Evaluation of Two Community Based Screening Strategies for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children 6-59 Months in Mirria District, Niger

Malnutrition Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Evaluation of Two Community Based Screening Strategies for Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 6-59 Months in the Mirria District, Niger

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01863394
• Other study ID #: MUAC À L'ÉCHELLE
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 7, 2013
• Last updated: July 14, 2014
• Start date: May 2013
• Est. completion date: April 2014

Study information

• Verified date: July 2014
• Source: Alliance for International Medical Action
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Niger: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study is to determine the efficacity of a community strategy for screening children 06-59 months old for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) conducted by their mothers' compared with a community screening strategy conducted by Community Health Workers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 4429
• Est. completion date: April 2014
• Est. primary completion date: April 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 6 Months to 59 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• children aged 06-59 months at the time of the study

• children who live in a village in the health district participating in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• children whose legal guardian refuses to participate in the study

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Child Nutrition Disorders
• Malnutrition

Intervention

Other:
• Screening by mothers

• Active comparator: Screening by community health workers

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Niger	Mirriah health district	Mirria	Zinder

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Alliance for International Medical Action	European Commission

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Niger, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The coverage of the therapeutic nutritional program in the control and intervention health districts	Coverage of the the therapeutic nutritional treatment program is defined as the proportion of children 06-59 months with Severe Acute Malnutrition (Mid Upper Arm Circumference <115mm and/or oedema) receiving treatment in the program, amongst the total number of children diagnosed with Severe Acute Malnutrition	12 months	No
Secondary	Malnutrition program data for children referred by community health workers & mothers	Nutritional status at admission (mid upper arm circumference +/- oedema) Type of admission to the programme (out-patient or immediate transfer for in-patient care) Source of reference to the programme (Community Health Worker, Mother, other) Date of discharge from the programme Weight at admission to the programme Discharge criteria (cured, died, failed to attend, non-response to treatment, transfer for in-patient nutrition care, transfer to other health care structures) Number of children screened by mothers confirmed to have SAM at the treatment centre Number of children screened by community health workers confirmed to have SAM at the treatment centre	12 months	No