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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2010/091/000339
CTRI/2010/091/000339
Completed
Phase 1

Probiotics for infectious diarrhea in children in south India

Christian Medical College Vellore0 sites160 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 1
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Infectious Gastroenteritis
Sponsor
Christian Medical College Vellore
Enrollment
160
Status
Completed
Last Updated
4 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
4 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
Christian Medical College Vellore

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Male and female children aged 6 months to 5 years
  • Diagnosis of rotaviral or cryptosporidial gastroenteritis (Rotavirus or Cryptosporidium EIA positive and three or more watery stools within a 24\-hour period)
  • No other enteric pathogen isolated from the stool at the time of enrollment
  • ?Able to take the contents of study capsules mixed into food or milk
  • ?No need for antibiotics for current illness
  • No use of LGG/other probiotics within 30 days (yogurt consumption is not an exclusion criterion)
  • HIV negative
  • No severe malnutrition (WAZ score \< 3SD below the median)
  • No evidence of active bowel leak, acute abdomen or colitis
  • No history of allergy

Exclusion Criteria

  • Other enteric pathogens isolated from the stool at the time of enrollment
  • Not willing or able to take the contents of study capsules mixed into food or milk
  • Need for antibiotics for current illness
  • HIV positive
  • Severe malnutrition (WAZ score \< 3SD below the median)
  • Presence of active bowel leak, acute abdomen or colitis
  • ?History of allergy
  • Parent/guardian not willing to report on compliance and side effects during the study period
  • Families not willing to provide informed consent, participate in study or have study personnel visit their home.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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