Effectiveness of an Alternative Protocol in the Management of Acute Malnutrition

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

3,521

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 31, 2025

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2026

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2026

Conditions
Acute Malnutrition with No Complications
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

ready-to-use therapeutic food (for children with MAM)

Each child with MAM will be supplemented with RUTF for a maximum of 12 weeks. He/she will be followed subsequently up to 24 weeks.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ready-to-use supplementary food

Each child with MAM will be supplemented with RUSF for a maximum of 12 weeks. He/she will be followed subsequently up to 24 weeks post recovery

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ready to Use Therapeutic Food - Reduced dose 1

Each child with SAM will be treated with a reduced dose for a maximum of 12 weeks : dose of 150-185 kcal/kg/day of RUTF until programmatic recovery. He/she will be followed subsequently up to 24 weeks post recovery.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ready to Use Therapeutic Food - Standard dose

Each child with SAM will be treated with a standard dose (according to the national protocol for the integrated management of acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso) for a maximum of 12 weeks. He/she will be followed subsequently up to 24 weeks post recovery.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ready to Use Therapeutic Food - Reduced dose 2

Each child with SAM will be treated with a reduced dose for a maximum of 12 weeks : dose of 150-185 kcal/kg/day of RUTF until the child is no longer severely malnourished and does not have nutritional oedema then 100-130 kcal/kg/day of RUTF until programmatic recovery. He/she will be followed subsequently up to 24 weeks post recovery.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Ouagadougou

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OTHER

lead

Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso

OTHER_GOV

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