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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01531192
Date of registration: 04/02/2012
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Research and Education Hospital
Public title: Comparison of Lactobacillus Reuteri and Nystatin Prophylaxis on Candida Colonization and Infection in Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Scientific title: Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ankara/Turkey
Date of first enrolment: June 2012
Target sample size: 300
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01531192
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Turkey
Contacts
Name:     Mehmet Yekta Oncel, MD
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Affiliation:  Neonatology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Very low birth weight infants < 1500 gr

- Gestational age < 32 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

- Genetic anomalies

- Short bowel syndrome

- Not willing to participate

- Allergy to Lactobacillus reuteri components



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 6 Months
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Lactobacillus reuteri
Drug: Nystatin
Primary Outcome(s)
Comparison of prophylactic Lactobacillus reuteri and nystatin on candida colonization and infection in very low birth weight infants [Time Frame: up to 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Effect of Lactobacillus reuteri on sepsis [Time Frame: up to 6 months]
Effect of Lactobacillus reuteri on necrotizing enterocolitis in VLBW infants [Time Frame: up to 6 months]
Effect of Lactobacillus reuteri on feeding intolerance [Time Frame: up to 6 months]
Effect of Lactobacillus reuteri on length of hospital stay [Time Frame: up to 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
ZTB630301
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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Results
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