NCT01200173

Effect of the Consumption of a Fermented Milk on Common Infections in Children Aged 3-6 Years, Attending Day Care Centers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 600 (actual)
• Sponsor: Danone Global Research & Innovation Center · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This multicentric, randomized, double-blind and controlled study aims to examine the effect of a fermented dairy product containing the probiotic Lactobacillus casei DN-114 001 (Actimel® = tested product) on the incidence of respiratory and gastro-intestinal common infectious diseases (cumulated number of infections during the intervention period: primary criteria) in children aged 3-6 years, attending day care centers.Volunteers received either 200g/day of tested product (N=300) or control product (N=299) for 3-months, followed by a 1-month follow-up.

Conditions

• Common Infectious Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	1-Fermented dairy product containing the probiotic Lactobacillus casei DN-114 001 (Actimel®)
OTHER	2-Non fermented dairy product (control)

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-11-01
• Primary completion: 2007-04-01
• Completion: 2007-07-01
• First posted: 2010-09-13
• Last updated: 2016-11-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Russia