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NCT Number: NCT05161000

Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Children at Risk of Undernutrition

The objective of this randomized, controlled trial is to evaluate the effects of consuming a pediatric oral nutritional supplement (ONS) plus dietary counseling for 120 days on anthropometric growth, strength, and nutritional status, compared with dietary counseling alone in undernourished children in the United States.

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Key information

Age range

36 month–107 month

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Midway Medical Clinic, Oneonta, Alabama, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Child is 36 months - 107 months of age.
  • Child is undernourished as determined by BMI for age z-score or Mid-upper-arm circumference z-score
  • Child's caregiver has voluntarily signed and dated an informed consent form (ICF), approved by an IRB, and provided Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) or other applicable privacy regulation authorization prior to any participation in the study.
  • Child's caregiver is willing to abstain from providing non-study oral nutrition supplements during the study period duration.
  • Child's caregiver is able and willing to follow study procedures and record data in parent diaries and complete any forms or assessments needed during the study.
  • Child is willing to consume the study product for the duration of the study, if randomized to intervention group

Exclusion criteria

  • Child has a height-for-age z-score ≥ 0.
  • Child is currently drinking an oral nutritional supplement (ONS) on a regular basis (≥ 15 days in the past month)
  • Child is participating in another study that has not been approved as a concomitant study by AN.
  • Child has been diagnosed with the following:
  • Galactosemia, or an allergy or intolerance to any ingredient found in the study product
  • Acute or chronic infections including but not restricted to respiratory infections, diarrhea, Hepatitis B or C, HIV infection or tuberculosis
  • Severe gastrointestinal disorders such as celiac disease, short bowel syndrome, pancreatic insufficiency, or cystic fibrosis
  • Neoplastic, renal, hepatic or cardiovascular, hormonal or metabolic disorders, Down's syndrome or significant, uncorrected cardiac anomalies that may impact growth
  • Infantile anorexia nervosa, developmental disability, including physical disorders such as cerebral palsy, or a developmental delay that is considered too severe for participation
  • Disorders of hemoglobin structure, function or synthesis
  • Clinically significant nutritional deficiency requiring specialty nutritional therapy
  • Any other clinically significant medical condition, which in the investigator's opinion, makes him or her unsuitable for inclusion in the study.

Treatment and study plan

Oral Nutritional Supplement

Other

ONS plus dietary counseling

Dietary Counseling

Other

dietary counseling

Primary outcomes

  1. Weight-for-age z-score (WAZ)

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Change in weight-for-age z-score

Secondary outcomes

  1. Anthropometric Measurement Calculations

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Standard z-scores and percentiles including weight-for-age, height-for-age, weight-for-height, BMI-for-age and mid-upper-arm-circumference-for-age

  2. Mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC)

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Measured in cm

  3. Weight

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Measured in Kg

  4. Height

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Measured in cm

  5. Dietary Diversity

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Measured by 24-hour dietary recall

  6. Appetite

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Visual analog scale from Ate Very Little to Ate A Lot

Other outcomes

  1. Hand Grip Strength

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Measured in kg

  2. Nutrition Biomarkers

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Blood chemistry analysis of vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin D, vitamin E, folate, and vitamin K

  3. Adverse Event Reporting

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Standard adverse event reporting

  4. Health Care Utilization

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Number of unscheduled visits or missed school days (child) or work days (parent)

  5. Sleep Data

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Average daily number of hours

  6. Activity Data

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Average daily number of minutes

  7. Physical Activity

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Visual analog scale from Not Active to Very Active

  8. Parental Stress Scale

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    18 questions scaled from Strongly disagree to Strongly Agree

  9. Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    35 questions 5-Point Likert Scale from Never to Always

  10. Caregiver Opinion Questionnaire

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    3 Parent reported questions related to child's nutrition

  11. Children's Sleep Habit Questionnaire

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    7 Parent reported questions related to child's sleep habits

  12. Triceps Skinfold

    Time frame: baseline to 120 days

    Measured in mm

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Abbott Nutrition

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of Oral Nutritional Supplementation With Dietary Counseling in Children at Risk of Undernutrition

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Dec 16, 2021
Registry last updated
Jul 16, 2024

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