Evaluation of three standard dietary regimes in the treatment of severe malnutritio

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Severe Acute Malnutrition; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Unspecified protein-energy malnutrition

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13916953
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) (Netherlands)

Brief Summary

2016 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27807038 2017 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28446221 2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29576347

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-01-14
• Study Completion: 2013-04-07
• Last Update Posted: 30 April 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 108

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified