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- Clinical Trial NCT03467737
Assessment of Starch Digestibility and Amylase Sufficiency in Children
March 10, 2018 updated by: Bruce R. Hamaker, Purdue University
Assessing Malian and U.S. Children for Starch Digestion and Amylase Sufficiency and Identifying Better Energy Providing Foods for Growth and Recovery
Research has demonstrated that there is a relationship between malnourishment and insufficient production of pancreatic enzymes, such as α-amylase which digests starch into glucose.
Starchy foods that can be easily digested into glucose are critical to the development child for energy and proper growth.
This study investigated the use of a noninvasive breath test for the assessment of amylase sufficiency, digestibility of normal and modified sorghum porridges and gastric emptying rate of a sorghum porridge in Malian and U.S. children.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The purpose of this research is to test the hypotheses that: 1.) Moderately malnourished stunted children have low pancreatic α-amylase activity; and 2.) Modified starchy food preparations will have better (higher) digestibility than the commonly given foods for both moderately malnourished stunted and healthy non-stunted children.
A noninvasive breath test was used to assess amylase insufficiency in moderately malnourished and stunted children in Mali, as well as in healthy children in Mali and the United States.
Moderately malnourished and healthy children in Mali were fed sorghum porridges, which are commonly consumed in Mali.
Porridges contained a 13C-labeled substrate (algal starch or octanoic acid) for assessment of amylase insufficiency and gastric emptying rate.
In a follow-up study, healthy children in the United States were also assessed for amylase sufficiency.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
54
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
1 month to 1 year (Child)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Stunted weaned children in the age range 18 - 30 months with height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) below -2 (HAZ<-2)
- Healthy, weaned children 18-30 months of age for study 1
- Healthy, weaned children up to 5 years old
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acutely ill and wasted child with weight for height lower than -2 z-score
- No medical problems other than their malnutrition status
- No medications
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Other
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Normal sorghum porridge, algal starch
Sorghum porridge with 13C-algal starch
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Normal sorghum porridge with 13C-labeled algal starch was fed, breath tested, as the first arm of an alpha-amylase sufficiency assessment in healthy and moderately malnourished children.
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Experimental: Normal sorghum porridge, algal dextrins
Sorghum porridge with 13C-algal starch limit dextrins
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Normal sorghum porridge with 13C-labeled starch limit dextrins was fed, breath tested, as the second arm of an alpha-amylase sufficiency assessment in healthy and moderately malnourished children.
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Experimental: Normal sorghum porridge, labeled flour
Sorghum porridge with 13C-labeled sorghum flour
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Normal sorghum porridge with a portion of 13C-labeled sorghum flour was fed, breath tested, for starch digestibility assessment in healthy and moderately malnourished children.
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Experimental: Modified sorghum porridge, labeled flour
Modified sorghum porridge with 13C-labeled sorghum flour
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Modified sorghum porridge with shear stirring to reduce viscosity with a portion of 13C-labeled sorghum flour was fed, breath tested, for starch digestibility assessment in healthy and moderately malnourished children.
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Experimental: Thinned sorghum porridge, labeled flour
Modified thinned sorghum porridge with 13C-labeled sorghum flour
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Thinned sorghum porridge treated with an alpha-amylase liquifying enzyme with a portion of 13C-labeled sorghum flour was fed, breath tested, for starch digestibility assessment in healthy and moderately malnourished children.
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Experimental: Modified sorghum porridge, octanoic acid
Modified sorghum porridge with 13C-labeled octanoic acid
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Modified sorghum porridge with shear stirring to reduce viscosity with addition of 13C-labeled octanoic acid was fed, breath tested, for gastric emptying assessment in healthy and moderately malnourished children.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
---|---|---|
Alpha-amylase sufficiency in children
Time Frame: 3 hours after being fed test meal
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Breath test using 13C-tracer was used to assess alpha-amylase sufficiency in healthy and moderately malnourished children
|
3 hours after being fed test meal
|
Starch digestibility
Time Frame: 3 hours after being fed test meal
|
Breath test using 13C-tracer in labeled sorghum flour was used to assess starch digestibility of three different prepared sorghum porridges of different thicknesses in healthy and moderately malnourished children
|
3 hours after being fed test meal
|
Gastric emptying
Time Frame: 3 hours after being fed test meal
|
Breath test using 13C-tracer in octanoic acid was used to assess gastric emptying in healthy and moderately malnourished children
|
3 hours after being fed test meal
|
Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Sponsor
Collaborators
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
December 1, 2012
Primary Completion (Actual)
December 31, 2014
Study Completion (Actual)
July 1, 2016
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
March 10, 2018
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
March 10, 2018
First Posted (Actual)
March 16, 2018
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
March 16, 2018
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
March 10, 2018
Last Verified
March 1, 2018
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 1209012695
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
No
IPD Plan Description
Not shared
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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