Sentinel Surveillance of Malnutrition, Niger

Malnutrition Clinical Trial

Official title:

Sentinel Surveillance of Acute Malnutrition in the Region of Maradi, Niger, Children Under 5: Impact of a Preventive Intervention

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00682708
• Other study ID #: 07056
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 26, 2008
• Last updated: May 21, 2008
• Start date: August 2006
• Est. completion date: March 2008

Study information

• Verified date: May 2008
• Source: Epicentre
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Niger: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: March 2008
• Est. primary completion date: March 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 6 Months to 59 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children resident in randomized villages 6-59 months

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Malnutrition

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• PlumpyNut

• PlumpyDoz

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Epicentre	Medecins Sans Frontieres, Ministry of Health, Niger

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	weight-for-height in children 6 to 60 mo of age		8 months	No