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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02989675
Date of registration: 05/12/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Helena Hildenwall
Public title: SugarFACT - Sugar Requirements For African Children Trial
Scientific title: SugarFACT - Sugar Requirements For African Children Trial
Date of first enrolment: December 2016
Target sample size: 410
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02989675
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Malawi
Contacts
Name:     Queen Dube, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  College of Medicine, Malawi
Name:     Josephine Langton, MD
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Affiliation:  College of Medicine, Malawi
Name:     Tim Baker, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Karolinska Institutet
Name:     Helena Hildenwall, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Karolinska Institutet
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age between one month to 5 years (5 to 12 years for outcome measure no 3)

- Parent/carer willing and able to give consent

- Presence of one or several emergency signs (as defined in WHO pocket book of hospital
care for children)

- Obstructed or absent breathing

- Central cyanosis

- Severe respiratory distress

- Shock/impaired perfusion

- Coma/reduced consciousness

- Convulsions

- Severe dehydration

- Clinical concern that the child is in an emergency state

- Blood glucose 2.5-5.0mmol/l at arrival to the emergency department (3.0-5.0mmol/l for
severely malnourished children). For outcome measure no 4 children with <2.5 mmol/l on
arrival who then have 2.5-5.0 mmol/l on the repeat test 30 minutes later are also
included

Exclusion Criteria:

- Children with a known diagnosis of diabetes

- Refusal to participate by the child or guardians



Age minimum: 1 Month
Age maximum: 12 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Critical Illness
Pediatric ALL
Hypoglycemia Non Diabetics
Emergencies
Intervention(s)
Drug: 10% dextrose
Primary Outcome(s)
In-hospital mortality in children 1 month to 5 years old [Time Frame: Up to 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
24 hours mortality in children 1 month to 5 years old [Time Frame: 24 hours after admission]
Secondary ID(s)
P.01/16/1852
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University of Malawi College of Medicine
Ethics review
Results
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