Status:
COMPLETED
Early Child Development and Nutrition in Guatemala
Lead Sponsor:
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Collaborating Sponsors:
Association for the Study and Prevention of HIV/AIDS
Conditions:
Undernutrition
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-4 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Over 200 million children under the age of 5 years in low and middle-income countries do not reach their developmental potential, largely due to lack of adequate nutrients and lack of psychosocial sti...
Detailed Description
The plan is to implement a clustered randomized placebo controlled trial with an infant phase (6-12 months of age) and a preschool phase (36-48 months of age). For the infant phase, the investigators ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Child speaks Spanish.
- Child is age 6-12 months or age 36-48 months.
- Child must be undernourished (length and height for age \< -1 z-score).
- Child does not have any obvious health or developmental problems that would interfere with growth, nutrition, or development.
- Child will remain in the area for the subsequent year.
- Parent or legal guardian of the child is age 18 years or older.
- Parent or legal guardian speaks and understands Spanish.
- Parent or legal guardian lives with child in study community.
Exclusion
- Child is not age 6-12 months or 36-48 months.
- Child has severe stunting (length and height for age \< -3 z-scores).
- Child has identified conditions that could interfere with their development and growth.
- Child is severely anemic (hemoglobin \< 7).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 16 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 8 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
1730 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02302729
Start Date
February 16 2015
End Date
December 8 2015
Last Update
August 16 2019
Active Locations (1)
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APEVIHS (Association for the Prevention and Study of HIV/AIDS)
Retalhuleu, Guatemala