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Treatment of High-Risk Moderate Acute Malnutrition Using Expanded Admission Criteria

NCT03647150 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1322

Last updated 2020-09-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project explores whether children have better growth and cognitive development when the clinic identifies "higher risk" MAM children and support them either with the same treatment as SAM children or with the recommended practice: nutrition counseling.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

DRUG

amoxicillin

At enrollment the child will receive a 1 week course of amoxicillin

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF)

1 sachet RUTF per day (508 calories) till child MUAC is greater than 12.4 cm or 12 weeks have elapsed

BEHAVIORAL

Mother Care group

Nutrition education via mother care groups lead by a respected elder in the local community

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre for Global Child Health, Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Department of Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Project Peanut Butter, Sierra Leone

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark Manary, MD · Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-11-13
Primary Completion
2020-06-05
Completion
2020-06-05

Countries

  • Sierra Leone

Study Locations

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