Status:

UNKNOWN

Evaluating RISQ System Implementation in Acutely Malnourished Children in Chad (CRIMSON)

Lead Sponsor:

The Hospital for Sick Children

Collaborating Sponsors:

Alliance for International Medical Action

University of N'Djaména, Chad

Conditions:

Severe Acute Malnutrition

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-59 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of the Responses to Illness Severity Quantification (RISQ) system implementation on mortality and processes of care in a nutritional program treatin...

Detailed Description

The CRIMSON Study is a 12-month cluster randomized trial that will evaluate the effect of implementing the RISQ system compared with usual care on all-cause mortality, in children with acute malnutrit...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children:
  • age: 6 to 59 months at enrolment on the day of their admission/re-admission to the OptiMA program
  • written consent to participate
  • Front line staff providing care to patients enrolled in the Optima program:
  • \[1\] Registered Nurses \[2\] Medical Doctors

Exclusion

  • Children:
  • Children allergic to milk, peanuts and/or ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF)
  • Children not residing in one of the study areas.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 11 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 31 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

20000 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06123390

Start Date

September 11 2023

End Date

October 31 2024

Last Update

November 29 2023

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Ngouri

Ngouri, Chad