Clinical trials: Acute Malnutrition in Childhood
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Nutritional Status in Children With ALL in Guatemala
This study proposes to investigate the association of nutritional status of a children assessed by body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TSFT), and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), with body composition, measured…
- Trial name
- NCT03471416
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Wasting
Treatment of Acute Malnutrition in Outpatient Care Services in Venezuela: a Prospective Cohort Research
The goal of this observational study is to compare the effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of the simplified protocol, which includes the following three modifications: a) use of a single treatment product (RUTF), b) reduced…
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Wasting, Child Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT06287827
- Testing
- Simplified protocol, Standard protocol
- Where
- 4 sites in Venezuela
- Volunteers
- 299 people
- Sponsor
- UNICEF - Venezuela
Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Acute Malnutrition, Severe
The Relapse to Acute Malnutrition Prevention (RAMP) Trial
This individually randomized controlled trial uses a 2x2 factorial design to evaluate the effects of azithromycin and small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) on sustained nutritional recovery following initial…
- Trial name
- RAMP (NCT07871955)
- Testing
- Azithromycin, Small-quantity Lipid-based Nutrient Supplements
- Where
- South Sudan
- Volunteers
- 3,750 people
- Sponsor
- Action Against Hunger USA
Acute Malnutrition in Infancy, Acute Malnutrition in Childhood
Optimization of the Simplified Protocol in Mali: a Cluster Randomised Pragmatic Trial
Acute malnutrition is a condition that affects more than 45 million children under the age of five at any time and requires specific treatment to ensure patient survival.
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition in Infancy, Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Acute Malnutrition, Severe
- Trial name
- NCT06594341
- Testing
- Visit frequency, Suppression of the transition period, Simplified treatment
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 6,249 people
- Sponsor
- International Rescue Committee
Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Wasting
Integrated Research on Acute Malnutrition in Mali (IRAM-MALI)
The IRAM MALI impact evaluation uses a cluster-randomized controlled study design to assess the impact of the package of integrated interventions aimed at reducing the longitudinal prevalence of wasting by reducing the incidence…
- Trial name
- NCT04872088
- Testing
- Strengthened SBCC, Preventive nutritional supplement, Family MUAC
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 9,797 people
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Acute Malnutrition, Severe
Reduced Dosage and/or Visitation Protocol for the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition in Kenya
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) places children at significant risk of mortality. Outpatient treatment programs are effective but there is a need to increase treatment coverage and reduce costs of treatment.
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Acute Malnutrition, Severe, Acute Malnutrition, Moderate, Wasting
- Trial name
- RSWITCH (NCT07420062)
- Testing
- WHO-reduced, WHO-full, Kenya-IMAM
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 2,274 people
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Leukemia, Lymphoma
Cyproheptadine Hydrochloride and Nutritional Supplementation in Treating Young Patients With Weight Loss With Cancer
RATIONALE: Cyproheptadine hydrochloride may help improve appetite and lessen weight loss caused by cancer or cancer treatment. It is not yet known whether cyproheptadine hydrochloride is more effective with or without nutritional…
- Conditions
- Leukemia, Lymphoma, Malnutrition, Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Trial name
- NCT00949117
- Testing
- Ensure, PediaSure, cyproheptadine hydrochloride
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Florida
Tuberculosis, Child Health
The DECIDE-TB Trial; Validation of Treatment Decision Algorithms for Childhood Tuberculosis
The Decide-TB project aims to generate evidence for the implementation of a comprehensive Treatment Decision Algorithms (TDA) based approach for TB in children living in high TB burden and resource-limited countries, at District…
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Child Health, HIV, Severe Acute Malnutrition
- Trial name
- DTB (NCT06593080)
- Testing
- The comprehensive TDA based approach
- Where
- 29 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 30,240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chishala Chabala
Protein-energy Malnutrition, Kwashiorkor
Study of Antioxidants and Oxidants in Malnourished Children
It is believed that the organs of severely malnourished children malfunction because harmful compounds called oxidants injure the tissues in these organs.
- Conditions
- Protein-energy Malnutrition, Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
- Trial name
- NCT00069134
- Testing
- sulfur amino acids
- Where
- Jamaica
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)
Regular Growth Monitoring (RGM) of Young Children in Guinea-Bissau
Wasting (severe thinness) is a common and serious problem among young children in rural Guinea-Bissau. Community Health Agents (CHAs) can help prevent malnutrition by regularly measuring children's growth and advising families on…
- Trial name
- NCT07584395
- Testing
- Regular Growth Monitoring (RGM) by Community Health Agents
- Where
- Guinea-Bissau
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Trustees of Dartmouth College
Malnutrition, Pneumonia
Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition Network
The CHAIN Network aims to identify modifiable biomedical and social factors driving the greatly increased risk of mortality among young undernourished children admitted to hospital with acute illness, as inpatients and after…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Sepsis
- Trial name
- CHAIN (NCT03208725)
- Where
- 8 sites in Bangladesh, Kenya and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 4,335 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Wasting
Simplified Treatment Protocol for Acute Malnutrition in Venezuela
Global acute malnutrition (GAM) in children under five is defined by being too thin for a given height and/or having the Mid-upper arm circumference less than a given threshold.
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Wasting, Child Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT05543759
- Testing
- Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)
- Where
- Venezuela
- Volunteers
- 307 people
- Sponsor
- UNICEF - Venezuela
Severe Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Malnutrition, Child
Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children 6 to 59 Months Old With Standard Ready To Use Therapeutic Food Compared to a Newly Formulated Lipid Optimized Ready To Use Therapeutic Food
The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to learn if a newly formulated Lipid-Optimized Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (LO-RUTF) can treat severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6 to 59 months.
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Malnutrition, Child, Neurocognition, Child
- Trial name
- NCT07345884
- Testing
- Lipid-Optimized Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 125 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Severe Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Pneumococcal Disease
Opportunistic Pneumococcal Immunisation Trial in MALnutrition
The goal of the OPTIMAL clinical trial is to learn if a dose of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) generates a good immune response in young children who are in hospital with severe acute malnutrition.
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Pneumococcal Disease, Pneumococcal Vaccines, Pneumococcal Infection
- Trial name
- OPTIMAL (NCT06817421)
- Testing
- Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Typhoid conjugate vaccine
- Where
- Timor-Leste
- Volunteers
- 214 people
- Sponsor
- Nick Fancourt
Acute Malnutrition in Childhood
Screening for Acute Malnutrition
This project includes a pilot cluster-randomized trial of the efficacy of training caregivers to screen for acute malnutrition (AM) in children aged 6-59 months using mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) in Burkina Faso.
- Trial name
- NCT05284773
- Testing
- Caretaker MUAC screening - training by health workers, Caretaker MUAC screening - training by caregivers
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Impact of Malnutrition on Pharmacokinetic of Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide and Ethambutol in TB-HIV Co-infected Children (TB-Speed TB-PK)
TB-Speed TB-PK is a cross-sectional PK study of anti-TB treatment nested in the TB-Speed HIV and TB-Speed SAM studies aiming at assessing the impact of malnutrition on PK of rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol in…
- Trial name
- NCT04972903
- Where
- 4 sites in Uganda, Zambia
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Severe Acute Malnutrition in Childhood
Severe Acute Malnutrition and Child Development Clinical Trial in Mwanza
This is a randomized clinical trial to learn whether ready-to-use therapeutic foods enriched with choline and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) together with psychosocial stimulating activities work well to improve child development in…
- Trial name
- BRIGHTSAM (NCT06781918)
- Testing
- Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), Psychosocial stimulation
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
Malaria Incidence, Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
Leveraging the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Platform to Address Malaria and Malnutrition
In the Sahel, the malaria and malnutrition seasons overlap during the rainy season, from approximately July through October. Malaria transmission increases due to the rain and collection of standing water and malnutrition risk…
- Conditions
- Malaria Incidence, Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention, Nutrition Assessment, Acute Malnutrition in Childhood
- Trial name
- INSPIRE (NCT06599593)
- Testing
- SQ-LNS, Integrated Nutritional Screening
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 438 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Acute Malnutrition in Infancy, Acute Malnutrition in Childhood
ComPAS Low-WAZ RCT Mali
Admissions criteria which treat children with only low mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) or children with low weight-for-height z-score (WHZ) are not aligned with the evidence on which children are at risk of mortality.
- Conditions
- Acute Malnutrition in Infancy, Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Underweight
- Trial name
- NCT05248516
- Testing
- Simplified dose of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), Standard dose of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), No nutritional treatment
- Where
- 11 sites in Mali
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people
- Sponsor
- International Rescue Committee
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Rice Bran-based Supplemental Foods for the Treatment of Childhood Malnutrition
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of treating children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) with a locally produced ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) with or without rice bran.
- Trial name
- NCT05319717
- Testing
- Ready-to-use therapeutic food with heat stabilized rice bran, Ready-to-use therapeutic food (no rice bran)
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University