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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00612469
Date of registration: 29/01/2008
Primary sponsor: Universidade Federal do Ceara
Public title: The Use of Antimicrobial Agents in the Inhibition of Mutans Streptococci in Children With Dental Caries
Scientific title: Sodium Fluoride, Chlorhexidine and Vancomycin Effect in the Inhibition of Mutans Streptococci in Children With Dental Caries: a Randomized, Double-Blind Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: October 2005
Target sample size: 69
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00612469
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  
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:   Cristiane SR Fonteles, DDS, MS, PhD
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Affiliation:  Federal University of CearĂ¡
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Generally healthy children

- Children with at least one carious cavitated or non-cavitated lesion

- Must be able to spit

- Must be able to collaborate during clinical intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

- Children with history of allergies or allergic diseases, e.g. asthma, urticaria,
rhinitis, sinusitis, or intra-oral soft tissue lesions

- Children who underwent antibiotic treatment during the course of this clinical trial

- Children with developmental disabilities

- Children with no clinical signs dental caries



Age minimum: 4 Years
Age maximum: 8 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Dental Caries
Intervention(s)
Drug: chlorhexidine digluconate
Drug: Sodium Fluoride
Drug: vancomycin hydrochloride
Primary Outcome(s)
Salivary mutans streptococci levels prior to treatment, on the last day of treatment (day 6), two weeks after day 1 and 30 days after day 1. [Time Frame: 30-day observational period for each subject]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of new carious lesions within the different study groups 12 months after treatment discontinuation. [Time Frame: one year]
Secondary ID(s)
270/05
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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