Evaluation of three standard dietary regimes in the treatment of Severe Malnutrition - a randomised control trial: the TranSAM study

niversity Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) (Netherlands)0 个研究点目标入组 108 人开始时间: 2013年1月14日最近更新: 2018年4月30日

试验速览

•1. Children between 6-60 months with severe acute malnutrition (World Health Organisation [WHO] criteria: less than -3 Z-score and/or, Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) less than 115mm and/or oedema) admitted to Malnutrition Ward, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi
•2. Both Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive and negative children will be included

•1. Severely malnourished Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected children who are MOYO [(meaning 'life' in the local Chichewa language) is the name of the malnutrition ward where the study takes place] readmissions within the past year
•2. HIV positive children already on anti-retroviral ?therapy
•2. Children presenting with a packed cell volume (PCV) of less than 15%
•3. Children with severe haemodynamic instability or severe neurological symptoms / disability
•4.Children whose HIV status is unknown due to their carer declining the routinely offered test

发起方

niversity Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) (Netherlands)