NCT03280082

Use of MUAC as Basic Criterion for Admission, Follow-up and Exit From the Ambulatory Nutrition Program

Operational Experience for the Use of the Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) as the Basic Criterion for Admission, Follow-up and Exit of the Ambulatory Nutrition Program in Two CRENAS, Madaoua District, Niger

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 6,200 (actual)
• Sponsor: Epicentre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Months – 59 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to provide comprehensive documentation of the relevant results and operational implications of this new model using Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) as the single anthropometric criterion for admission, monitoring and exit of non- complicated in Niger.

Detailed description

This is a first operational experiment using Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) as the single anthropometric criterion for the admission, monitoring and exit of the management of uncomplicated SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition) in Niger, specific data as well as data from routine program will be collected to allow comprehensive documentation of all relevant results and operational implications of this new model. The experiment based on the use of the single anthropometric threshold for admission of a Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)\<120 mm, which includes both children currently classified as having SAM (currently with PB \<115 mm) and acute malnutrition moderate (MAM, currently with a Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)\<125 mm), as well as a follow-up of children with a Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC)≥ 120 mm, will identify how children respond to treatment and benefit of the spectrum of acute malnutrition.

Conditions

• Malnutrition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	MUAC Program	All children admitted to the PB program will receive standard care according to the national Protocol and that of MSF, including preventive and therapeutic care at admission as well as hospital care in case of clinical complications. There will be no change in the Protocol for the hospital care to the CRENI (Center of Intensive Nutritional Rehabilitation). RUTF (Ready-to-Use therapeutic food) will be distributed on a weekly basis according to the dosage of RUTF in the national protocol.
OTHER	Standard Program	All children admitted to the standard program will receive standard care according to national and MSF protocols, including preventive and therapeutic care on admission as well as hospital care in case of clinical complications. RUTF will be distributed on a weekly basis according to the dosage of RUTF in the national protocol.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-25
• Primary completion: 2019-02-28
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2017-09-12
• Last updated: 2021-02-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Niger