boys
The objective of the study is to examine whether a 7-day high protein intake from either milk or meat in healthy, prepubertal children can increase fasting levels of serum IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and IGF-I/IGFBP-3 as well as insulin…
- Trial name
- NCT00378859
- Testing
- Skim milk, Lean meat
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Malnutrition
Stunting Prevention Project in Thatta and Sujawal Districts, Sindh Province, Pakistan
Widespread food insecurity and malnutrition are largely the main impairing factors for human capital development in Pakistan. Rates of chronic malnutrition are very high, and acute malnutrition is critical: 44% of children under…
- Trial name
- NCT02422953
- Testing
- Wheat Soya Blend (WSB), Wawa Mum, Micronutrient Powders (MNP)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 4,020 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan 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, Enteropathy
Study of Environmental Enteropathy and Malnutrition in Pakistan
Environmental Enteropathy (EE) is an acquired sub-clinical inflammatory gut condition in which alterations in intestinal structure, function, and local and systemic immune activation lead to impaired vaccine responses, decreased…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Enteropathy, Vaccine Response Impaired, Stunting
- Trial name
- SEEM (NCT03588013)
- Testing
- Nutritional education, Ready to Use Therapeutic Food, Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy with biopsy
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 416 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Underweight, Stunting
Energy Regulation and Nutritional Status of Children: A Satiation Study
This is study among children attending child welfare clinics in Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The investigators want to find out if moderately malnourished children regulate the food energy intake similarly to healthy children…
- Conditions
- Underweight, Stunting, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT05346549
- Testing
- High energy preload, Low energy preload
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ghana