Clinical trials: Stunting
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
Cluster Randomized, Parallel-group, Prospective, Follow-up Effectiveness Study in Kenyan Children 6-35 Months
Malnutrition is a public health problem in Kenya, with 26% of children under-five years of age stunted, and 26% of pre-school children, 26% of women of reproductive age and 42% of pregnant women being anaemic, respectively.
- Trial name
- NCT03448484
- Testing
- Intervention (integrated package), Control
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,927 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fabian Rohner
Adolescent Development, Stunting
The Nash-wo-Numa (Childhood Growth & Development) Study
The proposed study will be a cross-sectional study in the District of Matiari, Pakistan. Children ages 9-15 years will be identified from a Matiari District household census scheduled being conducted from December 2016- to May…
- Conditions
- Adolescent Development, Stunting, Depression, Micronutrient Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT03647553
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,385 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Stunting, Low Birth Weight
Evidence Generation Related to Stunting Prevention in Balochistan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has signed MoU with Planning and Development Department of Balochistan in collaboration with Nutrition Cell and National Programme for Family Planning and Primary Health Care, Balochistan for the…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Low Birth Weight, Anemia in Pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT03689218
- Testing
- Maamta (Nutritious Food Supplement), Wawamum (Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplement)
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 2,180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Zinc Deficiency, Growth; Stunting, Nutritional
The Efficacy of Zinc-biofortified Rice in Bangladeshi Children
To assess the efficacy of the zinc biofortified rice on plasma zinc concentrations in infants from a rural area of Bangladesh.
- Trial name
- ZARI (NCT03079583)
- Testing
- Intervention-group, Control-group
- Where
- 2 sites in Bangladesh, Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 520 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Maternal Malnutrition, Growth Failure
Women First: Preconception Maternal Nutrition
Multi-country three-arm, individually randomized, non-masked, controlled trial to ascertain the benefits of ensuring optimal maternal nutrition before conception and providing an evidence base for programmatic priority directed…
- Conditions
- Maternal Malnutrition, Growth Failure, Mortality, Morbidity
- Trial name
- WF (NCT01883193)
- Testing
- Comprehensive Maternal Nutrition Intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 7,374 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
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
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
Stunting, Dietary Deficiency
Sustainable Undernutrition Reduction in Ethiopia
The causes of malnutrition are complex and addressing the problem requires integrated action among various sectors. Globally, much attention has been given to nutrition-specific interventions to address the immediate causes of…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Dietary Deficiency, Anemia
- Trial name
- SURE (NCT04694898)
- Testing
- Standard programme, SURE intervention
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,292 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Protein Malabsorption, Nutritional Deficiency
Bioavailability of Proteins From Plant Based Diets
Proteins play an important role as structural and functional components for the human body and prevent stunting. Protein quality has a great importance in meeting the nutritional needs of populations across the world throughout…
- Conditions
- Protein Malabsorption, Nutritional Deficiency, Nutritional Stunting
- Trial name
- NCT04866927
- Testing
- Use of stable isotopic dilution to assess protein digestibility from Faba bean and to evaluate amino acid bioavailability
- Where
- Morocco
- Volunteers
- 5 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Atomic Energy Agency
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
Stunting, Undernutrition
Bangladesh MSNP: Social Protection Mixed Methods Study
Despite progress in reducing high levels of undernutrition in Bangladesh, gaps in progress persist. They are particularly acute between rural and urban areas, and between the lowest wealth quintile and highest.
- Trial name
- NCT04166370
- Testing
- Control, Strengthened (Services and SBCC), Strengthened (Services and SBCC) + CCT
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Stunting, Environmental Enteric Dysfunction
Safety, Acceptability, and Feasibility of Enterade®
This is a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot study to determine the safety, acceptability, and feasible pediatric dosage/tolerability of enterade® solution, an amino acid-based oral rehydration solution…
- Trial name
- SAFE (NCT03782272)
- Testing
- Enterade
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- PATH
Stunting, Undernutrition
Bangladesh MSNP: Agricultural/Livelihood Mixed Methods Study
Despite progress in reducing high levels of undernutrition in Bangladesh, gaps in progress persist. They are particularly acute between rural and urban areas, and between the lowest wealth quintile and highest.
- Trial name
- HFP MSNP (NCT04185597)
- Testing
- HFP Intervention: Delivered by Community Farmers, HFP Intervention: Delivered by agricultural Retailers, Control
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 4,067 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Immune Deficiency, Stunting
Immune and Scfa Profile of Stunting Children
1. Type and Research Design A cross-sectional study design with a quantitative approach will be conducted. Cross-sectional research design is one-time research to find a relationship between the independent variable (risk factor)…
- Conditions
- Immune Deficiency, Stunting, Fatty Acid
- Trial name
- NCT04698759
- Testing
- No Intervention
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bina Nusantara University
Undernutrition, Stunting
Rural-urban Disparities in the Nutritional Status of Younger Adolescents in Tanzania.
Africa faces rapid urbanization, has the second highest population growth rate, makes up one-fifth of the world's youth population, and experiences stagnant rates of undernutrition.
- Conditions
- Undernutrition, Stunting, Adolescent Development
- Trial name
- NCT04640389
- Testing
- Cross-sectional study/no intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Diarrhea, Stunting
Zinc-MNP Trial for Prevention of Diarrhea and Promotion of Linear Growth
This is a randomized, double-blind, community-based efficacy trial of different doses, forms, and frequencies of zinc supplementation for the prevention of diarrhea and promotion of linear growth among children 9-11 months of age…
- Trial name
- NCT03406793
- Testing
- Standard MNP, High zinc, low iron MNP, High zinc, low/no iron on alternating days
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,886 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Stunting, Environmental Enteric Dysfunction
The Effect of Bovine Colostrum/ Egg Supplementation in Young Malawian Children
The trial will consist of adding either a supplement of 4.3g egg powder + 5.7g bovine colostrum or a control flour along with a multiple micronutrient powder to the diets of healthy Malawian children 9 months of age.
- Trial name
- NCT03801317
- Testing
- BC/ egg, Control, multiple micronutrient
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 278 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Stunting
Effectiveness of SNF, Cash and BCC to Prevent Stunting Among Children 6-24 Months in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan
Malnutrition is a public health problem, with long-lasting physiological consequences and increased risk of morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT03299218
- Testing
- SNF (Wawamum), Social and behaviour change communication (SBCC), Cash
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 2,179 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Nutritional Stunting, Nutritional Anemia
Association Between Intakes of Protein, Calcium and Milk With Gene Expression and Linear Growth of School Aged Children
Protein is one type of nutrients known as the cause of stunting in developing countries since the mid-1970s (1) but then less attention on protein intake with the assumption that protein intake is sufficient.
- Conditions
- Nutritional Stunting, Nutritional Anemia, Nutritional Deficiency, Nutrigenetic
- Trial name
- NCT03895151
- Testing
- Milk supplementation, Food Based Recommendation (FBR) nutrition education
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition