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Effectiveness of Nutritional Supplementation in Preventing Malnutrition in Children With Infection

NCT01154803 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2213

Last updated 2013-10-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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 frequency of morbidity.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition
  • Malaria
  • Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
  • Diarrhoea

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF)

1 sachet/day, 500 kcal and multi micronutrients (fortified high quality food(RUTF),for 2 weeks after an illness (malaria, diarrhoea, pneumonia)

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Micronutrient Powder (MNP)

2 sachets / day for 14 days after an illness (diarrheoea, malaria, pneumonia)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Saskia Kam van der, Ir · Medecins Sans Frontieres Amsterdam

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • Nigeria

Study Locations

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