Status:

WITHDRAWN

HIAS II - Study of Nutritional Supplementation in Hospitalized Children With Persistent Diarrhea or Malnutrition

Lead Sponsor:

University of Virginia

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Conditions:

Diarrhea, Malnutrition

Other Nutritional Deficiencies

Eligibility:

All Genders

3-3 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This study will determine the effect of 7 days supplementation of alanyl-glutatime or glycine on the damaged intestinal barrier function on day 8 in children with persistent diarrhea or malnutrition.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of 7 days supplementation of alanyl-glutamine or glycine on the damaged intestinal barrier function, measured by lactulose/mannitol test on day 8, ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children ages 3 to 36 months with a history of persistent diarrhea (3 or more unformed stools/day) for \>2 weeks or height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) less than negative 1, which is the median of HAZ score in children at HIAS.
  • Be an inpatient and willing to stay for 7 nights at HIAS.
  • Child´s parent or guardian must sign informed consent..

Exclusion

  • Children exclusively breast-fed (Reason: The diet needs to be controlled in order to evaluate the study treatment effect)
  • Children who participated in the community study or any other study within the past two years (Reason: The children in the community study will have received glutamine.)
  • Children with suspected other illnesses as indicated by fever \>102º F at time of screening off antipyretics
  • Children with suspected systemic disease at the time of screening including but not limited to shock, meningitis, sepsis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, varicella
  • Severe malnutrition defined as HAZ \<-3 or WAZ \<-3.5 or any child weighing \<10 lbs. (4.5 kg) or any child with a weight-to-height ratio \<60% of the NCHS age adjusted norm.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

May 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

108 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00133562

Start Date

August 1 2004

End Date

May 1 2006

Last Update

October 28 2008

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