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Effectiveness of Nutritional Supplementation in Preventing Malnutrition in Children With Infection in Karamoja, Uganda

NCT01497236 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2202

Last updated 2015-06-30

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

  • Child Malnutrition
  • Infant Morbidity

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Dietary Supplement: Nutrition supplement with RUTF or MNP

14 days nutritional supplementation with either * a fortified high quality food(RUTF), 1 sachet/day, 500 kcal and multi micronutrients * a multi micronutrient powder (MNP), 2 sachets per day, no calories, twice recommended daily intake * a placebo (to MNP), 2 sachets per day , no calories, no micronutrients, containing micronutrient carrier

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medecins Sans Frontieres, Spain

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nuria Salse · MSF Spain

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
59 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-10-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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