To establish effective nutrition protocol for community based management of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition and to demonstrate operational feasibility through the existing Government system in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra in India
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- CHILDREN WITH SEVERE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (SAM) AND MODERATE ACUTE MALNUTRITION (MAM)
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2014/09/004958
- Lead Sponsor
- nited Nations Childrens Fund
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 9000
• Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition based on following criteria,
o Weight for height less than -3 SD based new WHO growth standard table for weight for height and / or
o MUAC less than 11.5 cm and / or
o Bilateral pitting oedema of any grade
• Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition passing appetite test
• Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition after successfully completing initial treatment at facility based care
• Children with above criteria and parent gives informed consent to participate
• For children with MAM â?? Children with weight for height between â??2 SD to â??3 SD
• Children under six months of age
• Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition and having any medical complications will be referred to facility based care for initial management / stabilization
• Children where parent rejects to participate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Children with SAM and MAM are cured, i.e. MUAC more than 12.5 cm / weight for height more than -2 SD and Clinically well and no oedema <br/ ><br>2. Average weight gain more than 5 g/kg/day <br/ ><br>3.Average length of stay for cure is about 6 weeks <br/ ><br>4. Reduction in child mortality by 50%Timepoint: 1. 8 weeks <br/ ><br>2. 8 weeks <br/ ><br>3. 8 weeks <br/ ><br>4. 1 year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Relapse rate less than 10% <br/ ><br>2. Non-responder rates less than 10% <br/ ><br>3. Reduction in morbidity profile â?? number of attacks of diarrhea and RTI <br/ ><br>4. Reduction in the prevalence of children with SAMTimepoint: 1 year