Clinical trial · Interventional
Ready to Use Supplementary Food in Moderate Childhood Malnutrition
Effectiveness of a Ready-to-Use-Supplementary-Food for the Treatment of Moderate Childhood Malnutrition
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Since 2001, Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTF) are widely used to treat severe malnutrition. Their efficacy and effectiveness were proven in community therapeutic care programs. Recently, the question rose if RUTF would be more effective than enriched flours to treat moderate malnutrition. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of Ready to Use Food Supplementary-plumpy® and Premix Corn Soy Blend with oil in term of cure rate, weight gain, duration of treatment, morbidity and mortality in the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition. Compare the longer term effect on nutritional status and morbidity (relapse?).
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate Acute Malnutrition | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premix CSB-oil treatment | Dietary Supplement | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Ready to Use Supplementary Food | Dietary Supplement | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Ready to Use Supplementary Food
- description
- Ready to Use Supplementary Food treatment
- interventionNames
- Dietary Supplement: Ready to Use Supplementary Food
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Premix
- description
- Premix Corn Soy Blend-oil treatment
- interventionNames
- Dietary Supplement: Premix CSB-oil treatment
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Recovery
- timeFrame
- 112 days
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 6 Months
- Maximum age
- 5 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * all children aged 6 months to 5 years admitted to SFC outpatient care during the study period * WHM between 70-79% (1977 NCHS/WHO standard) without edema * approval from the caretaker Exclusion Criteria: * presence of the following signs: bilateral edema, MUAC\<110 mm , WHM\< 70%(criteria for severe malnutrition), and medical complications necessitating hospitalisation * refusal to participate from caretaker
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