Reassessment of the Nutritional Status in Thai Orphans Living With HIV in a Family Style Community

HIV Infections Clinical Trial

— TACHIN003-1  

Official title:

Reassessment of the Nutritional Status in Thai Orphans Living With HIV in a Family Style Community: 6 Months After Nutrition Care Support by the Thai-Australian Collaboration HIV-Nutrition (TACHIN) Project

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01002612
• Other study ID #: TACHIN003.1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 23, 2009
• Last updated: November 6, 2009
• Start date: December 2007
• Est. completion date: August 2008

Study information

• Verified date: October 2009
• Source: Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Thailand: Ethical Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To reassess nutritional status of HIV-infected Thai children living in the family style community after receiving nutrition support program for 6 months.

Description:

The first assessment indicated that improving dietary intake, either energy or micronutrient intakes, to meet the recommended for HIV-infected children (CLHIV) would be able to improve growth of these children. We implemented the nutrition support program through the two strategies aiming to increase dietary intake for all children to meet the current World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations which the recommended energy requirements are increased by10% for asymptomatic CLHIV and increased by 20 to 50% for children who require catch up growth or experiencing opportunistic infections. The nutrition support program composed two strategies. Firstly is providing nutrition education to caregivers and also children. Secondly, revision food menus by caregivers with assisting from the nutritionists of the project. After this program have been implemented for 6 months, reassessment is needed to evaluate the changes of nutritional status and health outcomes in this children aiming to further providing support and applying to other settings.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 73
• Est. completion date: August 2008
• Est. primary completion date: August 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 4 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children age 4-15 years old

• Confirmed HIV-1 diagnosis

• Reside at the community

• The guardian must be able and willing to provide written informed consent. Oral consent in the presence of witness is acceptable in the case of illiteracy

Exclusion Criteria:

• non-HIV infected children

• Age 0-3 years

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• HIV Infection
• HIV Infections
• Infection

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Thailand	The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre	Pathumwan	Bangkok

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre	Mahidol University, South Eastern Area Health Service

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Thailand, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Growth parameters (weight and height), blood lipid levels and dietary intakes		6 months	No
Secondary	Morbidity, CD4, HIV-RNA and satisfaction of caregivers and children		6 months	No