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Nutrition PoorMFBNCT05878886

Mangrove-sword Bean-food Bar on the Weight and Weight for Age Z Score of Under-five Children

A study testing Emergency Food Product in people with Nutrition Poor, run by Universitas Indonesia at 1 site in Indonesia.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of the food bar made from api-api mangrove (Avicennia marina) and sword bean (Canavalia ensiformis) blends on the weight and Weight-for-Age Z score affected by a landslide disaster. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 12 to 49 monthsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Nutrition Poor
What is being tested?
Emergency Food Product
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
34 participants
Where
1 siteIndonesia
Study dates
1 Aug 2022to 30 Oct 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 12 to 49 months
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Aged between 12 and 59 months
  • Male and female living in Cihanjuang Village of Sumedang District who affected by the landslide disaster
  • Had malnutrition, normal, or over-nutrition status
  • Not suffering from infectious diseases
  • Willing to avoid consumption of any snacks other than the food bars and plain water

Who cannot join

  • Suffered from infectious or chronical diseases

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Indonesia1 site
  • Cihanjuang Village

    Sumedang, West Java

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About this study

Official title: Effect of Mangrove-sword Bean-food Bar on the Weight and Weight-for-Age Z Score of Under-five Children Affected by Landslide Disaster. The Pre-post Intervention Study Towards 34 Under-five Children During 15 Days

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of the food bar made from api-api mangrove (Avicennia marina) and sword bean (Canavalia ensiformis) blends on the weight and Weight-for-Age Z score affected by a landslide disaster.

The main questions aimed to answer are:

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  • Food bar supplementation can effect the weight and WAZ score of under-five children affected by landslides disaster?
  • Balanced nutrition education can increase the mothers' knowledge on the balanced nutrition of under-five children?

Participants divided in to two group i.e.:

  • Treatment/intervention group consumed 50 g mangrove sword bean food bar each day during 15 days.
  • Control group consumed 50 g sword bean food bar each day during 15 days.
  • Each group received balanced nutrition for mothers once at the first week of study.
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Eligibility Criteria for Under-five children:

  • Aged between 12 and 59 months
  • Male and female
  • Living in Cihanjuang Village of Sumedang District which affected by the landslide disaster
  • Had malnutrition, normal, or over-nutrition status, and not suffering from infectious diseases.
Conditions
Nutrition Poor
Being tested
Emergency Food Product
Keywords
Older people, under-five children, disaster, weight, mangrove-sword bean-food bar
Medical subject headings
Malnutrition, Body Weight

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Emergency Food ProductDietary supplement

    Also called Mangrove sword bean food bar

    Each subjects of treatment group consumed 50 g food bar during 15 days. Monitoring of compliance undertaken by home visit to recall daily food consumption three days a week and to record the food bar stocks at home during study, and also weekly weight measurement.

Study groups in NCT05878886
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Treatment groupExperimentalTreatment group received 50 g mangrove sword bean food bar during 15 days.
Receives: Dietary Supplement: Emergency Food Product
Control groupPlacebo comparatorControl group received 50 g sword bean food bar during 15 days.
Receives: Dietary Supplement: Emergency Food Product

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Effect of mangrove-sword bean-food bar on the weight and Weight-for-Age Z score (WAZ) of under-five children affected by landslide disaster

    Change of weight measured by digital weighing. Change of Weight for Age Z score measured by using Nutri Survey Software. Mean difference of weight and Weight-for-Age Z score were calculated as the value at two weeks minus the value at baseline.

    Measured: Two weeks

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Change of mothers' balanced nutrition knowledge

    Knowledge score of mothers of underfive children on the balanced nutrition at pre-post study measured by baseline and end-line questionnaires.

    Mean difference of balanced nutrition knowledge of mothers was calculated as the value at two weeks minus the value at baseline.

    Measured: Two weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted26 May 2023
  2. Study start1 Aug 2022
  3. Primary completion15 Aug 2022
  4. Study completion30 Oct 2022

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Treatment group consumed 50 g mangrove sword bean food bar each day during 15 days. Control group consumed 50 g sword bean food bar each day during 15 days. Mothers of two groups received balanced nutrition education once at the first week of study. The compliance of subject consumed food bar undertaken by home visit of field enumerators to subjects' house. They collected three days food recalls and monitored the distribution and stocks of food bar at the subjects' house.
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
34 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05878886
Sponsor's protocol ID
Universitas Indonesia (UI)
Other IDs
PUTI Q1 Grants 2023
Acronym
MFB
Status last verified
May 2023
First submitted
13 May 2023
Last updated
31 May 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Emergency Food Product in people with Nutrition Poor, run by Universitas Indonesia at 1 site in Indonesia.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 May 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Indonesia. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Effect of mangrove-sword bean-food bar on the weight and Weight-for-Age Z score (WAZ) of under-five children affected by landslide disaster (time frame: Two weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 31 May 2023.

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