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Last refreshed on: 7 March 2022
Main ID:  NCT02389803
Date of registration: 11/03/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Rabin Medical Center
Public title: Evaluating the Effect of Nutritional Supplementation on Growth of Short and Lean Adolescents Boys
Scientific title: Double Blind, Randomized , Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effect of Nutritional Supplementation on Growth of Short and Lean Adolescents Boys
Date of first enrolment: June 2015
Target sample size: 160
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02389803
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Israel
Contacts
Name:     Moshe Phillip, Prof
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Affiliation:  Schneider Children's Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Boys aged =10years old

- Prepubertal - Tanner stage 1 (gonadarche) (testicular volume<4)

- Height and weight = 10th percentile for age and gender.

- Height-SDS = -2.5 SDS

- BMI-SDS>-3 SDS

- Low proportion between weight and height

- Signing inform consent forms

Exclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of Growth Hormone (GH) Deficiency or treatment with GH

- Any known chronic disease or dysmorphic syndrome including: bone diseases, organic
brain diseases, neurological disease, past or current malignancy, chronic cardiac,
renal or pulmonary problems

- Any known gastrointestinal disease including malabsorption

- Any known organic reason for growth retardation



Age minimum: 10 Years
Age maximum: 15 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Short Stature
Growth Problem
Low Weight
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Nutritional supplementation standardized formula
Dietary Supplement: Placebo comparator
Primary Outcome(s)
Height SDS (standard deviation score) [Time Frame: At 6 months]
Weight SDS (standard deviation score) [Time Frame: At 12 months]
Height SDS (standard deviation score) [Time Frame: At 12 months]
Weight SDS (standard deviation score) [Time Frame: At 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
BMI SDS (standard deviation score) [Time Frame: At 6 months]
Growth velocity [Time Frame: At 6 months]
Growth velocity [Time Frame: At 12 months]
Quality of life [Time Frame: At 12 months]
Quality of life [Time Frame: At 6 months]
Self-esteem (Self-Esteem Questionnaire) [Time Frame: At 6 months]
BMI SDS (standard deviation score) [Time Frame: At 12 months]
Self-esteem (Self-Esteem Questionnaire) [Time Frame: At 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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