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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00707785
Date of registration: 27/06/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Public title: Effect of Vitamin A in the Treatment of Neonatal Sepsis and Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Scientific title: Effect of Vitamin A in the Treatment of Sepsis and Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Hospitalized Neonates
Date of first enrolment: December 2006
Target sample size: 424
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00707785
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Name:     Christian L Coles, PhD
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Affiliation:  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- newborns less than 29 days with clinical sepsis

Exclusion Criteria:

- healthy infants

- major congenital abnormalities

- known inborn error(s) of metabolism

- chronic disorders of other organs (e.g. cholestasis)

- definite or severe NEC (> stage 2)

- congenital heart disease

- Infants receiving VA supplements

- Infants requiring mechanical ventilation

- Infant is unconscious



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 28 Days
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Meningitis
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Sepsis
Pneumonia
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Vitamin A
Primary Outcome(s)
Disease Mortality [Time Frame: prospective]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Inflammatory cytokine concentration [Time Frame: prospective]
Duration of inflammation [Time Frame: prospective]
Disease progression in NEC patients [Time Frame: prospective]
Secondary ID(s)
H.22.05.12.20.A2
1K01DK075478-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ethics review
Results
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