Clinical trials: Wasting Syndrome
Obesity, Wasting
Body Composition in Preschool Children
Thailand has been facing with the double burden of malnutrition. Many studies in Thailand, which aim to explore the situation, causes, and strategies to prevent obesity, have focused on adults, adolescents, or school-aged…
- Trial name
- NCT01920724
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 137 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Muscle Wasting
The Effect of Repeated Whole-body NMES Sessions With or Without Protein Intake on Muscle Protein Synthesis During 3 Days of Bed Rest in Healthy Young Volunteers
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effect of whole-body electrostimulation with protein intake on muscle protein synthesis, muscle mass and function during bed rest in healthy young adults (18-35 years).
- Trial name
- SPRINT (NCT07062562)
- Testing
- NMES, Protein bolus (20g), Standard nutrition
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) With Cachexia
BYM338 in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients With Cachexia
This study will assess the pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, safety and tolerability of BYM338 in patients with COPD and cachexia. The primary outcome will be a change in thigh muscle volume compared to placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT01669174
- Testing
- BYM338
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Netherlands and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Burns
Feasibility and Reliability of Ultrasound in Acute Burns.
This trial investigates the feasibility and reliability of different ultrasound protocols to determine quadriceps muscle architecture in acutely admitted burn patients.
- Trial name
- NCT04852133
- Testing
- Burn subjects
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Antwerpen
Undernutrition, Stunting
The Effectiveness of HBM-based Education Program on Improve Knowledge and Behaviors
The randomized controlled trial design with one intervention arm (nutrition education and complementary feeding) and one control (usual care) arm (1:1 ratio).
- Conditions
- Undernutrition, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT05517395
- Testing
- health nutrition education, usual care
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Taipei Medical University
Muscular Diseases
The Role of Ischaemia-reperfusion Injury in the Pathogenesis of Muscle Wasting After Thoracic Aortic Surgery
Single-centre observational study over one year investigating the mechanisms of muscle homeostasis in patients with acute skeletal muscle atrophy following major aortic surgery
- Trial name
- RIMMAS (NCT03354767)
- Testing
- Aortic and aortic valve surgery
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
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
Malnutrition, Stunting
Child Health, Nutrition and Microbiome Development
Childhood malnutrition is a global public health issue with devastating consequences on the health, well-being, and psychosocial development of children.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight
- Trial name
- CHAMP (NCT05793294)
- Where
- 2 sites in Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Khyber Medical University Peshawar
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
Food Insecurity, Stunting
Scaling up Small-Scale Food Processing to Promote Food Security Among Women Farmers in Rural Vietnam
This repeated measures, cluster randomized, cohort trial design was carried out in three provinces in the northern mountainous area of Vietnam.
- Conditions
- Food Insecurity, Stunting, Wasting, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT03847662
- Volunteers
- 799 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Nutrition, Vietnam
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Metabolic and Inflammatory Responses to Hemodialysis and the Effect of a Meal
The objective of this study is to characterize the hormonal and inflammatory responses to hemodialysis, and to determine the effect of a meal versus fast on the metabolic changes in the post-dialytic phase.
- Trial name
- NCT01446302
- Testing
- Double meal
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Sarcopenia, Insulin Resistance
Insulin Resistance, Sarcopenia and Plasma BAIBA Levels
Insulin resistance (IR) is an early metabolic alteration in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, becoming almost universal in those who reach the end stage of kidney failure.
- Trial name
- NCT04309201
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tungs' Taichung Metroharbour Hospital
Cancer Cachexia
Nutrition Education and Quality of Life in Cancer Cachexia
With the project the investigators propose, the investigators aim to find answers to the following questions: Are some cachectic factors and cytokines associated with plasma level irisin in patients with advanced stage cancer…
- Trial name
- NCT05262192
- Testing
- nutrition education
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ordu University
Diarrhea, Malnutrition
Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development
Malnutrition is considered one of the most prevalent risk factors for morbidity and mortality in children under five. An estimated 20% of children in the developing world are malnourished [1] and poor nutrition is linked to more…
- Conditions
- Diarrhea, Malnutrition, Stunting, Wasting
- Trial name
- MAL-ED (NCT02441426)
- Where
- 8 sites in Bangladesh, Brazil and 6 more
- Volunteers
- 1,796 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
Child Malnutrition, Breastfeeding
Impact of Behavior Change Communications and Market-based Approach to Delivering Micronutrient Powders on Stunting, Infant Feeding Practices and Anemia in Bangladesh
This complex evaluation of a large-scale program uses a cluster-randomized design where 20 geographic clusters (subdistricts) were randomized to study two sets of interventions.
- Conditions
- Child Malnutrition, Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding, Childhood Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT01678716
- Testing
- EHC + BCC, Micronutrient powders, Mass media
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 8,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Disk Herniated Lumbar
Muscle Analyze In Patient With Disc Herniation
This study which was planned to investigate the factors affecting m. erector spinae (ES), m. multifidus (MF), m. psoas major (PM) and m. quadratus lumborum (QL), which stabilize the lumbar region in the case of disc herniation.
- Trial name
- NCT05245214
- Testing
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University
Malnutrition; Mild, Iron-deficiency Anemia
The Effect of Fortified Growing-up Milk on Growth and Micronutrient Status of Nigerian Toddlers
It is well known than an important part of Nigerian children from the lower social economic class have nutrient deficiencies. Fortified products, such as growing up milks (GUM), may play an important role in reducing the risk and…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition; Mild, Iron-deficiency Anemia, Nutritional Stunting, Nutritional Wasting
- Trial name
- GaGA (NCT03411590)
- Testing
- Fortified milk Powder
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria PLC
Muscle Disuse Atrophy
Can Supplemental Leucine Offset Disuse-induced Muscle Atrophy?
Ageing is associated with a gradual decline in muscle mass that is detrimental to both physical function and metabolic health, increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- LEU-DIMA (NCT03762278)
- Testing
- Leucine
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Sarcopenia, Obesity
Investigating the Link Between Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) and Muscle Wasting in Sarcobesity
The study aims to explore whether a high level of AGEs (Advanced Glycation end products) derived from the diet may mediate diet-related muscle loss in Western-type diet, influencing the onset and progression of sarcopenia…
- Trial name
- Westernage (NCT06438900)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 195 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della Carita
Metabolic Syndrome X, Cachexia
The Roles of Cytokines in the Mechanism of Insulin Resistance and Energy Balance
Insulin resistance and disturbances in energy homeostasis are associated with body weight changes, such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, cancer cachexia, aging, and acute or chronic infectious diseases.
- Conditions
- Metabolic Syndrome X, Cachexia, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT00172614
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital