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RECRUITINGPhase 3NCT06912620

Alternative RUTFs for Treatment of Child Wasting

Acute malnutrition is the most life-threatening form of undernutrition. Moderate and severe acute malnutrition (MAM, SAM) are effectively treated with ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) but there ...

Lead sponsor: International Food Policy Research Institute•1 locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Contacts

Rebecca Brander

CONTACT

+1 (202) 862-5600 r.brander@cgiar.org

Lieven Huybregts

CONTACT

l.huybregts@cgiar.org

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

International Food Policy Research Institute

Collaborators

AFRICSante
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso

Age

0 - 4 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•Age 6-59 months
•MUAC \< 12.5 cm, or WLZ/WHZ \< -2
•Absence of clinical complications or nutritional edema
•Pass the appetite test
•Accompanied by caregiver or legal guardian
•Caregiver or legal guardian consents to participate

Exclusion Criteria

•Acute malnutrition requiring hospitalization (presence of clinical complications, failure to pass the appetite test, or presence of bilateral pitting edema)
•Known allergy to any of the ingredients in the RUTF products
•Already enrolled in MAM or SAM treatment program
•Presence of physical abnormalities that make measurement of anthropometry impossible
•Caregiver has intention to move out of the study area within the next 6 months
•Children referred from in-patient facilities to continue in ambulatory care

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Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: February 17, 2026Terms

Trial snapshot

StatusRECRUITING

PhasePHASE3

Enrollment2,160

Start dateMar 2025

Last updatedFeb 17, 2026

Condition

Severe Acute Malnutrition Moderate Acute Malnutrition Wasting

Locations shown

Health centers localted in the region of Hauts-Bassins

Bobo-Dioulasso

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This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: February 17, 2026Data synced to Clareo: May 25, 2026

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