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Last refreshed on: 25 April 2016
Main ID:  NCT02246296
Date of registration: 10/09/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Oxford
Public title: Reformulated F75 Milk to Treat Severe Acute Malnutrition F75
Scientific title: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Reduced Carbohydrate Formulation of F75 Therapeutic Milk Among Children With Severe Acute Malnutrition
Date of first enrolment: December 2014
Target sample size: 842
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02246296
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Kenya Malawi
Contacts
Name:     James A Berkley
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Affiliation:  KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Kilifi, Kenya
Name:     Wieger Voskuijl
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Affiliation:  University of Medicine, Blantye Malawi
Name:     Robert Bandsma, PhD
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Affiliation:  The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Age 6 months to 13 years

Severe malnutrition defined as: mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) <11.5cm if less than 5
years old;19 or weight for height Z score <-3; or kwashiorkor as defined in the current
Kenyan and WHO guidelines.

Admitted to hospital because of medical complications or failure of an appetite test as
defined in the current WHO guidelines.

Eligible to start F75 milk by current WHO guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria:

Declined to give informed consent.

Known allergy to milk products.

Any other reason the consenting investigator thinks that in the child's best interests it
inappropriate for them to take part.



Age minimum: 6 Months
Age maximum: 13 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diarrhoea
Malnutrition
Metabolic Disturbance
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Modified F75 Milk
Dietary Supplement: Standard F75 Milk
Primary Outcome(s)
Time to Stabilization [Time Frame: During inpatient admission]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number days requiring rehydration fluids [Time Frame: Upto discharge from hospital, an expected average of 2 weeks]
Mortality [Time Frame: Upto discharge from hospital, an expected average of 2 weeks]
Percentage change in weight to day 5 [Time Frame: Up to day 5 of admission]
Proportion of children with diarrhoeal pathogen detected [Time Frame: During inpatient admission, an expected average of 2 weeks]
Number days with diarrhoea [Time Frame: Upto discharge from hospital participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 2 weeks]
Number of new onset severe clinical deterioration [Time Frame: Upto discharge from hospital, an expected average of 2 weeks]
Change in electrolyte serum electrolytes to day 3 [Time Frame: Between baseline (admission) and day 3]
Total days spent in stabilization phase [Time Frame: During inpatient admission, an expected average of 2 weeks]
Time to discharge from hospital [Time Frame: Time to discharge from hospital, an expected average of 2 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
OXTREC 58-14
P.03/14/1540
SSC 2799
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University of Groningen
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Program
The Hospital for Sick Children
University of Malawi College of Medicine
Ethics review
Results
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