A clinical trial to evaluate the effects of Vitamin A supplementation in children with acute lower respiratory tract infection with wheeze. A randomized double blind trial.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Children with acute lower respiratory infection with wheezeHealth Condition 2: J22- Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/10/037192
- Lead Sponsor
- il
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 71
Inclusion Criteria
: Children from 2 months of age to less than 12 years of age who are diagnosed with acute lower respiratory tract infections with wheeze and whose parents are willing to give consent are included in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Children who are suffering from obvious marasmus or edema, with severe non respiratory tract infections, established chronic lung disease, gastrointestinal disease, congenital malformations, neurological disease, who is accompanied by an unreliable informant, are excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method â?¢Duration of hospitalization (in days): <br/ ><br>â?¢Duration of fever to resolve (in days): <br/ ><br>Timepoint: At admission (Baseline), At discharge <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Duration of oxygen therapy (in hours):Timepoint: Baseline and hours of oxygen therapy needed in hospital