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Effectiveness of Supplementary Feeding During Infection Among Moderately Malnourished Children

NCT00890695 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2017-08-14

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an outpatient-based strategy of short-term, ready to use supplementary food (RUSF) among moderately malnourished children with acute infections achieves greater improvement in anthropometric measurements of wasting than usual diet.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ready to use supplementary food (RUSF)

It is a strategy of detection of moderate malnutrition and providing advice and short term provision of a standard formulation of ready to use supplementary food (RUSF) for 4 weeks with appropriate counseling on its use.The amount supplied will be based on the child's weight; 100kcal per kg per day which is equivalent to 25g RUSF per kg per day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oxford

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James A Berkley · KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Program

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-10-31
Completion
2009-11-30

Countries

  • Kenya

Study Locations

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Diseases

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