Clinical trials: Nutritional Wasting
HIV Infections, HIV Metabolic Cardiovascular Syndrome
Yoga for the Management of HIV-Metabolic Syndromes
We are testing the safety and efficacy of a 16-wk yoga lifestyle intervention on oral glucose tolerance, fasting lipid/lipoprotein levels, body composition, cardiovascular function, quality of life, CD4+ T-cell counts and viral…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, HIV Metabolic Cardiovascular Syndrome, HIV Lipodystrophy, HIV Metabolic Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT00627380
- Testing
- Yoga lifestyle intervention, Standard of care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Wasting
Simplified Treatment Protocol for Acute Malnutrition in Venezuela
Global acute malnutrition (GAM) in children under five is defined by being too thin for a given height and/or having the Mid-upper arm circumference less than a given threshold.
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Wasting, Child Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT05543759
- Testing
- Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)
- Where
- Venezuela
- Volunteers
- 307 people
- Sponsor
- UNICEF - Venezuela
HIV, Pregnancy
Maternal Determinants of HIV-exposed and HIV-unexposed Fetal Growth, Birth Outcomes and Early Infant Growth
The purpose of this study is to understand how differences in the nutritional status and concentration of hormones and cytokines associated with cachexia in HIV+ and HIV- pregnant women living in a semi-rural and rural region of…
- Conditions
- HIV, Pregnancy, Malnutrition, Cachexia
- Trial name
- NCT01647841
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 218 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Undernutrition, Wasting
Evaluating Oral Nutritional Supplements on Children's Nutritional Status and Digestive Health in Vietnam.
Evaluating the efficiency of using Oral Nutritional Supplementation toward nutrition status (anthropometric index, the prevalence of wasting), digestive disorders, and anorexic in children aged 24 - 71 months.
- Conditions
- Undernutrition, Wasting, Malnourished
- Trial name
- NCT05551637
- Testing
- Kazu Gain Gold
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Tu Nguyen Song
HIV Infections, Lipodystrophy
Underlying Abnormalities in Fat and Muscle Leading to Lipodystrophy Syndrome
With the advent of highly active anti-retroviral therapy(HAART), patients with HIV disease are developing a series of metabolic abnormalities including peripheral fat wasting, increase in truncal fat, high serum triglyceride…
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Lipodystrophy, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT00006185
- Testing
- Avandia administration for 6-12 weeks
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Moderate Acute Malnutrition
Alternative RUTFs for Treatment of Child Wasting
Acute malnutrition is the most life-threatening form of undernutrition. Moderate and severe acute malnutrition (MAM, SAM) are effectively treated with ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) but there is a need to lower the cost…
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition, Moderate Acute Malnutrition, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT06912620
- Testing
- Soy-based RUTF, Soy-maize-sorghum-based RUTF, Standard RUTF
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 2,269 people
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Undernutrition
Microbiota and Protein-energy Wasting (MIDIWA)
Oral supplementation with branched chain amino acids (BCAA) increases the levels of circulating BCAA, stimulates BCAA uptake in muscles, and decreases amino acid release from muscle, eventually promoting muscle anabolism.
- Trial name
- MIDIWA (NCT02962089)
- Testing
- Branched chain amino acids (BCAA)
- Where
- 5 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 37 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Cancer Cachexia, Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D for Muscle Metabolic Function in Cancer Cachexia
The proposed study is aimed at examining mitochondrial function as a potential target of action of vitamin D on muscle metabolism, size, and strength in preventing the progression of cachexia.
- Trial name
- NCT03144128
- Testing
- Vitamin D
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- David Travis Thomas
Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, Deficiency, Vitamin A
Newly Formulated, Extruded Fortified-blended Foods for Food Aid: the MFFAPP Tanzania Efficacy Study
Corn-soy vitamin and mineral fortified blended foods (FBFs) are primarily used for food aid, although sorghum and cowpea may be suitable alternative FBF commodities.
- Trial name
- NCT02847962
- Testing
- Corn Soy Blend Plus (CSB+), Corn Soy Blend 14 (CSB14), White Sorghum Cowpea Blend Variety 1
- Volunteers
- 2,179 people
- Sponsor
- Kansas State University
HIV Infections, HIV Wasting Syndrome
A Study to Evaluate the Effect of Nandrolone Decanoate in Women With HIV-Associated Weight Loss
The purpose of this study is to see if giving nandrolone decanoate (a hormonal drug) will cause weight gain in HIV-positive women who have HIV-associated weight loss (wasting). Wasting has become an AIDS-defining condition.
- Trial name
- NCT00000854
- Testing
- Nandrolone decanoate
- Where
- 22 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Dietary Habits, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
Evaluation Nutrition Education Intervention on Pulse and Cereal Mix for Complementary Food in Southern Ethiopia
The overall purpose of the study is to evaluate nutrition education interventions to promote pulse incorporated complementary food to the wider rural community through the government system to improve maternal knowledge, attitude…
- Conditions
- Dietary Habits, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT02638571
- Testing
- enhanced education on pulse use in complementary foods
- Volunteers
- 772 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Saskatchewan
Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Changes in Nerve Electro Physiologic Properties in Children Before and After Correction of Malnutrition
The goal of this clinical trail study is to measure neurophysiologic parameters to assess the effect of malnutrition on the peripheral nervous system and their response to treatment in three categories (SAM, severe wasting, and…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT05891457
- Testing
- Nutritional Intervention
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Metabolism and Nutrition Disorder
Tight Caloric Control in the Cachectic Oncologic Patient (TiCaCONCO or CoCooN)
Cancer is a worldwide spread disease with high prevalence and incidence, often of poor prognosis because it is typically diagnosed in an advanced stage.
- Trial name
- TiCaCONCO (NCT03058107)
- Testing
- Nutrition Therapy, Control Therapy
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
Nutritional Deterioration, Malignant Solid Tumor
Benefits of Nutritional Supplement in Cancer Care
This is an exploratory, open-label, 2:1 randomized controlled trial conducted across collaborating oncology clinics and extended research networks in Hong Kong.
- Conditions
- Nutritional Deterioration, Malignant Solid Tumor, Cancer Cachexia, Cancer Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT07869290
- Testing
- Nutrition supplement, Digital Health App Monitoring, Individualized Dietitian Consultation
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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
Gastrointestinal Cancer, Dietary Modification
Study of Parenteral Nutrition to Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancer
Clinical background: Weight loss is a common problem in patients suffering from gastrointestinal cancer. It is demonstrated that the prognosis for cancer patients with weight loss is worse than that for weight stable patients.
- Conditions
- Gastrointestinal Cancer, Dietary Modification, Cancer Cachexia, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT02066363
- Testing
- Dietician advise, Parenteral nutrition
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 47 people
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
Cancer
Cyproheptadine in Preventing Weight Loss in Children Receiving Chemotherapy for Cancer
RATIONALE: Cyproheptadine hydrochloride may prevent weight loss caused by cancer or cancer treatment. It is not yet known whether cyproheptadine is more effective than a placebo in preventing weight loss in young patients…
- Trial name
- NCT01132547
- Testing
- cyproheptadine hydrochloride
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Effects of EPA Supplementation on Patients With Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Dietary intervention with eicosapentaenoic acid combined with chemotherapy may shift inflammatory mediators toward resolution in non-resectable hepatocarcinoma and help to preserve muscle mass.
- Trial name
- NCT07664007
- Testing
- Eicosapentaenoic acid oral lipidic emulsion, Pacebo oral lipidic emulsion
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Severe Wasting
Soy-Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in Severely Malnourished Children
SAM defined by having weight-for-height (WH) less than - 3 Z score or bi-pedal nutritional edema is an important cause of death in children globally including Bangladesh.
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition, Severe Wasting, Community Based Nutritional Management
- Trial name
- NCT01634009
- Testing
- Soy-based RUTF (in double blind design)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Nutrition, Growth
Impact of Diet and Nutrition on Growth and Development in Young Children
The association between nutrition in early life and its long-term health consequences has long been known. However, there is a scarcity of scientific evidence on how nutritional status affects child growth and development in…
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Growth, Development, Stunting
- Trial name
- DIGEST (NCT06018636)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 832 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Khyber Medical University Peshawar