Trials / Recruiting
RecruitingNCT07102836
COMPARISON OF ZINC AND PROBIOTICS ON NEONATES WITH INDIRECT HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA UNDERGOING PHOTOTHERAPY
COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF ZINC AND PROBIOTICS ON NEONATAL INDIRECT HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA UNDERGOING PHOTOTHERAPY
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 110 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Quaid-e-Azam Medical College · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 0 Days – 28 Days
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Study will evaluate effects of oral zinc and probiotics supplementation in neonates who have indirect hyperbilirubinemia and are receiving phototherapy. Aim is to compare efficacy of these two drugs in clearing bilirubin and reducing duration of phototherapy. Neonates will be randomly assigned to receive either drug alongside phototherapy.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Zinc sulfate | Oral zinc sulfate syrup in a dose providing 5mg elemental zinc daily as adjuvant to phototherapy. |
| DRUG | Probiotic lactobacillus rhamnosus GG | Oral Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG drops daily as adjuvant to phototherapy. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2025-08-07
- Primary completion
- 2026-02-07
- Completion
- 2026-05-07
- First posted
- 2025-08-05
- Last updated
- 2025-08-05
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Pakistan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT07102836. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.