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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12615001318572
ACTRN12615001318572
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable

Validity of a low cost body composition measurement for nutrition assessment using Near Infrared (NIR) light reflection from birth up to 2 years

niversity of Sydney0 sites650 target enrollmentDecember 2, 2015

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Malnutrition
Sponsor
niversity of Sydney
Enrollment
650
Status
Active, not recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
December 2, 2015
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA
  • 1\. Written parental informed consent
  • 2\. Term gestational age (GA) (\=\>37\+0 – 41\+6 weeks GA)
  • 3\. \=\<2 years (24 months) of age
  • 4\. Black African or Indian ethnicity
  • 5\. Mother \>18 years old age
  • 6\. Singleton pregnancy
  • 7\. Mother lives within the study area
  • 8\. Can read and understand English

Exclusion Criteria

  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA
  • 1\. Any maternal condition or impairment with inability to give parental informed consent
  • 2\. Neonates: Prematurity (\=\<36\+6 weeks GA) and/ or the presence of any major congenital anomalies or morbidity that may contraindicate the neonatal body composition measurements
  • 3\. Infants and/or children: Birth defect (congenital anomalies, preterm birth (\=\<36\+6 weeks GA)
  • 4\. Physical or intellectual disability in infants and /or children, influencing physical activity or food habits
  • 5\. Chronic health problem in infants and / or children, influencing weight and length
  • 6\. If currently enrolled in any other research / clinical study
  • 7\. If any DXA scans completed in the past 12 months

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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