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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00146302
Date of registration: 05/09/2005
Primary sponsor: Bandim Health Project
Public title: Should Low Birth Weight Infants Be Vaccinated With BCG Vaccine at Birth in Developing Countries?
Scientific title: BCG Vaccination and Childhood Morbidity and Mortality: Interventions With Possible Implications for the Immunisation Policy in Developing Countries. Should Low Birth Weight Infants Be Vaccinated With BCG Vaccine at Birth?
Date of first enrolment: November 2002
Target sample size: 2320
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00146302
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Guinea-Bissau
Contacts
Name:   Peter Aaby
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Affiliation:  Bandim Health Project
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Must weigh less than 2500 g at birth

- Must be able to nurse

- Must be healthy enough to be discharged from the hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

- Overt illness

- Malformation



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 30 Days
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Tuberculosis
Intervention(s)
Biological: Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG)
Primary Outcome(s)
Adverse events within 12 months after intervention
Hospitalisations until 12 months of age
Mortality until 12 months of age
Secondary Outcome(s)
Assessment of antibody and cellular immune responses following intervention
BCG scar reaction 2 and 6 months after intervention
Tuberculin reaction 2 and 6 months after intervention
Secondary ID(s)
#6-FY04-51
ICA4-CT-2002-10053
ICA4-CT-2002-10053LBW
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
INCO-DEV : International Cooperation with Developing Countries, EU
Leiden University Medical Centre, DEPT of Parasitology, Leiden Holland
March of Dimes
Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia
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