Bifidobacterium Animalis Subsp. Lactis for Lowering the Risk of Common Infections in Hospitalized Children
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Common infections in children
研究概览
简要总结
Hypothesis: Use of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis can effectively prevent common nosocomial (gastrointestinal and respiratory) infections. Nosocomial infection will be defined as infections which develop more than 48 hours after admission and they are not present or incubating on admission
This study is a prospective, randomized, double blind, placebo- controlled parallel study in children hospitalized at Children's hospital Zagreb.
The study will investigate the effect of supplementation with the probiotic strain Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis on the incidence and duration of gastrointestinal and respiratory infections.
The test product is a sachet containing 1 gram of powder. The test product will contain minimum 1 billion CFU (colony forming units) probiotic per serving.
The placebo product is an identical product except for the absence of probiotics.
The study includes an intervention period lasting the length of the hospital stay.
The study product will be consumed daily in the morning together with breakfast.
The consumption of the study products will be taken under the surveillance of the physician.
Data on infections will be diagnosed by a physician and recorded in a CRF. The incidence of infections will be analyzed based on the information recorded in the CRF.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 1 Year 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Children hospitalized at the Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital Zagreb
- •Age from 1 year to 18 years
- •Signed informed consent by the parents
排除标准
- •Immunodeficiency
- •Infants from neonatal period until 1 year of age
- •Re-hospitalisation (readmission in a hospital within one month)
- •Receiving probiotic and /or prebiotic products prior to enrolment (2 weeks prior to hospitalization)
- •Neoplasms
- •Severe chronic diseases
- •Hospitalization shorter than 3 days
结局指标
主要结局
Common infections in children
Number of children with common infections (gastrointestinal and respiratory infections): Gastrointestinal tract infections defined as diarrhoea (3 or more loose or watery stools in 24 hours or increase of number of stools for more than 50% in 24 hours) or vomiting (defined by physician and not a result of other symptoms including cough or diseases including gastroesophageal reflux disease or neurological conditions) or both. Respiratory tract infections defined as: pharyngitis, otitis, common cold, pneumonia, bronchitis and bronciolitis (all infections diagnosed by physician) Number of children with adverse events.
次要结局
- Duration of symptoms