Whey Permeate Study

NCT01790048 | Completed Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: 201211066
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2,259
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, controlled clinical effectiveness trial of two supplementary foods in the treatment of MAM. Specific Aim 1: Test the effectiveness of two supplementary foods, whey RUSF and soy RUSF, in the treatment of MAM in 6-59 month old children in a 12-week home-based supplementary feeding program. Hypothesis: The proportion of children who recover receiving either soy or whey RUSF will differ by no more than three percent.

Conditions

Malnutrition

Keywords

MAM

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Recovery From Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)

  The primary outcome measures will be recovery from MAM (achieving MUAC ≥ 12.5 cm by 12 weeks) or failure (death, development of severe acute malnutrition, transfer to hospital for inpatient care, failure to recover from MAM by 12 weeks, default).

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Weight

  3 months

• Height

  3 months

• Mid-Upper-Arm Circumference (MUAC) Gain

  3 months

• Time to Graduation

  3 months

• Adverse Events

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Whey permeate RUSF

EXPERIMENTAL

75 kcal/kg/day (314 k Joules (kJ)/kg/day) of whey RUSF. Whey RUSF contains whey permeate, Whey Permeate (WPC) 80 (contains at least 80% protein), peanut paste, sugar, soy oil, a customized micronutrient premix to account for the minerals in whey permeate, and an emulsifier. Whey permeate RUSF will be locally produced and will undergo quality assurance and safety testing for aflatoxin and microbial contamination at the Malawi Bureau of Standards and Eurofins Scientific Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

Dietary Supplement: Whey permeate RUSF

Soy Protein RUSF

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

75 kcal/kg/day (314 kJ/kg/day) of whey RUSF. Soy RUSF contains extruded soy flour, peanut paste, sugar, soy oil, palm oil, a premix containing concentrated minerals and vitamins, an emulsifier and dicalcium phosphate or calcium carbonate (Roche, Mumbai, India). Soy RUSF has no protein from animal sources. Soy RUSF will be locally produced and will undergo quality assurance and safety testing for aflatoxin and microbial contamination at the Malawi Bureau of Standards and Eurofins Scientific Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

Dietary Supplement: Soy Protein RUSF

Interventions

Whey permeate RUSF DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Each child will receive 75 kcal/kg/day (314 kJ/kg/day) of whey RUSF. A ration of sufficient for two weeks based on the subject's weight will be distributed at each visit. Children will be asked to return every two weeks for follow-up, where caretakers report on the child's clinical symptoms, anthropometric measurements are re-assessed, and additional supplementary food is distributed for those that remained wasted. Whey RUSF contains whey permeate, WPC 80 (contains at least 80% protein), peanut paste, sugar, soy oil, a customized micronutrient premix to account for the minerals in whey permeate, and an emulsifier.

Whey permeate RUSF

Soy Protein RUSF DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Each child will receive 75 kcal/kg/day (314 kJ/kg/day) of soy RUSF. A ration of sufficient for two weeks based on the subject's weight will be distributed at each visit. Children will be asked to return every two weeks for follow-up, where caretakers report on the child's clinical symptoms, anthropometric measurements are re-assessed, and additional supplementary food is distributed for those that remained wasted. Soy RUSF contains extruded soy flour, peanut paste, sugar, soy oil, palm oil, a premix containing concentrated minerals and vitamins, an emulsifier and dicalcium phosphate or calcium carbonate (Roche, Mumbai, India). Soy RUSF has no protein from animal sources.

Soy Protein RUSF

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Months - 59 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children with MAM defined as mid-upper-arm circumference, MUAC, ≤ 12.5 cm and \> 11.5 cm without bipedal edema.

You may not qualify if:

• Children simultaneously involved in another research trial or supplemental feeding program
• Children with developmentally delayed
• Children with a chronic debilitating illness such as cerebral palsy (not including HIV or TB)
• Children with a history of peanut or milk allergy
• Children will also be excluded if they had received therapy for acute malnutrition within one month prior to presentation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Washington University School of Medicine: lead

Study Sites (1)

Project Peanut Butter

Blantyre, Malawi

Location

Related Publications (13)

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  PMID: 18207566 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 15213048 BACKGROUND

• Shankar AH. Nutritional modulation of malaria morbidity and mortality. J Infect Dis. 2000 Sep;182 Suppl 1:S37-53. doi: 10.1086/315906.

  PMID: 10944483 BACKGROUND

• Ezzati M, Lopez AD, Rodgers A, Vander Hoorn S, Murray CJ; Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group. Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. Lancet. 2002 Nov 2;360(9343):1347-60. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11403-6.

  PMID: 12423980 BACKGROUND

• George E, Noel F, Bois G, Cassagnol R, Estavien L, Rouzier Pde M, Verdier RI, Johnson WD, Pape JW, Fitzgerald DW, Wright PF. Antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1-infected children in Haiti. J Infect Dis. 2007 May 15;195(10):1411-8. doi: 10.1086/514823. Epub 2007 Apr 3.

  PMID: 17436220 BACKGROUND

• Matilsky DK, Maleta K, Castleman T, Manary MJ. Supplementary feeding with fortified spreads results in higher recovery rates than with a corn/soy blend in moderately wasted children. J Nutr. 2009 Apr;139(4):773-8. doi: 10.3945/jn.108.104018. Epub 2009 Feb 18.

  PMID: 19225128 BACKGROUND

• Nackers F, Broillet F, Oumarou D, Djibo A, Gaboulaud V, Guerin PJ, Rusch B, Grais RF, Captier V. Effectiveness of ready-to-use therapeutic food compared to a corn/soy-blend-based pre-mix for the treatment of childhood moderate acute malnutrition in Niger. J Trop Pediatr. 2010 Dec;56(6):407-13. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmq019. Epub 2010 Mar 23.

  PMID: 20332221 BACKGROUND

• Lagrone L, Cole S, Schondelmeyer A, Maleta K, Manary MJ. Locally produced ready-to-use supplementary food is an effective treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in an operational setting. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2010;30(2):103-8. doi: 10.1179/146532810X12703901870651.

  PMID: 20522296 BACKGROUND

• LaGrone LN, Trehan I, Meuli GJ, Wang RJ, Thakwalakwa C, Maleta K, Manary MJ. A novel fortified blended flour, corn-soy blend "plus-plus," is not inferior to lipid-based ready-to-use supplementary foods for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in Malawian children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Jan;95(1):212-9. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.111.022525. Epub 2011 Dec 14.

  PMID: 22170366 BACKGROUND

• Myatt M, Khara T, Collins S. A review of methods to detect cases of severely malnourished children in the community for their admission into community-based therapeutic care programs. Food Nutr Bull. 2006 Sep;27(3 Suppl):S7-23. doi: 10.1177/15648265060273S302.

  PMID: 17076211 BACKGROUND

• Knueppel D, Demment M, Kaiser L. Validation of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale in rural Tanzania. Public Health Nutr. 2010 Mar;13(3):360-7. doi: 10.1017/S1368980009991121. Epub 2009 Aug 26.

  PMID: 19706211 BACKGROUND

• Manary MJ. Local production and provision of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) spread for the treatment of severe childhood malnutrition. Food Nutr Bull. 2006 Sep;27(3 Suppl):S83-9. doi: 10.1177/15648265060273S305.

  PMID: 17076214 BACKGROUND

• Stobaugh HC, Ryan KN, Kennedy JA, Grise JB, Crocker AH, Thakwalakwa C, Litkowski PE, Maleta KM, Manary MJ, Trehan I. Including whey protein and whey permeate in ready-to-use supplementary food improves recovery rates in children with moderate acute malnutrition: a randomized, double-blind clinical trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Mar;103(3):926-33. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.124636. Epub 2016 Feb 10.

  PMID: 26864368 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malnutrition

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Mark Manary
• Organization: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

manarymj@wustl.edu

314 454 2178

Study Officials

• Mark Manary, MD

  Washington University School of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: QUADRUPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 8, 2013
• First Posted: February 12, 2013
• Study Start: February 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2015
• Study Completion: March 1, 2015
• Last Updated: January 17, 2019
• Results First Posted: January 17, 2019

Record last verified: 2018-07

Locations

MA (1)