Clinical trials: Stunting
Stunted Growth, Stunting
Child Growth and Development in East London
The overarching objective of this research is to detect poor growth and delayed development early in childhood by developing an automated growth-screening algorithm.
- Conditions
- Stunted Growth, Stunting, Growth Disorders, Child Development
- Trial name
- CGDEL (NCT05419336)
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 558 people
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Moderate Acute Malnutrition, Stunting
Eggs for Gut Health
The goal of this clinical trial is to test egg powder supplementation in children with moderate acute malnutrition in Sierra Leone.
- Conditions
- Moderate Acute Malnutrition, Stunting, Environmental Enteric Dysfunction, Severe Acute Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT06002438
- Testing
- Whole egg powder, Corn powder, Supercereal Plus
- Where
- 10 sites in Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 461 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Growth Disorders, Malnutrition, Fetal
Evolutionary Nutrition Pilot: Enhancing Fetal Growth and Brain Development
Globally, 250 million children do not reach their developmental potential and 155 million are stunted, yet few population-based studies have examined the direct effects of nutrient deficiencies on early brain development.
- Conditions
- Growth Disorders, Malnutrition, Fetal, Stunting, Development; Delayed, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- NCT05242224
- Testing
- Evolutionary Nutrition Package
- Where
- Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Amino Acid, Stunting, Environmental Enteric Dysfunction
The Efficacy of Amino Acid Supplementation in Treating Environmental Enteric Dysfunction Among Children At Risk of Malnutrition
A randomised controlled open label clinical trial to determine whether addition of indispensable amino acids (IAA) to standard complementary food will reduce occurrence of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED) compared with…
- Trial name
- NCT06617130
- Testing
- Corn soy bean blended flour porridge plus indispensable amino acid
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Diarrhea, Infantile, Infection Gastrointestinal
PAthogen Transmission and Health Outcome Models of Enteric Disease
The objective of the PATHOME study is to (1) develop statistical and computational methods for examining a complex disease system of interactions between and amongst children, animals, the environment, and enteric pathogens and…
- Conditions
- Diarrhea, Infantile, Infection Gastrointestinal, Stunting, Wasting
- Trial name
- PATHOME (NCT05322655)
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 286 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Nutritional Stunting, Growth Failure
Nutritional Stimulation of Growth in Children With Short Stature
Short stature is a frequent reason for referral to a pediatric endocrinology clinic. Short stature is especially prevalent among those with failure to thrive (whose weight is significantly below the average weight of his/her…
- Trial name
- NCT04226586
- Testing
- Essential Amino Acid (EAA) group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Stunting, Development, Child
Methylation, mIcrobiome, NUtritional sTatus, and dEvelopment of Stunted Children
The investigators will conduct a case-control study among under-two children in Lombok Timur, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The power required to detect changes in epigenetic markers may not be sufficient in the cohort study.
- Conditions
- Stunting, Development, Child, DNA Methylation, Epigenetics
- Trial name
- MINUTES (NCT05779904)
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition
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
Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Immunization; Infection
Leading Advancements in the Uptake of Newborn Community Health
The primary objective of the study is to determine the impact of a behavior change intervention that partners Orthodox priests with members of the Health Development Army (HDA) and train them to conduct newborn health outreach to…
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Immunization; Infection, Growth; Stunting, Nutritional
- Trial name
- LAUNCH (NCT05111899)
- Testing
- Newborn Health Education
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 316 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Underweight, Stunting
Energy Regulation and Nutritional Status of Children: A Satiation Study
This is study among children attending child welfare clinics in Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The investigators want to find out if moderately malnourished children regulate the food energy intake similarly to healthy children…
- Conditions
- Underweight, Stunting, Healthy
- Trial name
- NCT05346549
- Testing
- High energy preload, Low energy preload
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ghana
Stunting
The Impact of Growth Charts and Nutritional Supplements on Child Growth in Zambia
According to the latest estimates, 144 million children under age five experience growth faltering. Early life growth faltering or stunting is predictive of a wide array of negative long-term outcomes, including reduced adult…
- Trial name
- ZamCharts (NCT05120427)
- Testing
- Lipid based nutrient Supplements (LNS):, Growth Charts
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 2,291 people
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Nutritional Stunting
Education Using WhatsApp and Face-to-Face Meetings on IYCF for the Nutritional Status of Infants
The COVID-19 pandemic affects all activities, including stunting prevention. Almost all cities implement Internet-based learning can be used as an alternative to providing education and allows to exchange personal experiences and…
- Trial name
- NCT05502978
- Testing
- Blended education of Infant and Young Child Feeding
- Where
- 3 sites in Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 126 people
- Sponsor
- Gadjah Mada University
Stunting, Wasting
Impact Evaluation of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) on Stunting Among Under-five Children
The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) on prevalence of stunting among under-five children in low income setting of Pakistan.
- Conditions
- Stunting, Wasting, Anemia, Nutrient Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT06025786
- Testing
- Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 13,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Stunting, Malnutrition, Child
Effectiveness of SNF and SBCC to Prevent Stunting Among Children in Afghanistan: a Quasi-experimental Study
Over the years, there has been some progress made in reducing stunting in Afghanistan, the prevalence remains high with half of the provinces experiencing rates above the WHO alert threshold.
- Trial name
- NCT04581993
- Testing
- Super Cereal - wheat soya blend with sugar, Lipid-based nutrient supplement-medium quantity (LNS-MQ), Social and behavior change communication (SBCC)
- Where
- Afghanistan
- Volunteers
- 33,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Nutritional Stunting
Orange Almond Potato Cookies Supplementation
The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the effect of potato almond orange cookie supplementation on the nutritional status of stunted under-five children.
- Trial name
- CS (NCT05889819)
- Testing
- Almond orange potato cookies for stunted under-five children
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 42 people
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition
Changes in Nerve Electro Physiologic Properties in Children Before and After Correction of Malnutrition
The goal of this clinical trail study is to measure neurophysiologic parameters to assess the effect of malnutrition on the peripheral nervous system and their response to treatment in three categories (SAM, severe wasting, and…
- Conditions
- Stunting, Severe Acute Malnutrition, Wasting
- Trial name
- NCT05891457
- Testing
- Nutritional Intervention
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 128 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Low Birthweight, Stunting
Impact of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) on Maternal and Child Nutritional Status
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP) which includes specialized nutritious food (SNF) augmented with specific reproductive health interventions during pregnancy on proportion of…
- Conditions
- Low Birthweight, Stunting, Wasting, Malnutrition, Child
- Trial name
- NCT05836961
- Testing
- Benazir Nashonuma Program (BNP)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 5,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Nutritional Stunting
A New Measure of Egg Consumption and the Effect of Social Marketing Eggs
About 1600 children 6 to 24 months old will be enrolled from 8 egg hubs. 4 hubs will be receive social marketing campaign to raise awareness about the benefits of eggs while the other 4 will not receive social marketing campaign.
- Trial name
- NCT04461106
- Testing
- Social Marketing Campaign
- Where
- Malawi
- Volunteers
- 815 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
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
Nutritional Stunting, Feeding Behavior
Suaahara Impact Evaluation: End-line Survey
Suaahara's primary aim is to reduce the prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight among children under 5 years of age and to reduce the prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age and children 6-59 months of age.
- Trial name
- NCT05448287
- Testing
- Health and family planning, Nutrition, Agriculture and homestead food production
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 2,480 people
- Sponsor
- University of South Carolina