Zinc Supplementation and Severe and Recurrent Diarrhea

Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diarrhea

Treatments: Drug: Zinc Supplement

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01306097

Zinc supplementation

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluating the impact of 3 months daily zinc supplementation on incidence of severe and recurrent diarrhea in 6 to 36 months age children in Bandarabbaas

Full description

Evaluating the impact of 3 months daily zinc supplementation on incidence of severe and recurrent diarrhea in 6 to 36 months age children in Bandarabbaas in 2009

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 36 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All 6 to 36 months old children without diarrhea at the time of study and without disease such as celiac
• Inflammatory bowl disease and hypersensitivity to milk

Exclusion criteria

• Diarrhea at the time of the study and background disease such as celiac, IBD or hypersensitivity to milk

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Zinc sulfate

Experimental group

Description:

daily zinc supplementation for 3 months. (10mg daily for under 1 years old children and 20mg daily for above 1 years old children)

Treatment:

Drug: Zinc Supplement