Effectiveness of Nutritional Products to Treat Moderate Acute Malnutrition

Centre for Food and Nutrition Research, Yaounde81 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an improved corn-soya blend (CSB+) and a new formulated ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) are effective in the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in children.

Assuming the availability of some food in the household, the caregivers were instructed on how best to use the food they have and the quantity of supplementary food distributed was calculated to provide about 50% of child energy requirement.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Wasting Moderate Acute Malnutrition

Interventions

A daily ration of 40 kcal/kg of body weight during 56 daysDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

On enrollment, children were examined by a pediatrician to assess their health status and they were de-wormed with one tablet of Mebendazole 500 mg.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 MonthsMax age: 59 Months

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children aged 6-59 month * Weight-for-height between -3 and -2 z-scores without edema * Good appetite * Stable clinical conditions Exclusion Criteria: * Weight-for-Height Z-score \< -3 * Presence of bilateral pitting edema * Unstable clinical conditions * Not showing appetite

Locations (2)

Evodoula Health District

Évodoula, Cameroon

Biyem Assi District Centre

Yaoundé, Cameroon

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Recovery rate of the children receiving CSB+ or RUSF

Children with Weight-for-Height Z-score \> -2

Time frame: 56 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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