Nutritional Intervention For The Treatment Of Uncomplicated SAM

Sanaullah Iqbal

Status: Completed

Conditions: Child Nutrition Disorders

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Ready to use theraputic food (RUTF) and Starch (placebo); Dietary Supplement: Nutritional intervention with Ready to use theraputic food (RUTF) and prebiotic GOS (galacto oligosaccharides) in combination

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05390437

Uncomplicated SAM

Details and patient eligibility

About

nutritional intervention with ready to use therapeutic food (plumpy nut. by Unicef) and Prebiotics supplimentation ( Galactooligosaccarides). will be given to uncomplicated severe acute malnourished children of 06 months to 59 months of age in southern Punjab Pakistan.one group will be given Ready to use therapeutic food and placebo the other group will be given Prebiotics supplementation (Galacto oligosaccharides) with RUTF ( Ready to use therapeutic Foods).for 60 days primary out will be Mid Upper Arm Circumference >11.5 centimetre

Full description

it will be a double blind Randomised Controlled trial in Out Therapeutic Program centres of Teaching Hospital of Dera Ghazi Khan Pakistan children age of 06 months to 59 months of age from the community will be screened out at health centres . Uncomplicated SAM children will be enrolled for study Before intervention there blood sample and stool sample will be sent to the labs for complete blood examination and complete stool examination.

controlled groups will be given Ready To use Therapeutic Food and Placebo (starch) 4 grams per day for 60 days Intervention group will be given Ready to use Therapeutic Food and Prebiotic ( Galactoligosaccharides 4 gram per day for 60 days

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 59 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Uncomplicated Severely Acute Malnourished Children

Exclusion criteria

• Severely Acute Malnourished children with complication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

starch (placebo) 4 grams per day for 60 days

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Ready to use theraputic food (RUTF) and Starch (placebo)

Interventional group

Experimental group

Description:

Prebiotics (GOS) Galactooligosaccharides 4 gram per day for 60 days

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Nutritional intervention with Ready to use theraputic food (RUTF) and prebiotic GOS (galacto oligosaccharides) in combination