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Optimizing the Management of Acute Diarrhoeal Disease

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Acute Gastroenteritis
Interventions
Other: Rapid diagnostics
Biological: Probiotic
Other: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT02803827
Lead Sponsor
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Brief Summary

Many children admitted to hospital in Botswana without bloody diarrhoea are presumed to have viral gastroenteritis and so not treated with antibiotics - but they may indeed have a treatable cause for their illness. The investigators will conduct a randomized trial to see if rapid testing using novel methods to identify potentially treatable causes of diarrhoea leads to improved outcomes. The investigators will also be randomizing children to Lactobacillus reuteri DSM (daughter strain) 17938 therapy versus placebo (the standard of care) to see if this treatment decreases the duration of diarrhoea. The proposed study is a large multi-centre trial following the previous pilot trial.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
276
Inclusion Criteria
  • acute diarrhoeal illness (>= 3 stools in 24 hour period)
Exclusion Criteria
  • diarrhoeal illness >=14 days
  • bloody stool
  • known inflammatory bowel disease, cystic fibrosis, or malignancy
  • live in a household with someone else documented to have a bacterial or parasitic enteric infection of defined aetiology
  • live outside catchment areas
  • no permanent address
  • no access to mobile phone
  • previous participation in this study
  • nosocomial diarrhoea

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
FACTORIAL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Rapid diagnostics and probioticProbioticParticipants randomized to this arm will have rapid enteric diagnostics performed on the day of enrolment. Those found to have a treatable pathogen will be prescribed antimicrobials that day. Participants will also be given Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 5 x 10e8 cfu/mL x 60 days.
No rapid diagnostics and probioticProbioticParticipants randomized to this arm will have stool specimens processed after the conclusion of the study. Participants will also be given Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 5 x 10e8 cfu/mL x 60 days.
Rapid diagnostics and probioticRapid diagnosticsParticipants randomized to this arm will have rapid enteric diagnostics performed on the day of enrolment. Those found to have a treatable pathogen will be prescribed antimicrobials that day. Participants will also be given Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 5 x 10e8 cfu/mL x 60 days.
Rapid diagnostics and placeboRapid diagnosticsParticipants randomized to this arm will have rapid enteric diagnostics performed on the day of enrolment. Those found to have a treatable pathogen will be prescribed antimicrobials that day. Participants will also be given placebo x 60 days.
Rapid diagnostics and placeboPlaceboParticipants randomized to this arm will have rapid enteric diagnostics performed on the day of enrolment. Those found to have a treatable pathogen will be prescribed antimicrobials that day. Participants will also be given placebo x 60 days.
No rapid diagnostics and placeboPlaceboParticipants randomized to this arm will have stool specimens processed after the conclusion of the study. Participants will also be given placebo x 60 days.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Height z-score (HAZ) adjusted for baseline HAZ60 days post-enrollment
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Environmental enteropathy score (EES)60 days

composite of stool neopterin, myeloperoxidase, and alpha-1-antitrypsin

Diarrhoea recurrence60 days after enrolment
Mortality60 days post-enrollment
Weight z-score (WAZ) adjusted for baseline WAZ60 days post-enrollment

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Scottish Livingstone Hospital

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Molepolole, Botswana

Bamalete Lutheran Hospital

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Ramotswa, Botswana

Princess Marina Hospital

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Gaborone, Botswana

Deborah Retief Hospital

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Mochudi, Botswana

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