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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01315821
Date of registration: 24/02/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Research and Education Hospital
Public title: Effect of Saccharomyces Boulardii on Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Scientific title: Role Of Saccharomyces Boulardii in Preventin Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Date of first enrolment: February 2011
Target sample size: 220
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01315821
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Turkey
Contacts
Name:     Gamze Demirel
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Affiliation: 
Name:     Gamze Demirel, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +903123065270
Email: kgamze@hotmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Gamze Demirel, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Research and Education Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Very low birth weight infants < 1500 gr

Exclusion Criteria:

- Genetic anomalies

- Not willing to participate

- Allergy to S. boulardii components



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 2 Months
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Saccharomyces boulardii
Primary Outcome(s)
Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii on necrotizing enterocolitis in VLBW infants [Time Frame: up to 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii on weight gain [Time Frame: up to 6 months]
Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii on culture proved sepsis [Time Frame: 6 months]
Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii on mortality [Time Frame: up to 6 months]
Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii on length of hospital stay [Time Frame: up to 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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