A clinical trial to study the efficacy of whole milk feeding during initial management of severely malnourished childre
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Severe Malnutrition
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2011/07/001853
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity College of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
severe malnutrition (weight for length 3 standard deviation as per WHO growth standards)
Exclusion Criteria
1. Children having clinical evidence of any chronic disease (e.g. cerebral palsy, congenital heart diseases, hemolytic anemia, malignancies, known metabolic disorders, known malabsorption syndromes, chromosomal malformations, chronic renal disorders) as a cause of severe malnutrition.
2. Very sick children such as those on ventilator, having refractory shock or gastrointestinal bleeding.
3. Children with persistent diarrhea (acute onset diarrhea of duration 14 days).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) Weight change (g/kg/day) during first week of treatment. <br/ ><br>2)Duration for appetite to return to normal .(child easily finishes 4 hourly feeds) <br/ ><br>3)Treatment failure. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 7 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1)Amount of feed consumed and retained (mL/kg/day) during first week. <br/ ><br>2)Number of episodes of vomiting. <br/ ><br>3)Duration of diarrhea after initiation of therapy (in those presenting with diarrhea) <br/ ><br>4)Duration of hospital stay. <br/ ><br>5)Mortality. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 7 days