Probiotics for antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (including Clostridium difficile) in care homes: providing incidence data on antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in care homes and evaluating care homes as a setting to conduct complex studies/drug trials
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in the elderly, living in care homesSigns and Symptoms
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN79548440
- Lead Sponsor
- Cardiff University (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 270
Inclusion Criteria
1. Service users who are/have been admitted to the care home for >24 hours
2. Planned admission to care home of one month or more (excludes short-term respite care)
3. Written informed consent/assent provided
Exclusion Criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Main observational study<br>1.1. To conduct prospective systematic ascertainment of the incidence of AAD in care homes<br>1.2. To allow an appraisal of the estimated sample size for a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in Stage 2
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method