Status:
UNKNOWN
Clinical Trial of L. Reuteri in Infantile Colic 2017
Lead Sponsor:
Innovacion y Desarrollo de Estrategias en Salud
Collaborating Sponsors:
BioGaia AB
Conditions:
Infantile Colic
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-9 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
RCT to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 to significantly reduce the duration of crying time and fussines in infants from 15days to 4 months of age with colic, feed w...
Detailed Description
RCT to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 administrated for 21 days to significantly reduce the duration of crying time and fussines in infants from 15days to 4 months...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Younger than 10 weeks of age
- Full term infant (37-42 weeks gestational age)
- Birth weight ≥ 2,500g
- Apgar score ≥ 7 at 5 minutes
- Infantile colic diagnosed according to modified Wessel's criteria (crying more than 180 min/day during 3 days for at least a week prior to enrolment)
- Parental motivation to postpone changes in the infant feeding mode, unless necessary
- Stated availability throughout the study period
- Parent(s) willingness and ability to fill out charts and questionnaires
- Signed informed consent
Exclusion
- Failure to thrive
- Chronic illness or major medical problem
- Gastrointestinal disease
- Use of any antibiotic 2 weeks before Day 1 in the study. This applies also to lactating mothers whose infants participate in the trial
- Use of supplements/eaten foods that contain Lactobacillus reuteri, 2 weeks before Day 1
- Use of proton pump inhibitors in the week (7 days) prior to enrolment
- If breastfeeding, use of probiotic by the mother in the week (7 days) prior to enrolment and throughout the study period
- Use of infant formula with hydrolysed protein
- Infant receiving solid foods (such as cereals, mashed fruits or vegetable purée)
- Change of feeding mode planned by parents during the study period
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 30 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
244 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03360253
Start Date
January 1 2018
End Date
January 30 2020
Last Update
July 30 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez
Mexico City, Tlalpan, Mexico, 14080