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Product development and laboratory acceptability of an Indigenous Therapeutic Food (ITF) for children with Severe Acute Malnutrition

Acceptability of an Indigenous Therapeutic Food for children with SAM

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2016/12/007587
Enrollment
11
Registered
2016-12-15
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Department of Biotechnology
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy, normal weight children 2 to 5 years of age, free from any disease or acute infection for more than a week

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children with an acute illness (e.g., fever, diarrhea, acute respiratory tract infection). Children with severe acute malnutrition.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The mean, standard deviation and the 95% confidence interval (CI) of the mean of the proportion of food consumed in 15 minutes and total time taken to complete consuming the drink will be calculated. If the lower end of the CI is greater than 50%, we will consider the food to be acceptable. The various sensory characteristics that are acceptable will be calculated as percentages of those interviewed.Timepoint: One at the time of recruitment—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NoneTimepoint: 0—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSumathi Swaminathan

St. Johns Research Institute

sumathi@sjri.res.in00918049467052

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026