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Pilot Study of PUFA-optimized RUTF for Severe Acute Malnutrition

NCT02053857 ↗

Completed 141 enrolled Washington University School of Medicine University of Malawi · collab
RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

To test whether a ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) enriched with polyunsaturated fatty acids (RUTF-P) is as effective for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) as standard RUTF.

Timeline

Start
2014-02
Primary completion
2014-07
Completion
2014-07

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Background Amoxicillin Other / unclassified — —

Indications

kwashiorkor marasmus