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Nutritional Status in Children With ALL in Guatemala

NCT03471416 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 109

Last updated 2024-05-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study proposes to investigate the association of nutritional status of a children assessed by body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TSFT), and mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), with body composition, measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), in 60 children undergoing treatment of ALL at Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediatrica (UNOP), in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The study also aims to establish normative values of body composition in children residing in an LMIC by examining 160 healthy siblings of children under treatment, and to measure habitual physical activity in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at diagnosis and during therapy.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Unidad nacional de Oncologia Pediatrica, Guatemala

    collaborator OTHER

  • Columbia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ronald Barr, MB, ChB, MD · McMaster University

  • Federico Antiloon, MD, MMM, PhD · Unidad Nacional de Oncología Pediátrica

  • Elena J Ladas, RD, PhD · Columbia University

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-01
Primary Completion
2022-09-01
Completion
2022-09-01

Countries

  • Guatemala

Study Locations

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