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Effectiveness Comparison of Three Supplementary Foods in the Treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition

NCT00998517 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2712

Last updated 2014-05-12

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the recovery rates of moderately malnourished Malawian children treated with either milk-enriched corn/soy blend, soy/peanut fortified spread or a commercially produced ready-to-use therapy food.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Soy/peanut fortified spread

75kcal/kg/day

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Milk fortified corn/soy blend

75 kcal/kg/day

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Supplementary Plumpy®

75 kcal/kg/day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark J Manary, M.D. · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
59 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-02-28
Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • Malawi

Study Locations

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