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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01971112
Date of registration: 10/10/2013
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Corporacion Ecuatoriana de Biotecnologia
Public title: Nutritional Intervention and Respiratory Infections in Older Subjects
Scientific title: Effect of Supplementation With Multivitamins and Minerals on the Incidence of Respiratory Infections in Older People in Ecuador: a Randomised Controlled Trial.
Date of first enrolment: October 2013
Target sample size: 320
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01971112
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Ecuador
Contacts
Name:     Fernando E Sempertegui, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 593 2 2557673
Email: fersempert@biociencias-ceb.org
Affiliation: 
Name:     Fernando E Sempertegui, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 593 2 2557673
Email: fersempert@biociencias-ceb.org
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age =65 years

- Mental competence

- Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Cancer

- Tuberculosis

- Immunosuppressive therapeutics.



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Upper Respiratory Infections
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Multivitamins and minerals
Primary Outcome(s)
Incidence of respiratory infections (upper plus lower) [Time Frame: 52 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
CRP blood concentration [Time Frame: 52 weeks]
Cathelicidin concentration in supernatants of cultured respiratory mucosa cells [Time Frame: 52 weeks]
Mean score of DTH response to Trichophyton and tetanus toxoid [Time Frame: 52 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
378 DGIP-I
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Central University, Ecuador
Ethics review
Results
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