Status:
COMPLETED
Zinc Pneumonia Outpatient Trial in Children < 2 Years
Lead Sponsor:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Collaborating Sponsors:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Thrasher Research Fund
Conditions:
Pneumonia
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-23 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether zinc can be used in combination with standard antibiotics to reduce the duration of illness and the likelihood of treatment failure among children les...
Detailed Description
This study is a follow up to an earlier study among hospitalised children less than two years old with severe pneumonia who were administered zinc as an adjuvant along with standard antimicrobial agen...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Clinical diagnosis of pneumonia
Exclusion
- Wheezing at presentation History of chronic lung, heart or other system disease suspected tuberculosis, active measles, severe malnutrition requiring hospitalisation, signs of systemic illness (sepsis, meningitis), those who have already received zinc/placebo supplements during this study, those known to be pre-treated with antibiotics prior to presenting to clinic
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
2260 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00142285
Start Date
November 1 2004
End Date
May 1 2008
Last Update
February 11 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Kamalapur Urban Site, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health & Population Research
Dhaka, Bangladesh