CTRI/11/12/002259

Trial name or title	Effectiveness of ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) in community based management of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in an urban resettlement area in Chandigarh: a randomized controlled trial
Methods	Randomised clinical trial; parallel group design
Participants	Inclusion criteria: children with uncomplicated SAM (WHZ < ‐3 SD or MUAC < 115 mm) with good appetite, alert and clinically well; living in the area for at least 6 months Exclusion criteria: complicated SAM children, meaning having 1 or more of symptoms such as anorexia, not alert, high fever (104 °F (40 °C)), severe pallor, severe hydration, lower respiratory tract infection, bipedal oedema, visible severe wasting
Interventions	Arm 1: RUTF in addition to standard management for a maximum of 12 weeks Arm 2: standard management
Outcomes	Primary outcome: proportion of children gaining 15% of the baseline weight for height (time point: 4‐12 weeks)
Starting date	April 2004
Contact information	Name: Hemant Deepak Shewade, Chandigarh, India Email: hemantjipmer@gmail.com Name: Binor Kumar Patro, Chandigarh, India Email: patrobinod@gmail.com Name: Bhavneet Bharti Email: bhavneetb@yahoo.com
Notes	Location: India Sponsors: IAPSM Ford Foundation Epidemiological grant, New Delhi, India