Clinical trials: Preventing Malnutrition
Kidney Diseases, Dialysis; Complications
PRevEnting FracturEs in REnal Disease - 1
PREFERRED-1 is a pilot study designed to determine the feasibility of a large randomized, pragmatic, open-label, comparative-effectiveness trial of denosumab for the prevention of fragility fractures in people receiving…
- Conditions
- Kidney Diseases, Dialysis; Complications, Fragility Fracture, Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder
- Trial name
- PREFERRED-1 (NCT05096195)
- Testing
- Denosumab 60 mg/ml, Calcium and vitamin D prophylaxis, Monitoring of post-injection calcium and phosphate
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Sarcopenia in Elderly, Hospital Associated Disability
Preventing Hospital Associated Disability in Older Patients: Individualized Nutrition and Exercise Strategy
Aproximately a third of persons older than 70 years lose physical function and ability to take care of themselves during a stay at a hospital. This is associated to an increased risk of readmission and mortality.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia in Elderly, Hospital Associated Disability, Malnutrition Elderly, Physical Function
- Trial name
- PrevHAD RCT (NCT07373587)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Malnutrition
Different Strategies for Preventing Severe Acute Malnutrition in Niger
Options for large-scale preventive distributions include fortified blended flours, ready-to-use foods and direct cash transfer either alone or in combination with family protective rations.
- Trial name
- NCT01828814
- Where
- Niger
- Volunteers
- 7,836 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Epicentre
Sarcopenia in Elderly, Hospital Associated Deconditioning
Preventing Hospital Associated Disability in Older Patients: Individualized Nutrition and Exercise Strategy, a Feasibility Study
Aproximately a third of persons older than 70 years lose physical function and ability to take care of themselves during a stay at a hospital. This is associated to an increased risk of readmission and mortality.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia in Elderly, Hospital Associated Deconditioning, Malnutrition Elderly, Physical Function
- Trial name
- PrevHAD FS (NCT07124338)
- Testing
- Exercise, supervised
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Underweight, Wasting
Preventing Infant Malnutrition With Early Supplementation
Background: Worldwide, more than 50 million children under 5 years of age are wasted (weight-for-length/height Z-score (WLZ) <-2) and over 150 million children under 5 are stunted (length/height-for-age Z-score (LAZ) <-2); such…
- Conditions
- Underweight, Wasting, Stunting, Breastfeeding
- Trial name
- PRIMES (NCT04704076)
- Testing
- ESVS, Exclusive breastfeeding
- Where
- 2 sites in Guinea-Bissau, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 324 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Preventing Malnutrition
Gastric Residual Volume Measurement in the Intensive Care Unit
Nutritional support is considered a key component of the treatment strategy for intensive care patients. Malnutrition, energy protein, and inadequate or excessive intake of other nutrients have measurable effects on tissues, body…
- Trial name
- NCT05238051
- Testing
- Gastric residual volume measurement stopped.
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- Erzincan Binali Yildirim Universitesi
Malnutrition
Preventing Malnutrition in Children Under Two Years of Age Approach
A study conducted by IFPRI in Haiti provided the first programmatic evidence, using a cluster randomized evaluation design, that preventing child undernutrition in children under two years of age (PM2A) through an integrated…
- Trial name
- NCT01072279
- Testing
- Tubaramure (Burundi), Procomida (Guatemala)
- Where
- 2 sites in Burundi, Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 16,895 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Child Malnutrition
Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Four Formulations of Food Supplements for the Prevention of Wasting and Stunting in Burkina Faso
This research will serve as a follow-up on the review of Title II commodities performed by the Food Aid Quality Review at Tufts University in October 2011.
- Trial name
- FAQR-Burkina (NCT02071563)
- Testing
- CSB14, RUSF1, SC+
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 6,039 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tufts University
Lumbar Hyperlordosis, Athletic Injuries
Effectiveness of Abdominal Muscle Strengthening and Pelvic Control in the Prevention of Dance Injuries
Introduction. After observing the lack of lumbo-pelvic control and the difficulty in identifying the musculature used when performing the different dance positions, it was decided to carry out an exercise intervention to…
- Trial name
- NCT05771233
- Testing
- Prevention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Murcia
Tumor, Solid, Children
Standardized Nutritional Management of Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors
The purpose of this study is to establish a standardized nutrition intervention procedure for children with solid tumors, and to explore the effectiveness and clinical applicability of standardized nutrition management and short…
- Conditions
- Tumor, Solid, Children, Nutritional Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT06730204
- Testing
- Standardized nutritional management, Standardized nutritional management + short peptide ONS
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Malnutrition, Child, Wasting Disease
Cash Plus Interventions for Prevention of Acute Malnutrition in Children Under 5 and Their Mothers in Somalia
This trial studied different combinations of cash assistance to families that live in food insecure areas of Somalia and aimed to understand if this cash assistance provided reduced malnutrition of children and mothers.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Child, Wasting Disease, Stunting, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT06642012
- Testing
- Cash only, Cash + Social Behavior Change Communication, Cash + top-up cash
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Somalia
- Volunteers
- 3,384 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Nutritional Programme for Dementia Elderly Patient
The main objective of this study is the improvement of the quality of life and state of health of elderly people with cognitive deterioration and their families through a weight loss prevention programme.
- Trial name
- NCT00479843
- Testing
- Nutritional programme
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 946 people
- Sponsor
- Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)
Overweight and/or Obesity, Children - Malnutrition
Family-Based Nutrition Intervention to Prevent Overweight and Obesity in School-Age Children.
This proposal aims to enhance the well being of schoolchildren and their families through a mobile application and multidisciplinary intervention model grounded in authoritative parenting principles and social cognitive theory.
- Conditions
- Overweight and/or Obesity, Children - Malnutrition, Preventing Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT07159971
- Testing
- School B, Control
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Claudia Teresa Tovar Palacio
Malnutrition, Malaria
Effectiveness of Nutritional Supplementation in Preventing Malnutrition in Children With Infection
The purpose of this study is to determine whether 14 days nutritional supplementation with Ready to use therapeutic Food (RUTF) or micronutrients alone to children having an infection will prevent malnutrition and reduce the…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Malaria, Lower Respiratory Tract Infection, Diarrhoea
- Trial name
- NCT01154803
- Testing
- Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), Micronutrient Powder (MNP)
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 2,213 people
- Sponsor
- Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands
Vitamin D Deficiency
OASIS Study: Vitamin D Deficiency Prevention Among Older Adults in Ireland
Vitamin D deficiency is common. It is caused by limited sun availability together with a low supply of vitamin D in the food system. There is a high prevalence of low vitamin D status around the world.
- Trial name
- OASIS (NCT06705582)
- Testing
- Fortified Bread, Unfortified bread
- Where
- 2 sites in Ireland
- Volunteers
- 117 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Cork
Child Malnutrition, Infant Morbidity
Effectiveness of Nutritional Supplementation in Preventing Malnutrition in Children With Infection in Karamoja, Uganda
The purpose of this study is to determine whether 14 days nutritional supplementation with Ready to use therapeutic Food (RUTF) or micronutrients alone to children having an infection will prevent malnutrition and reduce the…
- Trial name
- MSF-nutcon03 (NCT01497236)
- Testing
- Dietary Supplement: Nutrition supplement with RUTF or MNP
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 2,202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medecins Sans Frontieres, Spain
Colorectal Cancer, Malnutrition or Risk of Malnutrition
The Role of Arginine in Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Preventing or Reducing Complications Following Colorectal Surgery in Patients Who Are Malnourished or at Risk of Malnutrition
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the role of a high-calorie, high-protein oral nutritional supplement enriched with arginine in the prevention or reduction of post-surgical complications in adult…
- Conditions
- Colorectal Cancer, Malnutrition or Risk of Malnutrition, Colorectal Surgery
- Trial name
- NCT07506187
- Testing
- Diaba plus®: A high-protein, high-calorie ONS with no generic equivalent, Atémpero®: An ONS enriched with arginine with no generic equivalent
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cadiz
Preventing Malnutrition
The Effect of Nutrition Education Given by Pecha Kucha Method on Preventing Malnutrition to Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy
The leading goal of cancer treatment is to eradicate the cancer. If the primary goal is not achieved, it is aimed to prolong life, improve quality of life, or improve symptoms.
- Trial name
- NCT05852756
- Testing
- pecha kucha
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk University
Malnutrition
Preventing Malnutrition Among Older Adults
This project aims to explore whether access to a digital education video can improve the nutritional situation of home-living older adults after being discharged from the hospital.
- Trial name
- NCT05860140
- Testing
- Education video
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Nord University
Malnutrition, Manihot Species Poisoning
Caregiver Training to Prevent Konzo Disease in Children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
The proposed research adapted the caregiver training and child neurodevelopmental assessment capacity that the PI previously built in Uganda beginning in 2008, to a community-based intervention model for the prevention of konzo…
- Trial name
- NCT04036708
- Testing
- Wetting method (WTM), Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers (MISC)
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 238 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michigan State University