Effect of Indigenous Ready to use Therapeutic Food i.e. Medical nutrition therapy on children suffering from severe wasting in age group of 5-10 years.
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Severe Thinness
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/03/012440
- Lead Sponsor
- ICEF
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 113
Inclusion Criteria
Children between 5-10 yrs referred to OPD &/or admitted with Severe Thinness i.e. BMI < -3 SD as per BMI charts by WHO.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Children with chronic illnesses
2.Inability to take orally
3.Children already on any nutritional supplements
4. Failed appetite for 3 consecutive days
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) TO assess the efficacy of MNT. <br/ ><br>2) To assess the rate of weight gain. <br/ ><br>3) To assess the nutritional outcome at the end of 8 weeks.Timepoint: 1 week, 2week, 3 week, 4 week, 5 week, 6 week, 7 week, 8 week
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the nutritional outcome at the end of 8 weeks.Timepoint: 1 week, 2 week, 3 week, 4 week, 5 week, 6 week, 7 week, 8 week