Low Birth Weight Follow-up

Bandim Health Project

Status: Completed

Conditions: Non Specific Effects of Vaccine; Maternal Immunisation; Bacillus-Calmette-Guerin; Low Birth Weight

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03020147

BandimHP

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Randomized Control Trail included 4,172 low-birth weight children between February 2008 and September 2013 in Bissau. The children who were included in the RCT and who are living in the Bandim Health Project study area will be visited. The study assistants will ask about the health of the child and of both parents. Furthermore, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) scar status of both child and parents will be checked.

Enrollment: 1,258 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participation during the low birth weight BCG trial between 2008 and 2013.

Exclusion criteria

• Not living in the Bandim Health Project's study area.

Trial design

1,258 participants in 2 patient groups

early BCG

Description:

Children received BCG soon after their birth between 2008 and 2013.

delayed BCG

Description:

Children received BCG when they are 2,5kg between 2008 and 2013.