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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01229579
Date of registration: 25/10/2010
Primary sponsor: Aga Khan University
Public title: Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Response to Oral Polio Vaccine in Infants in Pakistan
Scientific title: Effect of Zinc Supplementation on Response to Oral Polio Vaccine in Infants in Pakistan: a Randomized, Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: May 2010
Target sample size: 320
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01229579
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: Basic Science  
Countries of recruitment
Pakistan
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 0 to 14 days of healthy newborns

Exclusion Criteria:

- Infants beyond 14 days of age

- Preterm infants (< 37 weeks gestation or < 2 kg birth weight).



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 14 Days
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Poliomyelitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Zinc Sulfate
Primary Outcome(s)
Seroconversion rates of polio virus (type 1 and type 3), from blood samples collected at the time of recruitment, at 6 weeks and 18 weeks. [Time Frame: From birth to 18 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Effect of zinc supplementation on growth of infants [Time Frame: Day 14 to 18 weeks]
Prevalence of excretion of poliovirus serotypes 1, 3 at 0 and 7 days after the administration of bOPV [Time Frame: 18 and 19 Weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
1291-Peds/ERC-09
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
World Health Organization
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