Clinical trials: Kwashiorkor
Protein Malnutrition
Formative Research Study to Address Protein Intake in Children and Analysis of Breast Milk Nutrient Content in Mothers
This formative research seeks to explore the use of egg (as a potential source of protein) as nutritional supplement for young children aged 6-8 months of either sex and breast milk composition of mothers of infants under 6…
- Trial name
- NCT03140696
- Testing
- Egg Alone, Egg and ready to use supplementary food (RUSF), Egg and breast milk
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Kwashiorkor
Effectiveness of Four Transition Dietary Regimens in the Hospital Management of Children With Kwashiorkor.
In Burkina Faso the number of severely acute malnourished (SAM) children successfully treated has increased since the implementation of community-based management of acute malnutrition.
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition, Kwashiorkor, Nutritional Edema
- Trial name
- NCT05015257
- Testing
- Standard F100, Standard F75 + Plumpynut, Alternative F75 with CMV + Plumpynut
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Kwashiorkor
Dietary Rehabilitation in Severely Acutely Malnourished Children
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a life threatening condition and is defined by 1) a weight-for-height Z-score more than three standard deviations (SD) below the median based on the 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) growth…
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition, Kwashiorkor, Nutritional Edema, Marasmus
- Trial name
- NCT05009823
- Testing
- Standard F75, Alternative F75 With CMV, Alternative F75 Without CMV
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 1,959 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Kwashiorkor
Effectiveness of Alternative Diets During the Stabilization Phase on Children With Complicated SAM
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a life threatening condition and is defined by 1) a weight-for-height Z-score more than three standard deviations (SD) below the median based on the 2006 World Health Organization (WHO) growth…
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition, Kwashiorkor, Nutritional Edema, Marasmus
- Trial name
- NCT05020847
- Testing
- Standard F75, Alternative F75 with CMV, Alternative F75 without CMV
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 297 people
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
Effectiveness of Oral Antibiotics in the Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition
The need for oral antibiotics as part of the case management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the outpatient setting has not been studied in a prospective trial.
- Trial name
- NCT01000298
- Testing
- Amoxicillin, Cefdinir
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 2,767 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Marasmus, Kwashiorkor
Mothers Understand And Can do it - Mid Upper Arm Circumference Screening for Malnutrition Performed by Mothers
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE : To determine whether mothers, given minimal group training, are capable of using a MUAC (mid-upper arm circumference) bracelet to screen their children for malnutrition and categorise them into one of three…
- Conditions
- Marasmus, Kwashiorkor, Malnutrition; Degree, Moderate, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- MUAC (NCT01790815)
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Alliance for International Medical Action
Kwashiorkor
The Role of Sulfur Amino Acids in Risk of Kwashiorkor
This observational cross-sectional study is investigating if young children in populations with higher prevalence of kwashiorkor malnutrition have lower dietary sulfur amino acid intake than populations with lower prevalence of…
- Trial name
- NCT03520621
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Severe Acute Malnutrition, Cognitive Impairment
Milk Fat Globule Membrane-Enhanced RUTF for Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the use of milk fat globule membrane (MFGM) in ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) in children with severe acute malnutrition in Sierra Leone.
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition, Cognitive Impairment, Kwashiorkor, Severe Wasting
- Trial name
- MEND-SAM (NCT06869850)
- Testing
- MFGM-RUTF (milk fat globule membrane ready-to-use therapeutic food), S-RUTF (standard ready-to-use therapeutic food), Amoxicillin
- Where
- 10 sites in Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
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
Kwashiorkor
Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism in the Pathogenesis of Kwashiorkor
This research may explain whether a shortage of three special compounds called aromatic amino acids is responsible for the severe illness and high death rate of children with the kwashiorkor type of malnutrition and whether…
- Trial name
- NCT00429351
- Where
- Jamaica
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
Effectiveness of Oral Albendazole in the Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition
The benefit of anti-worm therapy as part of the case management of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the outpatient setting has not previously been studied.
- Trial name
- NCT01395381
- Testing
- Albendazole
- Where
- Malawi
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Growth Disorders, Infant Malnutrition
Effect of a Complementary Food Supplement on Growth and Morbidity of Ghanaian Infants
Prevention of malnutrition in infants and children requires access and intake of nutritious food starting at birth with exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life, breastfeeding in combination with complementary foods…
- Conditions
- Growth Disorders, Infant Malnutrition, Micronutrient Deficiency, Protein Malnutrition
- Trial name
- TRIUMF (NCT03181178)
- Testing
- Macro-micronutrient complementary food supplement, A micronutrient powder, Nutrition education
- Volunteers
- 1,204 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation
Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
Safety and Metabolic Study of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in Malnourished Children With HIV
It is unclear whether children with HIV and severe acute malnutrition can be started on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) safely while they are still malnourished and the manner in which this therapy should start.
- Conditions
- Kwashiorkor, Marasmus, Severe Acute Malnutrition, HIV
- Trial name
- ARMAM (NCT01529125)
- Testing
- zidovudine, lamivudine, nevirapine
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Malnutrition, Child
Use of Low-level Laser Therapy on Children Aged One to Five Years With Energy-protein Malnutrition
Malnutrition is a clinical-social disease caused by multiple prenatal, intrauterine and postnatal factors as well as social, political and cultural determinants (distal causes).
- Trial name
- NCT03355313
- Testing
- Low level Light therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nove de Julho
Malnutrition, Diarrhoea
Reformulated F75 Milk to Treat Severe Acute Malnutrition
Inpatient treatment for complicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) continues to have a high mortality in Africa. This is partly because children are commonly brought for admission because they are seriously ill, rather than…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Diarrhoea, Metabolic Disturbance
- Trial name
- F75 (NCT02246296)
- Testing
- Standard F75 Milk, Modified F75 Milk
- Where
- 3 sites in Kenya, Malawi
- Volunteers
- 842 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Obesity
Developmental Adaptation to an Obesogenic Environment
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether birth weight is related to the demand for dietary protein in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition (Kwashiorkor and Marasmus), and that leveraging of protein intake is…
- Trial name
- NCT02257593
- Testing
- Dietary protein
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of The West Indies
Kwashiorkor, Marasmus
Pilot Study of PUFA-optimized RUTF for Severe Acute Malnutrition
To test whether a ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) enriched with polyunsaturated fatty acids (RUTF-P) is as effective for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) as standard RUTF.
- Trial name
- NCT02053857
- Testing
- RUTF, RUTF-P, Amoxicillin
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 141 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Malnutrition in Pregnancy, Malnutrition; Protein
Value of Early Postoperative Peptide-based Formula in Critically Ill Obstetrics on Recovery Enhancement
This is the first trial to assess the early semi-elemental postoperative formula load to meet the protein requirements in the first and second day postoperative to enhance the recovery of critically ill parturient (value on ERAS…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition in Pregnancy, Malnutrition; Protein, Postpartum Disorder, Patient Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT06164301
- Testing
- Elemental amino-acids
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 83 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Severe Malnutrition, Malnutrition
Characterizing the Gut Microbiota Alteration Associated With Severe Acute Malnutrition
The investigators performed two case-control studies in Niger and Senegal analysing fecal microbiota to characterize the specificity of the gut microbiota alteration associated with severe acute malnutrition (SAM).
- Conditions
- Severe Malnutrition, Malnutrition, Infant Nutrition Disorders, Child Nutrition Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT02413905
- Testing
- Stool samples
- Where
- 2 sites in Niger, Senegal
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
Nutrition Disorders, Life-threatening Infection
Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis in Severely Malnourished Children
This trial aims to test the hypothesis that mortality among Kenyan children with severe malnutrition following initial stabilisation is due to ongoing vulnerability to infectious disease, and that long term daily co-trimoxazole…
- Trial name
- CTX (NCT00934492)
- Testing
- Cotrimoxazole dispersible tablet
- Where
- 4 sites in Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,781 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford