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Sentinel Surveillance of Malnutrition, Niger

NCT ID: NCT00682708

Last Updated: 2008-05-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-08-31

Study Completion Date

2008-03-31

Brief Summary

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Malnutrition is a critical public health problem in developing countries. Malnutrition may be linked to more than one half of the deaths in children under 5 years old. In July 2001, after an intervention related to a measles epidemic, Medecins sans Frontieres-France opened a nutritional program in Maradi, in the South of Niger. The introduction of ready to use therapeutic foods (RUTF), in particular Plumpy'Nut (Nutriset, France) allowed for the treatment of the majority of children at their homes using ambulatory treatment. Children with complicated cases were cared for in an inpatient center. With ambulatory treatment the number of children cared for in the MSF program reached close to 70000 in 2006.

This study aimed to assess the effect of a 3-month distribution of RUTF in the context of a preventative supplementary feeding program. The primary hypotheses were that short-term RUTF supplementation at the village-level would prevent declines in weight-for-height and reduce the incidence of wasting in children 6 to 60 mo of age over a period of 8 mo. Because RUTF may have additional health effects, the intervention effect on height-for-age, stunting, mortality and morbidity from malaria, diarrhea, and respiratory infection were also examined.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Malnutrition

Keywords

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malnutrition ready to use food Niger

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Interventions

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PlumpyNut

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

PlumpyDoz

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All children resident in randomized villages 6-59 months

Exclusion Criteria

* N/A
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

59 Months

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ministry of Health, Niger

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Epicentre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Epicentre

Principal Investigators

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Rebecca F Grais

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Epicentre

References

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Isanaka S, Nombela N, Djibo A, Poupard M, Van Beckhoven D, Gaboulaud V, Guerin PJ, Grais RF. Effect of preventive supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food on the nutritional status, mortality, and morbidity of children aged 6 to 60 months in Niger: a cluster randomized trial. JAMA. 2009 Jan 21;301(3):277-85. doi: 10.1001/jama.2008.1018.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 19155454 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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07056

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id