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Spirulina and Malnutrition

IMPACT OF SPIRULINA SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE STATUS OF SEVERELY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN: A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE BLIND CLINICAL TRIAL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR201406000810205
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2014-04-09
Start date
2008-11-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Paediatrics Malnutrition

Interventions

spirulina
Placebo

Sponsors

WHO Niger
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children from 0 to 59 months, hospitalized consecutively in the intensive nutritional rehabilitation care centres (CRENI) of Niamey National Hospital¿s paediatric department (HNN) and of Bethany Hospital located in ¿Saga¿ an outlying district of Niamey were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children excluded from the study were those from a radius of over 5 km (difficulty in monitoring them) or who had no fixed address (migrants) and those whose parents had refused to take part.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
child mortality—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
nutritional anthropometric ;biological measures—

Countries

Niger

Contacts

Public ContactISSA Aichatou

CRENI head nurse

issaamadou@hotmail.com+227 90381947

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026