utritional management of growth faltering in infants aged under six months in Asia and Africa
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/07/043716
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Nita Bhandari
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Ultrasound based gestational age before 20 weeks of gestation is available
- Baby is 28 weeks gestation or more
- Birth weight taken within 72 hours after birth
- Baby has been fed breastmilk anytime since birth
-The biological mother is dead at the time of screening
-Baby has a major abnormality or condition which is impairing feeding or nutrition (such as severe cleft palate, severe asphyxia, severe respiratory distress syndrome, need for mechanical ventilation, severe necrotising enterocolitis, major surgery)
-Family does not intend to live in the study area for six months
-The mother has given birth to three or more babies (ie twins are included but triplets or quadruplets etc are excluded)
-A baby from the same household is currently a part of the study (i.e is being visited by the study team).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Wasting free survival; infant alive at six months and not wasted (weight for length z score less than -2 SD)Timepoint: Infant age 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method