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New Super-Food could help malnourished kids recover faster and smarter

NCT ID NCT07345884

Disease control Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests a new, energy-rich therapeutic food for children aged 6 to 59 months with severe acute malnutrition. Researchers want to see if it helps kids recover physically and improves their brain development compared to the standard food. About 125 children in Pakistan will take the food for up to 12 weeks and be checked weekly.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Lipid-Optimized Ready to Use Therapeutic Food (LO-RUTF)
What this could lead to
If it works, this new food could help more children recover from severe malnutrition and support better brain development.
What could go wrong
This is a small early pilot trial with only 125 children, so results may not apply broadly. The new food may not work better than the standard version.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 125 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Expected to start

Jun 2026

An estimate. Start dates often move.

Expected to finish

Oct 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

6 to 59 months

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Children aged 6-59 months with severe acute malnutrition, i.e., MUAC \<11.5 cm, and/or weight-for-height/length z-score \< -3, and/or with bilateral pitting edema, with an appetite to completely consume a 30 g test feeding, and without medical complications presenting at selected rural therapeutic feeding health facilities Exclusion Criteria: * Children that are simultaneously involved in another research trial or supplemental feeding program, are developmentally delayed, have vision or hearing deficits, or have a history of milk or peanut allergy. * Chronic diseases such as malabsorption, chronic kidney disease, inflammatory bowel disease, congenital heart disease, endocrine disorders (e.g., hypothyroidism, growth hormone deficiencies), recurrent infections (e.g., pneumonia, cough, fever, pharyngitis), chronic respiratory diseases (e.g., asthma, lung diseases), congenital or acquired immunodeficiency, and neurological disorders

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Child Nutrition Disorders nutritional deficiency disease protein-energy malnutrition

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Malnutrition, child Neurocognition, child Severe acute malnutrition in childhood

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Aga Khan University

    Karachi, Pakistan

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