Clinical trials: Under Nutrition
Sickle Cell Anemia, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition in SCD, in Northern Nigeria
Except for children with HIV, all recommendations for treatment of childhood malnutrition are for children < 5 years of age. The overall goal of this randomized controlled nutrition feasibility trial is to identify whether…
- Trial name
- NCT03634488
- Testing
- hydroxyurea (20mg/kg/day), Ready-to-use therapeutic food
- Where
- 3 sites in United States, Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Overweight and Obesity
Phase 1b/2a Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of Setmelanotide in Obese Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a new daily subcutaneous (SC) injectable formulation of setmelanotide (RM-493) in healthy participants with obesity on mean percent body weight loss and other weight loss…
- Trial name
- NCT02041195
- Testing
- Setmelanotide
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people
- Sponsor
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mesopic Vision, Night Vision Loss
Safety and Efficacy of 0.75% Phentolamine Ophthalmic Solution in Subjects With Post-refractive Surgery Visual Disturbances
Safety and efficacy of 0.75% Phentolamine Ophthalmic Solution to improve mesopic low contrast visual acuity in subjects with post-refractive surgery visual disturbances.
- Trial name
- LYNX-2 (NCT06349759)
- Testing
- phentolamine ophthalmic solution 0.75%, a non-selective alpha-1 and alpha-2 adrenergic antagonist
- Where
- 25 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Opus Genetics, Inc
Critical Illness, Acute Respiratory Failure
Trial of Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition in Under and Over Weight Critically Ill Patients (TOP-UP)
The specific aim of the proposed study is to conduct a pilot study involving 160 critically-ill lean and obese patients enrolled at 11 sites in Canada, the United States of America, Belgium and France in order to: Specific Aims…
- Trial name
- TOP-UP (NCT01206166)
- Testing
- Olimel (5.7%E / N9E)
- Where
- 12 sites in United States, Belgium and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- Clinical Evaluation Research Unit at Kingston General Hospital
Secondary Hyperparathyroidism, Chronic Kidney Disease
Study to Assess Patient Management Practices and Quality of Life With Paricalcitol Capsules in the Treatment of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Stage 3-5 Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Not Yet on Dialysis
Paricalcitol capsules (Zemplar®) received marketing authorization in Sweden in late 2007 for the prevention and treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with Stage 3 \& 4 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD).
- Trial name
- CAPITOL (NCT01265992)
- Where
- 10 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- AbbVie (prior sponsor, Abbott)
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Octreotide Therapy in Children and Young Adults With Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)
The purpose of this study is to investigate over a 6 month period the effect of octreotide therapy on food intake, sense of hunger, body weight, body composition, efficiency of burning calories, biomarkers of weight regulation…
- Trial name
- NCT00399893
- Testing
- Octreotide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Diarrhea
PROMISE EBF: Safety and Efficacy of Exclusive Breastfeeding Promotion in the Era of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
The objective of the project is to develop and test an intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), to assess its impact on infant health in African contexts where a high prevalence of HIV is a barrier, and to…
- Trial name
- NCT00397150
- Testing
- Peer-support for exclusive breastfeeding
- Where
- 4 sites in Burkina Faso, South Africa and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 2,579 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre For International Health