EFFICACY OF GLUTAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE OUTCOME OF CHILDREN ADMITTED WITH PERSISTENT DIARRHEA

• Register: PACTR
• Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
• Main ID: PACTR201207000371218
• Date of registration: 26/03/2012
• Primary sponsor: Micro Research
• Public title: EFFICACY OF GLUTAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE OUTCOME OF CHILDREN ADMITTED WITH PERSISTENT DIARRHEA
• Scientific title: EFFICACY OF GLUTAMINE SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE OUTCOME OF CHILDREN ADMITTED WITH PERSISTENT DIARRHEA TO MULAGO HOSPITAL
• Date of first enrolment: 2011-10-03
• Target sample size: 140
• Recruitment status: Closed to recruitment: follow up complete
• URL: HTTP://www.pactr.org/ATMWeb/appmanager/atm/atmregistry?da=true&tno=PACTR201207000371218
• Study type: interventional
• Study design: Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,; Randomised,; The randomization schedule was generated by a statistician using a computer soft ware. The schedule consisted of random numbers and the assigned intervention to be administered. ,; The random numbers and assigned intervention was written on a piece of paper and was sealed in an opaque envelope.,

Countries of recruitment

South Africa

Contacts

• Name: Justine Kamuchaki
• Affiliation: Graduate student makerere university

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Children aged between 2 and 60 months
2. Children admitted with persistent diarrhea during the study period.
3. Written informed consent from the caregivers/parents

Exclusion criteria: 1. Children with documented anti-diarrhea medications (e.g antimotility, opiates)
2. Children with documented liver disease or Renal disease.


Age minimum: 2 Month
Age maximum: 60 Month
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Persistent Diarrhea

Primary Outcome(s)

the proportion of children who fail to improve

Secondary ID(s)

REC REF 2011-176

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Micro Research