Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00599430
Evaluation of Probiotics on Symptoms of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
Probiotics and Effects on Illness-Related Symptoms for Pre-School Age Children
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 326 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Danisco · Industry
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 3 Years – 5 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The aim of the present prospective study is to investigate whether the consumption of certain probiotic strains over a six-month winter/spring season would be able to affect the incidence and duration of upper respiratory tract infections, in otherwise healthy children as well as determining whether a combination of two strains would perform differently from a single strain version.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Placebo | Inert excipient |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM | 1e10 CFU/day |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Combination of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium lactis | 1x10e10 CFU/day |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2005-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2006-05-01
- Completion
- 2006-05-01
- First posted
- 2008-01-23
- Last updated
- 2008-01-23
Locations
1 site across 1 country: China
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00599430. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.