Clinical trials: Stunting
Acromegaly
Pasireotide in Patients With Acromegaly Inadequately Controlled With First Generation Somatostatin Analogues
This is a phase IIIb multicenter, open-label; single arm study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pasireotide LAR 40 mg and 60 mg in patients with inadequately controlled acromegaly with maximal approved doses of first…
- Trial name
- NCT02354508
- Testing
- Pasireotide LAR
- Where
- 50 sites in Argentina, Belgium and 13 more
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Deficiency, Growth Disorders
Recombinant Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor (rhIGF-1) Treatment of Short Stature Associated With IGF-1 Deficiency
This study is intended to assess the effects of once daily dosing of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor (rhIGF-1) in increasing height velocity.
- Trial name
- NCT00125190
- Testing
- rhIGF-1 (mecasermin) for a period of 86 weeks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Ipsen
Development, Vitamin Deficiency
Vitamin B12, Neurodevelopment and Growth in Nepal
Rationale: Globally, vitamin B12 deficiency is one of the most common micronutrient deficiencies. The only relevant source of Vitamin B12 is animal-source foods.
- Conditions
- Development, Vitamin Deficiency, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- BeLive (NCT02272842)
- Testing
- Vitamin B12
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Centre For International Health
Growth Disorders, Intrauterine Growth Retardation
Genotropin Treatment in Short Prepubertal Children With Intra-Uterine Growth Retardation
To evaluate the effect of continuous and intermittent administration of Genotonorm on stature in short prepubertal children with intra-uterine growth retardation
- Trial name
- NCT01073605
- Testing
- Genotonorm
- Where
- 31 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 208 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Low Birth Weight
KBTH-GIRHL Healthy Birth Weight Study: A Cross-Section
This study was designed and conducted in an effort to establish a comparison group for the Ghana PrenaBelt Trial (NTC02379728). The Ghana PrenaBelt Trial examined the effect, on birth weight, of a belt-like device to help…
- Conditions
- Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Pregnancy, Sleep
- Trial name
- KBTH-HBWS (NCT03062228)
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IWK Health Centre
Growth Disorders
Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Growth Failure Associated With Primary IGF-1 Deficiency
This is an extension study to Tercica study MS301 (NCT00125164) and is intended to collect long term safety and efficacy data on the continued use of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-1 (rh IGF-1) in children and…
- Trial name
- NCT00330668
- Testing
- rh IGF-1 (mecasermin)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 114 people
- Sponsor
- Ipsen
Enteropathy
The Impact of Legumes vs Corn-soy Flour on Environmental Enteric Dysfunction in Rural Malawian Children 6-11 Months
To determine if 6 months of legume-based complementary foods is effective in reducing or reversing EED and linear growth faltering in a cohort of Malawian children, aged 6-11 months to see if these improvements are correlated…
- Trial name
- NCT02472262
- Testing
- Cow pea complementary food, Corn soy flour, Common bean
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 355 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Growth Disorders
Long-Acting Growth Hormone in Children Compared to Daily rhGH
The trial will compare a twice-monthly somavaratan dosing regimen for non-inferiority of treatment effect against daily injections of rhGH.
- Trial name
- VELOCITY (NCT02339090)
- Testing
- Somavaratan, rhGH
- Volunteers
- 138 people
- Sponsor
- Versartis Inc.
Growth Disorders, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Deficiency
Prepubertal Children With Growth Failure Associated With Primary Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) Deficiency
This study is intended to determine whether twice daily weight based dosing with recombinant human insulin-like growth factor (rhIGF-1) will safely and effectively increase the growth of prepubertal children with short stature…
- Trial name
- NCT00125164
- Testing
- rhIGF-1 (mecasermin, Tercica, Inc.)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 137 people
- Sponsor
- Ipsen
Sleep, Pregnancy
Ghana PrenaBelt Trial: A Positional Therapy Device to Reduce Still-Birth
Every day in Ghana, 47 babies are stillborn (SB) and 232 babies are born with low birth-weight (LBW) - many of whom will die in infancy or suffer lifelong consequences.
- Conditions
- Sleep, Pregnancy, Stillbirth, Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Trial name
- NCT02379728
- Testing
- PrenaBelt, Body Position Sensor
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allan Kember
Sleep, Pregnancy
Halifax PrenaBelt Trial
Back and right-sided sleeping position in pregnant women has recently emerged as a potential risk factor for low birthweight (LBW) and stillbirth (SB) in the medical literature.
- Conditions
- Sleep, Pregnancy, Stillbirth, Infant, Low Birth Weight
- Trial name
- NCT02377817
- Testing
- PrenaBelt
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Allan Kember
Fetal Growth Retardation
Placental Lesions in Fetal Growth Restrictions
The purpose of this research study is to develop imaging methods to diagnose placental injury in pregnancies diagnosed with fetal growth restriction (FGR).
- Trial name
- NCT04839185
- Testing
- Ferumoxytol infusion, MRI scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Postnatal Growth Disorder
Physiologic Approach to Sodium Supplementation in Premature Infants
Postnatal growth failure occurs in up to 50% of very low birth weight (VLBW, <1500 grams at birth) infants as assessed by discharge weight.
- Trial name
- Salt to Grow (NCT03889197)
- Testing
- Sodium supplementation guided by urine sodium concentration algorithm
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Growth Disorders
Growth Hormone in a Patient With a Dominant-Negative GHR Mutation
This is a prospective interventional study designed for a single patient with a dominant-negative mutation in the growth hormone receptor gene (GHR) which results in increased levels of growth hormone binding protein (GHBP).
- Trial name
- NCT05382637
- Testing
- Somatropin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Children's National Research Institute
Growth Disorders
National Cooperative Growth Study (NCGS): A Post-marketing Surveillance Program for Nutropin, Nutropin AQ, Nutropin Depot, and Protropin
The purpose of this multicenter, open-label, observational, post-marketing surveillance study is to collect long term safety and efficacy information on growth hormone (GH) products: Protropin (somatrem for injection), Nutropin…
- Trial name
- NCT00097539
- Testing
- Somatrem, Somatropin
- Volunteers
- 65,205 people
- Sponsor
- Genentech, Inc.
Stunting, Wasting
Complementary Food Supplements for Reducing Childhood Undernutrition
The purpose of this study is to test the impact on child growth of three specially formulated complementary food supplements vs. Plumpy'Doz, a previously tested, commercially available complementary food, and vs.
- Trial name
- NCT01562379
- Testing
- Wheat Soy Blend (WSB++), Chickpea based complementary food supplement, Rice based complementary food supplement
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 5,449 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Fetal Growth Retardation, Fetal; Slow Growth
Third Trimester Screening of Fetal Growth Restriction
The aim of this trial is to assess the efficacy of two screening protocols for the detection of fetal growth disorders. In Italy at the moment the screening protocol should not be universal but only on clinical indications.
- Trial name
- RELAIS (NCT05787054)
- Testing
- Third trimester ultrasound
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 813 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
IUGR, Fetal Growth Retardation
Cardiac Displacement From Third Trimester to Early Childhood
The aim is to increase awareness of the relationship between (IUGR) and cardiac function in the foetus, the development of cardiac function over time after delivery and what significance a possible early disturbed myocardial…
- Conditions
- IUGR, Fetal Growth Retardation, Intrauterine Growth Restriction
- Trial name
- CADETTE (NCT02583763)
- Testing
- Echocardiography, Blood sample
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Linkoeping
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
Fetal Growth Retardation
Study Aimed At Improving Height With Genotonorm In Children Born Little And/Or Light With Growth Retardation At The Age
To estimate the percentage of children with serum IGF-1 > 2 standard deviation (compared to a child of the same gender and age and without growth hormone (GH) deficiency) 9 months and 12 months after initiation of GH treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT00174252
- Testing
- Genotonorm (Somatropin)
- Where
- 22 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer