Clinical trials: Protein-Energy Malnutrition
Military Operational Stress Reaction, Malnutrition (Calorie)
Physiological Response to Protein and Energy-enhanced Food Products During Winter Military Training
Soldiers commonly lose muscle mass during training and combat operations that produce large energy deficits (i.e., calories burned > calories consumed).
- Conditions
- Military Operational Stress Reaction, Malnutrition (Calorie), Weight Loss, Muscle Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT05210205
- Testing
- EAA, Energy Dense, Control
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED), Malnutrition
The Maternal EED Study
Undernutrition among women of reproductive age is more common in South Asia than in any other region. In South Asia, the prevalence of maternal undernutrition varies between 10 and 40%.
- Conditions
- Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED), Malnutrition, Women of Reproductive Age, Gut Microbiota
- Trial name
- NCT05862363
- Testing
- Microbiota-directed balanced energy protein (MD-BEP), Ready-to-use supplementary food-balanced energy protein (RUSF-BEP), Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Orthopedic, Osteo Arthritis Knee
Energy Status and Protein Intake As Prognostic Indicators of Rehabilitative Outcomes
The proposed project is novel in its goal to establish a foundation for evidence-based rehabilitative nutrition guidelines to enhance perioperative patient care and improve post-operative rehabilitative outcomes specific to…
- Conditions
- Orthopedic, Osteo Arthritis Knee, Hip Osteoarthritis, Protein-Energy Malnutrition
- Trial name
- ESPI-PRO (NCT06734845)
- Testing
- Total Knee Arthroplasty, Total Joint Arthroplasty
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Protein-Energy Malnutrition, Physical Disability
The (Cost)Effectiveness of Increasing Protein Intake on Physical Funtioning in Older Adults
In this RCT with the duration of 6 months among 264 community-dwelling older adults (65+ years) with habitual low protein intake, the investigators will examine the long term (cost) effectiveness of increasing daily protein…
- Trial name
- NCT03712306
- Testing
- Dietary advice, Dietary advice and advice on timing
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland, Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 276 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VU University of Amsterdam
Aging, Appetite Loss
Effect of a Novel Protein Ingredient Combined With Oral Nutritional Supplement on Appetite in Older Adults
Reduced appetite can occur with ageing and is linked to a higher risk of undernutrition, poorer physical function and becoming frail. Strategies to increase appetite are needed to improve healthy ageing.
- Conditions
- Aging, Appetite Loss, Undernutrition
- Trial name
- NCT06478147
- Testing
- Oral Nutritional Supplement, Oral Nutritional Supplement + Whey Protein Hydrolysate, Whey Protein Hydrolysate + still water
- Where
- Ireland
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Dublin
Protein Deficiency, Training Group, Sensitivity
Effects of a Multi-Ingredient Pre-Workout Supplement on Body Composition, Performance, Muscular Properties, and Wellbeing in Adults.
The investigation will be conducted as a double blinded, randomized, parallel between treatment conditions comparison design with two different groups ingesting a different supplement each one.
- Conditions
- Protein Deficiency, Training Group, Sensitivity, Fatigue, Muscular Atrophy
- Trial name
- NCT05769088
- Testing
- Ingestion of a Pre-Workout Supplement, Ingestion of a Maltodextrin Supplement
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Joel Puente
Coagulation
Reference Range Analysis of the Entegrion Point of Care Coagulation Monitor (PCM™) in Healthy Volunteers
This study is intended to define the PCM normal laboratory range.
- Trial name
- NCT03133351
- Testing
- PCM
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Entegrion, Inc.
Marasmus, Kwashiorkor
Mothers Understand And Can do it - Mid Upper Arm Circumference Screening for Malnutrition Performed by Mothers
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE : To determine whether mothers, given minimal group training, are capable of using a MUAC (mid-upper arm circumference) bracelet to screen their children for malnutrition and categorise them into one of three…
- Conditions
- Marasmus, Kwashiorkor, Malnutrition; Degree, Moderate, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- MUAC (NCT01790815)
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alliance for International Medical Action
Appetite Loss, Physical Inactivity
APPETITE: Plant Protein and Exercise Solutions for the Prevention of Undernutrition in Older Adults.
The APPETITE Trial aims to investigate the efficacy of innovative plant protein fibre (PPF) products (developed in a previous workpackage) as part of a personalised diet with/out physical activity on appetite and incidence of…
- Conditions
- Appetite Loss, Physical Inactivity, Undernutrition, Anorexia of Aging
- Trial name
- NCT05608707
- Testing
- Physical activity intervention, Personalised nutrition intervention
- Where
- 3 sites in Germany, Ireland and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Dublin
Small for Gestational Age at Delivery, Low Birth Weight
Effect of a Fortified Balanced Energy-Protein Supplement on Birth Outcome and Child Growth in Houndé District, Burkina Faso.
The 2016 WHO antenatal care guidelines stated that pregnant women in undernourished populations should receive fortified balanced energy-protein (BEP) supplements to reduce the risk of stillbirth and small-for-gestational-age…
- Conditions
- Small for Gestational Age at Delivery, Low Birth Weight, Prematurity, Infant Malnutrition
- Trial name
- MISAME-3 (NCT03533712)
- Testing
- Fortified balanced energy-protein (BEP) supplement, Fe and folic acid supplement
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 1,788 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
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
Protein Deficiency, Training Group, Sensitivity
Effects of a Pre-Workout on Performance, Perceptual Responses, Energy Feelings and Muscular Properties, After a Training Microcycle in Adults.
The investigation will be conducted as a double blinded, randomized, crossover within-participant comparison design with two 1-week intervention periods separated by 2-weeks for wash out, recovery, period.
- Conditions
- Protein Deficiency, Training Group, Sensitivity, Fatigue, Muscular Atrophy
- Trial name
- NCT04147741
- Testing
- Pre-Workout Supplement, Resistance Training, Endurance Training
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Greenwich
Malnutrition
Food'to'Go - a Feasibility Study of Post-discharge Meals for Older Patients by the Use of ICT-technology
The research and Innovation program Food'n'Go - Empower aims to develop, test and implement a health technology solution for involvement and increased empowerment of elderly patients and their relatives.
- Trial name
- NCT02268721
- Testing
- Tablet computer
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Herlev Hospital
Healthy
Food Matrices Based on Fruit Pastes as Vectors of Carbohydrates for the Prevention and Management of Protein-energy Undernutrition in the Elderly (Fruisenior)
To develop more natural fruit pastes matrices that can effectively act as carbohydrate vectors in the elderly population and that are part of a normal diet while maintaining the pleasure of eating.
- Trial name
- Fruisenior (NCT04482530)
- Testing
- fruit paste matrice
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Muscle Atrophy, Aging
The Impact of Energy Intake and Short-term Disuse on Muscle Protein Synthesis Rates and Skeletal Muscle Mass in Middle-aged Adults.
In healthy middle-aged men and women, what is the effect of dietary energy restriction and energy surplus on daily muscle protein synthesis rates and muscle morphology, compared to energy balance, during free-living and…
- Conditions
- Muscle Atrophy, Aging, Energy Malnutrition Protein
- Trial name
- PIE (NCT04900701)
- Testing
- Energy status
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Exeter
Pregnancy and Early Lactation Among Women Living in an Area Endemic for Malnutrition
Balanced Protein-Energy Supplement in Pregnancy and Early Lactation on Birth Outcomes and Growth in Southern Nepal
This project will test the efficacy of a balanced protein energy supplement for daily use during pregnancy and the first 6 months after delivery on the outcomes of pregnancy and growth of infants during the first 6 months of…
- Trial name
- NCT03668977
- Testing
- Fortified balanced protein-energy.
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 1,944 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
Von Willebrand Disease
Molecular and Clinical Profile of Von Willebrand Disease in Spain
The present Project is a third phase of the previous PCM-EVW-ES Project (Batlle et al. Thromb \& Haemost 2015) with the aim of its extension, further analysis with an innovation development in the field of von Willebrand disease…
- Trial name
- PCM-EVW-ES (NCT02869074)
- Testing
- VWF gene analysis
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 790 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Spanish Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
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
Cirrhosis, Food Preferences
Feeding Behavior and Taste Sensitivity Before and After Liver or Renal Transplantation
This study evaluates the influence of the taste sensitivity, of food preferences and of the reward system on the energetic balance before and after liver transplantation in cirrhotic patients and after kidney transplantation in…
- Conditions
- Cirrhosis, Food Preferences, Taste Disorders, Protein-Energy Malnutrition
- Trial name
- GREFFE (NCT02931812)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Burgundy
Protein-Energy Malnutrition
FortiPhy: Protein Bioavailability, Satiety and Appetite
Older adults have very specific food and nutrient requirements and often struggle to meet these needs due to poor appetite, reduced functionality and dexterity.
- Trial name
- NCT05512975
- Testing
- Dairy protein porridge arm, Plant protein porridge arm, Control Porridge arm
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Reading