Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00429351
Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism in the Pathogenesis of Kwashiorkor
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 82 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Months – 18 Months
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This research may explain whether a shortage of three special compounds called aromatic amino acids is responsible for the severe illness and high death rate of children with the kwashiorkor type of malnutrition and whether supplying adequate amounts of these compounds in the treatment diet will speed up recovery from this condition. We propose that decreased availability of the aromatic amino acids may be the reason why children with kwashiorkor are sicker and more difficult to treat.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2006-09-01
- Completion
- 2010-06-01
- First posted
- 2007-01-31
- Last updated
- 2020-02-26
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Jamaica
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00429351. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.