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CompletedNCT05333133Updated Jun 22, 2023

High Calorie Formula Intervention on Weight, Length Increment, Total Lymphocyte Counts, TNF-alpha and IGF-1 in Failure to Thrive Children

An interventional study of high calorie formula (oral nutritional supplement/ONS) in Failure to Thrive, Infection, Bacterial and Growth Faltering, sponsored by Universitas Airlangga. Completed at 1 site in Indonesia. Open to participants aged 1 Year to 5 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-06-22.

Sponsored by Universitas Airlangga · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 5 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Oct 2021, registered Mar 2022).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
1 Year to 5 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

High calorie formula (Oral Nutrition Supplement/ONS) are products used for oral nutrition support with the aim to increase the nutritional intake. they are a nutrition treatment option children with limited intake. ONS are typically used in addition to a normal diet, when diet alone is insufficient to meet daily nutritional requirement due to infection or others. ONS should be treated like medication, ensure they are labelled with the patient's name and provided at the prescribed time.

It is well established that nutritional deficiency or inadequate can impair immune function. Growing evidence suggest that for certain conditions, the nutrient needs will be increased, so it is needed to provide the nutrient intake above currently recommended levels, in order to help optimizing the immune function, including improving the defense function and thus resistance to infection while maintaining tolerance.

Purposes:

  1. to analyze the effect of high calorie formula on IGF-1 levels in children with failure to thrive
  2. to analyze the effect of high calorie formula on total lymphocyte counts with failure to thrive
  3. to analyze the effect of high calorie formula on TNF-alpha levels in children with failure to thrive

Hypothesis:

  1. there is significant increment of IGF-1 levels before and after the intervention
  2. there is significant difference of total lymphocyte counts before and after the intervention
  3. there is significant difference of TNF-alpha levels before and after the intervention
Read the detailed description

Interventional study with pre-, post-test design. After the subject were diagnosed with infection (tuberculosis/TB or urinary tract infection/ UTI, the diagnosed will be determined by a pediatrician/the researcher based on clinical examination and laboratory findings), they will receive 400 kcal/day (96 g/day divided 4 times consumption) of high calorie formula prescribed by the researcher (A pediatrician) for 90 days consumption (8640 g). the subject will monitored every 30 days for acceptance, tolerance, weight increment, length increment evaluation until the end of study (90 day intervention).

The blood will be withdrawn at day 0 (before invention) and day 90 (after intervention) to measure the levels of TNF-alpha, IGF-1 and total lymphocyte count. Total lymphocyte count (TLC) was measured based on the complete blood report (white blood cells x 1000 x % lymphocyte). The high calorie formula is given as much as 400 kcal/day for 90 days after the subject were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) or urinary tract infection (UTI), determine as day 1. Before the intervention (day 0) and after the intervention (day 90), the subjects were taken the blood by laboratory employee of the private hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia.

The statistical analysis including test of normality and homogeneity test, followed by paired sample T-test or Wilcoxon, depend on the normality and homogeneity test.

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Conditions studied

  • Failure to Thrive
  • Infection, Bacterial
  • Growth Faltering
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In context

Failure to Thrive

84 studies on the registry are indexed under Failure to Thrive; 12 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 80 is below the median of 100 across 56 interventional studies indexed under Failure to Thrive.

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Lead sponsor

Universitas Airlangga is the lead sponsor of 21 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Year to 5 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Children aged 1 years - 5 years, are diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) and urinary tract infection (UTI)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Congenital Disease
  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Edema
  • Organomegaly
  • Tumor
  • Cerebral palsy and genetic syndromes
  • Hormonal abnormality/disorders

Drop out criteria:

  • Lost contact
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
80 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    High calorie formula on IGF-1, TNF-alpha and total lymphocyte counts

    Interventional study with pre-, post design after the subjects are diagnosed with TB and UTI, they will receive 400 ml (equal with 400 kcal) of high calorie formula per day, prescribed by the researcher (a pediatrician) for 90 days consumption. Body weight and body height will be monitored by the researcher group every 30 days to record the tolerance, acceptance and complaints (and the side effects) the blood will be withdraw at day 0 (before intervention) and day 90 (after intervention) to investigate the IGF-1, TNF-alpha and total lymphocyte counts

    Dietary Supplement: high calorie formula (oral nutritional supplement/ONS)

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementhigh calorie formula (oral nutritional supplement/ONS)

    every subject is given 400 ml (equal with 400 kcal) high calorie formula for 90 days. before (day 0) and after (day 91) the intervention was enrolled, blood samples was taken to investigate IGF-1 and total lymphocyte counts. The body weight and body height will be measured at day-0, day-14, day-30, day 60 and 90.

    Also known as: formula for special medical purposes

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The effectiveness of high calorie formula on the subjects

    Change on body weight. The data will be presented as mean +/- SD (standard deviation). The body weight will be measure with baby Scale Seca 354 (in grams) for subjects \<24 months age, and using Seca electronic flat scale 813 (in grams) for subjects \>24 months age

    Time frame: 90 days

  2. The effectiveness of high calorie formula on the subjects

    Change on body height/length. The data will be presented as mean +/- SD (standard deviation). The body height/length will be measure with infantometer Seca 416 (in cm) for subject \<24 months age, and using stadiometer Seca 213 (in cm) for subjects \>24 months age

    Time frame: 90 days

  3. The effectiveness of high calorie formula on the subjects

    Change on IGF-1 levels (in ng/ml) will be presented as mean +/- SD (standard deviation). IGF-1 levels will be measured using Human IGF-1 Elisa kit 96 T (BT LAB),

    Time frame: day 0 pre intervention, day 91 post intervention

  4. The effectiveness of high calorie formula on the subjects

    The change on total lymphocyte count (TLC) before and after intervention, the data will be presented as mean +/- SD (standard deviation). TLC will measure based on complete blood count (CBC), with formula WBC x 1000 x % lymhocyte, express as a decimal.

    Time frame: 90 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. The effectiveness of high calorie formula on the subjects

    Change on TNF-alpha levels (in ng/ml) will be presented as as mean +/- SD (standard deviation). TNF-alpha will measure using Human TNF-alpha Elisa kit 96 T (BT LAB).

    Time frame: 90 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Husada Utama Hospital
    Surabaya, East Java 60131, Indonesia
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 22, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05333133
Lead sponsor
Universitas Airlangga
Collaborators
Danone Institute International
Responsible party
Andy Darma, MD (Principal Investigator on Gastroenterology, Universitas Airlangga) — Principal investigator
First posted
Apr 18, 2022
Start date
Oct 4, 2021
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2022
Completion
Dec 30, 2022
Last update
Jun 22, 2023

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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