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Last refreshed on: 1 March 2021
Main ID:  NCT03366740
Date of registration: 05/11/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Public title: Green Banana (GB) Mixed Diet in the Management of Persistent Diarrhea (PD)
Scientific title: Efficacy of GB Mixed Full Strength Rice Suji, and Full Strength Rice Suji Alone Compared to 3/4th Strength Rice Suji in the Management of PD in Children Aged > 6 Months to 36 Months: an Open-labeled Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: December 7, 2017
Target sample size: 135
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03366740
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Name:     Monira Sarmin, MBBS
Address: 
Telephone: 01718596947
Email: drmonira@icddrb.org
Affiliation: 
Name:     Monira Sarmin, MBBS
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Medical officer, ICU
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Children aged > 6 to 36 months, having diarrhea for 14 days or more (up to 29 days)
either at admission or developed at some point during their treatment period in
hospital

- Children able to take oral feeds at the time of randomization

Exclusion Criteria:

- Children whose parents/care givers do not provide consent

- Growth of Shigella, Salmonella or Cholera in rectal swab culture

- Children having WLZ/WHZ < -5 SD or +++ edema

- The children presented with septic shock, convulsion or any other illness that needs
ICU support during the admission

- Birth defect like complex congenital heart diseases, cleft lip and cleft palate, Down
syndrome and cerebral palsy and others that may itself cause digestive problem or
failing to thrive

- Children diagnosed as having apparent or known tuberculosis or HIV or chronic (> 30
days)/organic diarrhea (where the cause is known e.g. crohn's disease, ulcerative
colitis, celiac disease etc.)



Age minimum: 6 Months
Age maximum: 36 Months
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Persistent Diarrhea
Intervention(s)
Other: 3/4th strength rice suji
Other: Full strength rice suji Alone
Other: GB mixed full strength rice suji
Primary Outcome(s)
By day 5, percentage of children recovered from diarrhea by the study diets [Time Frame: 5 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
By day 7, percentage of children recovered from diarrhea by the study diets [Time Frame: 7 days]
Number of hospital acquired infection (HAI) in different study diet groups [Time Frame: 7 days]
Frequency of stool in different days in different study diet groups [Time Frame: 7 days]
Consistency of stool in different days in different study diet groups [Time Frame: 7 days]
Rate of relapse within 14 days follow up [Time Frame: 14 days]
Secondary ID(s)
PR-17075
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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