The Probiotics for Antibiotic Associated Diarrhoea (PAAD) study in care homes: determining the effect of probiotics on antibiotic associated diarrhoea

Completed

• Conditions: Antibiotic Associated Diarrhoea; Signs and Symptoms; Other complications of surgical and medical care, not elsewhere classified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN25324586
• Lead Sponsor: Cardiff University (UK)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-03-14
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

1. Resident in a care home for 24 hours or more, with a minimum planned period of residential care of 1 month
2. Able to provide informed consent or have a personal legal representative who can provide consent for inclusion
3. If the service users (SU) takes a regular probiotic but chooses to discontinue the probiotic

Exclusion Criteria

1. Severely immuno-compromised, e.g. known severe neutropenia
2. Has artificial heart valve in situ
3. Medical history of acute pancreatitis
4. Requires naso-jejunal feeding /nasogastric feeding currently has a colostomy
5. SU without capacity already receiving a probiotic

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified