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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02361164
Date of registration: 06/02/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Nestlé
Public title: Birth Cohort Study for Respiratory Infections
Scientific title: Prospective Two-year Observational Study to Evaluate the Effect of Bacterial Colonisation of the Nasopharynx on the Occurence of Acute Respiratory Infections in a Birth Cohort of Children and Their Mothers
Date of first enrolment: July 2012
Target sample size: 300
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02361164
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Name:     Shafiqul Alam Sarker, M.D.
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Affiliation:  International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age: 18-35 years

- Parity: any but with history of previous normal delivery

- Weight: Body Mass Index greater than 18.5 but less than 35

- Past obstetric history: Uncomplicated pregnancy, unremarkable medical and obstetric
conditions

- Current pregnancy: Uneventful progression of pregnancy

- General health: Normal health related functional status during pregnancy

- Singleton pregnancy as determined by clinical examination and/or by ultrasonography

- Cephalic presentation as determined by abdominal clinical examination

- Expected to have normal pregnancy related outcome

- Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Medical history: Known history of diabetes, hypertension, or any systemic disorder

- Gynecological history: History of major gynecological problem/treatment

- Complications in previous pregnancy

- Previous obstetric cholestasis

- Previous acute fatty liver disease

- Conditions during current pregnancy

1. RhD negative mother

2. APH/Placental abruption

3. Placenta Praevia

4. Unstable lie

5. Multiple pregnancy

6. Pregnancy induced hypertension (systolic > 140 mm of Hg, diastolic > 90 mm of Hg)

7. Severe pre-eclampsia or eclampsia

8. Gestational diabetes

9. Onstetric cholestasis

10. Current history of drug/alcohol abuse

11. BMI of less than 18.5 or more than 35. Severe pallor as detected clinically or by
HB level (< 7 gm/dL), and oedema

12. Blood samples drawn and tested for VDRL (Positive VDRL) Cephalopelvic
disproportion (CPD)

13. History of taking antibiotic within 3 weeks prior to this study

14. Patient unwilling to comply with study protocol



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 35 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Naso-/oro-Pharyngeal colonization with specific pathogens and microbiota [Time Frame: 2 years]
Incidence of respiratory disease (Acute Otitis Media, Acute Respiratory Infection) [Time Frame: 2 years]
Risk factors for recurrent Upper Respiratory Track Infection in terms of bacteria or virus, nutritional and immune status, as well as epidemiological factors [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Incidence of maternal urogenital infection [Time Frame: 2 years]
Birth outcome [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
11.11.NRC
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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