NCT06665503

The Impact of Zinc and Probiotics in Preventing Pediatric Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Southern Iran

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 165 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Months – 3 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The Impact of Zinc and Probiotics in Preventing Pediatric Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea in Southern Iran

Detailed description

The participants will be children aged 3 months to 3 years.The zinc group received oral zinc supplementation; 2.5 ml every 12 hours for children aged \<1 year and 5 ml every 12 hours for older children; the probiotics group received oral probiotics; 1 probiotic sachet; and the control group received nothing.

Conditions

• Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea
• Diarrhea

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Zinc Supplement, probiotic	received oral zinc supplementation; 2.5 ml every 12 hours for children aged \<1 year and 5 ml every 12 hours for older children; the probiotics group received oral probiotics; 1 probiotic sachet

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-01
• Primary completion: 2021-03-01
• Completion: 2021-05-01
• First posted: 2024-10-30
• Last updated: 2024-11-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran