Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04061538
Efficiency and Safety of Zinc Sulphate to Reduce the Duration of Acute Diarrheal Disease Between 6 and 59 Months of Age
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 529 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Mexico · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Months – 59 Months
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study evaluates the effect of zinc over the duration, severity and relapse of acute diarrheic disease, in children between 6 and 59 months of age. One study group will receive a tablet that contains 20 mg of zinc, and the other study group will receive a tablet,that does not contain zinc, it is a tablet that investigators will use as control.
Detailed description
In Mexico acute diarrheal diseases mortality in children continues to be a public health issue, being between the main causes of morbidity and mortality, with an important load for the health systems. Consequently, there exists a necessity for the implementation of alternate strategies for this condition, nutrition being one of the pillars to strengthen. Zinc administration during the diarrhea episode is a simple intervention for clinical picture reduction and relapse. The recommendation of including zinc in the treatment of ADD is not part of the Mexican normativity. The evaluation of the efficacy of zinc administration in Mexican children is insufficient and a program or national strategy for zinc treatment does not exist. The objective of this study is evaluates the efficacy of oral zinc sulfate administration, during the diarrhea clinic picture in children of Mexico City.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | zinc sulfate | zinc 20mg tablets |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Placebo | Sugar pill manufactured to mimic zinc 20mg tablet |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-11-09
- Primary completion
- 2018-09-14
- Completion
- 2019-01-31
- First posted
- 2019-08-20
- Last updated
- 2019-08-20
Locations
9 sites across 1 country: Mexico
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04061538. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.