Zinc supplement for Dengue fever
Phase 2
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Dengue cases as per WHO classification (2009)Child,dietary supplements,dengue,zinc
- Registration Number
- TCTR20151110001
- Lead Sponsor
- Srinakharinwirot University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
children with fever and 2 of the following criteria: 1) nausea, vomiting 2) rash 3) aches and pain 4) Touniquet test positive 5) Leukopenia 6) any warning sign (adbominal pain or tenderness, persistent vomiting, clinical fluid accumulation, mucosal bleeding, lethargy or restlessness, liver enlargment >2 cm, increase in HCT concurrent with rapid decrease in platelet count
Exclusion Criteria
children already taking vitamin or minerals regularly or having allergy to them will be excluded. Children with known history of chronic systemic illness will also be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method recovery time at the end of study day of covalescence of fever
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method plasma zinc levels 72 hours direct mesure of plasma zinc