Effectiveness of improved diets for children with moderate acute malnutrition: a randomized controlled trial in Province du Passoré, Burkina Faso

niversity of Copenhagen (Denmark)0 sites1,609 target enrollmentAugust 2, 2013

Overview

2016 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26739038 observational study results 2017 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28705254 polyunsaturated fatty acid results 2017 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28892496 fat-free tissue accretion results 2018 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30143567 fat accumulation results (added 16/05/2019) 2016 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26752599 acceptability results (added 23/12/2019) 2017 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27910283 feeding behaviors results (added 23/12/2019) 2018 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29529160 hemoglobin, iron status, and inflammation results (added 23/12/2019) 2016 Results article in https://bmcnutr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40795-016-0096-0 inflammation results (added 23/12/2019) 2017 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5282395/ physical activity results (added 23/12/2019) 2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32764545/ admission criteria and body composition results (added 10/08/2020) 2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33362221/ child development results (added 29/12/2020) 2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33963730/ (added 10/05/2021) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35263343/ Serum cobalamin secondary analysis results (added 10/03/2022)

Registry

who.int

Start Date

August 2, 2013

End Date

September 1, 2014

Last Updated

4 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

niversity of Copenhagen (Denmark)

•1\. Weight\-for\-height z\-score (WHZ) \= \-3 and \< \-2 (based on the WHO growth standard) or Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) \=115mm and \< 125 mm
•2\. 6 to 23 months of age
•3\. Resident in the catchment area at the time of inclusion
•4\. Whose parents/guardians have signed (or thumb\-printed whenever illiterate) the informed consent

•1\. Children with severe acute malnutrition defined as a WHZ \< \-3, and/or a MUAC \<115 mm, and/or bilateral pitting oedema.
•2\. Children with medical complications requiring hospitalization
•3\. Children whose household plans to leave the catchment area in the next 6 months
•4\. Children with a hemoglobin concentration \<4g/dl or with evidence of a decompensate anemia (e.g. dyspnea, tachycardia etc)
•5\. Children who have been treated for SAM or who have been hospitalized in the last 2 months
•6\. Children with known allergy to milk, peanut, corn soya blend (CSB) and/or ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF)
•7\. Children with a severe disability limiting the possibility of investigations
•8\. Children enrolled in any other nutritional program or part of any other study conducted in the area