Status:
RECRUITING
Alternative RUTFs for Treatment of Child Wasting
Lead Sponsor:
International Food Policy Research Institute
Collaborating Sponsors:
AFRICSante
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso
Conditions:
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Moderate Acute Malnutrition
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-59 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Acute malnutrition is the most life-threatening form of undernutrition. Moderate and severe acute malnutrition (MAM, SAM) are effectively treated with ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) but there ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 6-59 months
- MUAC \< 12.5 cm, or WLZ/WHZ \< -2
- Absence of clinical complications or nutritional edema
- Pass the appetite test
- Accompanied by caregiver or legal guardian
- Caregiver or legal guardian consents to participate
Exclusion
- Acute malnutrition requiring hospitalization (presence of clinical complications, failure to pass the appetite test, or presence of bilateral pitting edema)
- Known allergy to any of the ingredients in the RUTF products
- Already enrolled in MAM or SAM treatment program
- Presence of physical abnormalities that make measurement of anthropometry impossible
- Caregiver has intention to move out of the study area within the next 6 months
- Children referred from in-patient facilities to continue in ambulatory care
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 21 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 1 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
2160 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06912620
Start Date
March 21 2025
End Date
March 1 2026
Last Update
April 6 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Health centers localted in the region of Hauts-Bassins
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso