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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT01989026
Date of registration: 07/10/2013
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Bandim Health Project
Public title: A Randomized Trial of Providing BCG Vaccination Immediately
Scientific title: Reducing Mortality at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Guinea-Bissau: A Randomized Trial of Providing BCG Vaccination Immediately
Date of first enrolment: October 2013
Target sample size: 3361
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01989026
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Single (Care Provider).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Guinea-Bissau
Contacts
Name:     Christine Stabell Benn, MD, PhD, DMSc
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Affiliation:  Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines
Name:     Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Research Center for Vitamins and Vaccines
Name:     Peter Aaby, Prof, DMSc
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Affiliation:  Bandim Health Project
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Children admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit

Exclusion Criteria:

- Birth weight<1250 g

- Apgar score<2

- Moribund children and children with gross malformations



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 30 Days
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Early Neonatal Mortality
Intervention(s)
Biological: BCG
Primary Outcome(s)
Mortality [Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 days.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Cause of death [Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 days.]
Duration of admission [Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 days]
Growth [Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 days.]
Secondary ID(s)
CVK-2013-1303771
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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Results
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