Status:

COMPLETED

TEDDY: Spores of Bacillus Clausii in Acute Diarrhoea in Children

Lead Sponsor:

Sanofi

Conditions:

Diarrhea

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-36 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Primary objective: * To demonstrate the efficacy of a Bacillus clausii probiotic strain compared to placebo in children suffering from acute diarrhoea and treated for 7 days. Secondary objective: *...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Infants or Children
  • Non hospitalized infants or children
  • With acute diarrhea evident for less than 48 hours
  • Having had three or more watery stools during the preceding 24 hours
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Infants or Children
  • With blood stools
  • Having been treated with antibiotics or probiotics within the two weeks before the enrollment
  • Suffering from dehydration defined by a weight loss of at least 5% or by the presence of a skin fold
  • With an history of seizures
  • With immunosuppressive conditions
  • With a current status requiring an antibiotic treatment
  • Suffering from a chronic disease including chronic diarrhea whatever the origin
  • Having received before inclusion one of the following treatments:
  • Probiotics
  • Prebiotics
  • Drugs with adsorbing properties
  • Drugs that modify intestinal secretion like bismuth subsalicylate, acetorphan
  • Drugs that modify intestinal motility (opiates such as loperamide, atropine and other cholinergic agents).
  • Having participated in another clinical trial in the last 3 months prior to the start of the study

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    May 1 2004

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    420 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00265369

    Start Date

    May 1 2004

    Last Update

    January 11 2011

    Active Locations (2)

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    Sanofi-Aventis

    Brussels, Belgium

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    Sanofi-Aventis

    Paris, France