Comparison of 10% milk ready-to-use food to 25% milk ready-to-use food in the treatment of severely malnourished, Malawian childre
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Nutritional, Metabolic, EndocrineUnspecified severe protein-energy malnutritionChildhood severe acute malnutrition
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN54186063
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Malawi College of Medicine (Malawi)
- Brief Summary
2010 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20980648/ (added 29/12/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1874
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children aged 12 - 60 months, either sex
2. Suffering from severe acute malnutrition
3. Reside within 7 kilometres of and present to one of the 15 feeding sites during the recruitment period
Exclusion Criteria
1. Not permanent residents in the vicinity of one of the feeding sites
2. Severe chronic illness, e.g., cerebral palsy
3. A history of peanut allergy or anaphylaxis resulting from any food
4. Receiving other supplementary food
5. Participating in another research study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Recovery, defined as weight-for-height z-score greater than -2 on two consecutive visits.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Rates of gain in weight, height and mid-upper arm circumference<br> 2. Adverse outcomes such as death<br> 3. Number of days of fever, cough and diarrhoea<br><br> Measured at each return visit, i.e. every two weeks until the child reached the final outcome of recovery/death/another outcome.<br>