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Reducing the Frequency of Follow up and Task Sharing in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition

NCT03140904 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3945

Last updated 2020-05-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will be conducted as a stratified cluster randomized trial. The unit of randomization will be the outpatient therapeutic feeding center. The 10 health centers will be stratified by size, and centers within a stratum will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to one of two schedules of treatment: (1) standard weekly visits or (2) monthly visits with support for home-based surveillance.

Conditions

  • Severe Acute Malnutrition

Interventions

OTHER

Standard weekly visits

Distribution of the therapeutic feeding rations, as well as medical and anthropometric surveillance, will take place on a weekly basis at the outpatient therapeutic feeding center according to the random assignment of the site, until discharge

OTHER

Monthly visits

Distribution of the therapeutic feeding rations, as well as medical and anthropometric surveillance, will take place on a monthly basis at the outpatient therapeutic feeding center according to the random assignment of the site, until discharge

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Epicentre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca GRAIS · Epicentre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-23
Primary Completion
2019-11-30
Completion
2020-04-27

Countries

  • Nigeria

Study Locations

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