Use of Probiotic Bacteria in Prevention of Allergic Disease in Children 1999-2008

University of Helsinki

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Atopic Dermatitis; Asthma; Allergic Conjunctivitis; Allergic Rhinitis, Seasonal; Food Hypersensitivity

Treatments: Drug: Mixture of probiotic bacteria and prebiotic oligosaccharide

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00298337

T101060058 T1040A0002;T110612;

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to find out if allergic diseases can be prevented buy giving probiotic bacteria to pregnant mothers and their newborn infants

Sex: All

Ages: 37 to 42 weeks old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• mother or father fo child with doctor diagnoses allergic disease

Exclusion criteria

• prematurity, major malformations

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind