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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03044548
Date of registration: 20/12/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: WHO Collaborating Centre for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste
Public title: Improving the Quality of Care for Children With Acute Malnutrition in Uganda
Scientific title: Improving the Quality of Care for Children With Acute Malnutrition: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial in West Nile Region, Uganda
Date of first enrolment: December 2016
Target sample size: 700
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03044548
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Participant).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Uganda
Contacts
Name:     Humphrey Wanzira, Msc
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Name:     Marzia Lazzerini, PhD
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Email: marzia.lazzerini@burlo.trieste.it
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Name:     Marzia Lazzerini, PhD
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Affiliation:  WHO CC
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

For the primary outcomes, the study sample will consists of children with malnutrition
treated at in health center (HC) in Arua district

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Children 6 months-5 years

2. Diagnosis of SAM or MAM according to National criteria (10) SAM: weight-for-height <-
3 standard deviation (SD) from the mean based on the WHO 2006 standards (11).

MAM: weight-for-height <- 2 and > -3 standard deviation (SD) from the mean based on the WHO
2006 growth reference standards .

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Not matching the above criteria for SAM and MAM

2. Refusal to participate/ consent

3. Unable to adhere to study follow up procedures



Age minimum: 6 Months
Age maximum: 60 Months
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Malnutrition, Child
Intervention(s)
Other: Supportive supervision
Primary Outcome(s)
Cure rate [Time Frame: 12- 16 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Cost [Time Frame: study start, than every month up to 15 months]
Rate of Not cured [Time Frame: 12- 16 weeks]
Equity outcomes [Time Frame: study start, than every month up to 15 months]
Rate of defaulted [Time Frame: 12- 16 weeks]
Rate of transferred to ITC (inpatient treatment center) [Time Frame: 12- 16 weeks]
Staff satisfaction score [Time Frame: study start, month 6 and month 15]
Dead rate [Time Frame: 12- 16 weeks]
Quality of data [Time Frame: study start, than every month up to 15 months]
Rate of transferred to OTC (outpatient treatment center) [Time Frame: 12- 16 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
Prot 521/2016
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
CUAMM Doctors for Africa
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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