Status:

COMPLETED

Zinc Supplementation in Shigella Patients

Lead Sponsor:

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Collaborating Sponsors:

Karolinska Institutet

Conditions:

Testing Effect of Intervention

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-59 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Shigellosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in young children in Bangladesh and other developing countries. Further, the increasing emergence of resistance to a wide range of antibiotics i...

Detailed Description

Study design: The study was a double blind randomised clinical trial using zinc and placebo using multivitamin base.Study subjects: Fifty six children of both sex aged between 12-59 months were studie...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age between 12-59 months
  • Moderate malnutrition (61-75% Weight / Age - NCHS Median)
  • Duration of diarrhoea of 5 days
  • Culture confirmed shigella spp in stool on enrolment

Exclusion

  • Measles infection in the past six months
  • Presence of obvious systemic illnesses
  • Severe malnutrition
  • Residence in a location requiring a journey of\>2 hour from the Dhaka Hospital of the ICDDR,B
  • Refusal to give consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 1999

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

April 1 2002

Estimated Enrollment :

56 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00321126

Start Date

January 1 1999

End Date

April 1 2002

Last Update

May 3 2006

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