Nutritional support for lactating women with or without azithromycin for infants compared to breastfeeding counseling alone in improving the 6-month growth outcomes among infants of peri-urban slums in Karachi, Pakistan-the protocol for a multiarm assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial (Mumta LW trial)

Ameer Muhammad, Yasir Shafiq, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Benazir Baloch, Amna Tanweer Yazdani, Nida Yazdani, Fyezah Jehan, Ameer Muhammad, Yasir Shafiq, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Benazir Baloch, Amna Tanweer Yazdani, Nida Yazdani, Fyezah Jehan

Abstract

Background: Globally, 45% of under-five deaths are either directly or indirectly attributable to malnutrition, and most of these deaths are in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Children are particularly vulnerable in the first 6 months of life. An estimated 4.7 million infants under the age of 6 months are moderately wasted, whereas 3.8 million are severely wasted. Although the children of malnourished women have an increased risk of stunting and wasting, there is little information on this issue.

Methods: This is a community-based, open-label, multiarm randomized controlled trial that will include parallel group assignments with a 1:1:1 allocation ratio in low-income squatter settlements in urban Karachi, Pakistan. The women in the control group (control arm) will receive standard counseling only, whereas the lactating women in the first intervention group (intervention arm 1) will receive two sachets of balanced energy protein (BEP) supplementation per day from enrollment until the infant reaches 6 months of age. The lactating women in the second intervention group (intervention arm 2) will receive the same BEP supplementation as those in intervention arm 1 while their babies will also receive a single stat dose (20 mg/kg orally) of azithromycin at 42 days. The primary outcome will be the relative length velocity from 0 to 6 months by intervention arm. The primary analysis will be intention-to-treat analysis.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03564652 . Registered on 21 June 2018.

Keywords: Azithromycin; Balanced energy protein supplements; Exclusive breastfeeding; Lactating women.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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CONSORT flow diagram of the trial

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