Status:
TERMINATED
Impact of Emergency Department Probiotic Treatment of Diarrheal Illness on Daycare Attendance
Lead Sponsor:
The Hospital for Sick Children
Conditions:
Gastroenteritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
4-48 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The objective of this study is to determine for previously healthy children, who present to an ED with acute gastroenteritis, if the probability of daycare absenteeism is significantly different in th...
Detailed Description
Gastroenteritis in children utilizes significant health care resources and has a significant impact on children, caregivers and society. In the United States, gastroenteritis accounts for more than 1....
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Acute gastroenteritis as determined by the supervising physician.
- Attend daycare
- Presence of diarrhea.
- Duration of vomiting or diarrhea less than 96 hours.
- Age greater than 90 days
- Age less than 48 months
Exclusion
- Presence of an indwelling vascular access line or congenital heart disease.
- Taking immunosuppressive therapy or history of immunodeficiency (including all primary, secondary and acquired states)
- Have recently had cardiac, oral or gastrointestinal surgery
- Pancreatic dysfunction or bloody diarrhea
- History of: hematochezia, underlying chronic gastrointestinal problem, short bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease
- Family member with an indwelling vascular access line, on immunosuppressive therapy or with a known immunodeficiency
- Undergoing radiation therapy
- Exclusively breastfed
- Bilious or bloody vomitus
- Previously enrolled in this trial
- Inability to speak or read English
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
132 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00760773
Start Date
April 1 2009
End Date
March 1 2014
Last Update
April 17 2018
Active Locations (3)
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1
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3
Hospital Sainte Justine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada