Clinical trials: Diarrheal Disease
Diarrheal Disorder
Long-term Impact and Intervention for Diarrhea in Brazil
The primary objectives of this study are to determine the effect of 1 year supplementation of Vitamin A, Zinc, and Vitamin A plus Zinc compared to placebo on the Height for Age Z Score (HAZ) and the number of episodes of diarrhea…
- Trial name
- NCT00133406
- Testing
- Glutamine, Vitamin A, glycine
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 321 people
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Diarrhea
Randomized Controlled Field Trial of a Probiotics to Assess Its Role in Preventig Diarrhoea
A therapeutic as well as preventive role of probiotics has been suggested from results of different studies using different probiotics that have been tested, usually lactic acid producing bacteria such as lactobacillus…
- Trial name
- Yakult (NCT00534170)
- Testing
- Probiotic (Yakult)
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indian Council of Medical Research
Acute Respiratory Infection, Diarrheal Disease
Efficacy and Tolerance of a Follow-On Formula Fed to Children From 12-48 Months of Age in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
The purpose is to determine if the consumption of study product has an effect on acute respiratory infections and/or diarrheal disease.
- Trial name
- NCT01431469
- Testing
- Cow's milk, Follow-On Formula
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mead Johnson Nutrition
Healthy, Diarrhea
Calcium, Probiotics and Acute Diarrheal Disease Among Indonesian Children
This is a long term study on the efficacy of dietary calcium with or without probiotic strains in reducing the mean number of episodes and duration of diarrheal disease.
- Trial name
- NCT00512824
- Testing
- low calcium milk of 180 ml, regular milk of 180 ml, regular milk of 180 ml + probiotics
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 494 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Diarrheal Diseases, Acute Respiratory Infections
Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Hand Towels
In March 2012, the investigators initiated a prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled field trial in Kisumu County, located in an area in western Kenya which has the highest under-five mortality rate in Kenya with 149…
- Conditions
- Diarrheal Diseases, Acute Respiratory Infections, Fever, Skin Infection
- Trial name
- NCT02512614
- Testing
- Antimicrobial Hand Towel
- Volunteers
- 449 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Diarrhea
Safety of Lactobacillus LB Postbiotic in Immunocompromised Paediatric Patients With Diarrhoeal Disease
This prospective, interventional, single-center, open-label, phase 1 clinical trial to assess the safety of the Postbiotic Lactobacillus LB in immunocompromised paediatric patients with diarrhoeal disease will be performed at…
- Trial name
- NCT07758933
- Testing
- Lactobacillus LB
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez
Diarrhea
Epidemiology of Diarrheal Diseases in Pediatric Oncology Patients
Diarrhea is a common problem in the pediatric population. Children with cancer are especially at increased risk for gastrointestinal infection-related morbidity and mortality due to their ongoing immunosuppression.
- Trial name
- NCT02464098
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Diarrhoea
Introduction of Hypo-osmolar ORS for Routine Use
The World Health Organization has very recently recommended the routine use of a hypo-osmolar ORS in the management of diarrhoeal diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT00244777
- Testing
- Hypo-osmolar ORS
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 75,000 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Diarrhoea, Clostridium Difficile
Proof-of-Concept, Calcium Aluminosilicate Anti-Diarrheal (CASAD) for Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) can cause symptoms ranging from mild diarrhea to life-threatening colitis. Illness from C. difficile most commonly affects patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities and typically…
- Trial name
- NCT01570634
- Testing
- Calcium Aluminosilicate Anti-Diarrheal (CASAD)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2 people
- Sponsor
- Salient Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
Cholera, Diarrhea
Impact Evaluation of Urban Water Supply Improvements on Cholera and Other Diarrhoeal Diseases in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo
The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of a large-scale urban water supply improvement intervention on cholera and other diarrhoeal diseases.
- Trial name
- NCT02928341
- Testing
- Improved water supply
- Where
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Volunteers
- 4,556 people
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dietary Rice Bran Supplementation
Pilot Feasibility of Rice Bran Supplementation in Nicaraguan Children
The purpose is to assess feasibility of rice bran consumption in weaning children and collect pilot data on gut microbiome and metabolome modulation with rice bran intake for diarrheal prevention.
- Trial name
- NCT02615886
- Testing
- Observational Control, Rice bran
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Nicaragua
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colorado State University
Diarrhea
Impact of Hand Washing and WASH Educational Intervention on Under-five Diarrheal Diseases
The investigators evaluated the impact of water, sanitation and hygiene educational Intervention and hand washing with soap on the incidence of diarrhea among under-five children.
- Trial name
- WASH (NCT02779010)
- Testing
- Hand washing with soap and Health education
- Volunteers
- 1,190 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources
Short Bowel Syndrome, Short Gut Syndrome
A Phase III Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Investigational Product MP-101 in Subjects With Short Bowel Syndrome Who Have Had an Inadequate Response to Anti-Diarrheals
MP-101 will be evaluated in this study to see if it is safe, tolerable, and can help people with Short Bowel Syndrome. This study will also find out if taking MP-101 can improve the symptoms of Short Bowel Syndrome and reduce the…
- Conditions
- Short Bowel Syndrome, Short Gut Syndrome, SBS, Short Bowel
- Trial name
- NCT02242656
- Testing
- Opium Tincture USP Deodorized
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Marathon Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Diarrhea
Impact of the Nutritional Product PTM202 on Acute and Long-Term Recovery From Childhood Diarrheal Disease
This trial will assess the impact of the nutritional product PTM202 on childhood diarrhea in Guatemalan children. The product is based on cow-milk colostrum and egg.
- Trial name
- NCT02385773
- Testing
- PTM202, Enfamil Puramino
- Where
- 2 sites in Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 321 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Short Bowel Syndrome, Short Gut Syndrome
A Open Label Extension Study for Subjects That Complete Study MP-101-CL-001
MP-101 will be evaluated in this study to see if it is safe and tolerable.
- Conditions
- Short Bowel Syndrome, Short Gut Syndrome, SBS, Short Gut
- Trial name
- NCT02246816
- Testing
- 0.6 mL, MP-101 (10 mg/mL, Opium Tincture (OT)), USP (Deodorized)
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Sponsor
- Marathon Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Diarrhoeal Disease
Health Impact of Treating and Safely Storing Shallow Tubewell Drinking Water
When shallow tubewells replaced highly contaminated surface water as the primary source of drinking water in Bangladesh in the late 20th century, contemporary studies demonstrated no reduction in diarrheal disease with this…
- Trial name
- NCT01350063
- Testing
- Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) tablet (Aquatab), Water storage container (Jerry can), No intervention
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Diarrhea Infectious
Study in Healthy Adults Challenged With Enterotoxigenic E. Coli, of the Safety, Tolerability and Anti-Diarrheal Activity of VENBETA6890, an Orally Administered, Human Monoclonal IgA
This is a phase 1, randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded study in up to 36 healthy adults, aged 18-45 years, challenged with Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, evaluating the safety, tolerability and anti-diarrheal activity of…
- Trial name
- MBL-ETEC-21-01 (NCT06896136)
- Testing
- VENBETA6890
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mark Klempner
Acute Gastroenteritis
Optimizing the Management of Acute Diarrhoeal Disease
Many children admitted to hospital in Botswana without bloody diarrhoea are presumed to have viral gastroenteritis and so not treated with antibiotics - but they may indeed have a treatable cause for their illness.
- Trial name
- NCT02803827
- Testing
- Rapid diagnostics, Probiotic
- Where
- 4 sites in Botswana
- Volunteers
- 276 people
- Sponsor
- Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Intestinal Helminthiasis, Diarrhea
The Impact of Anthelmintic Treatment on the Incidence of Diarrheal Disease in Vietnamese School Children
Cheap and effective drugs called 'anthelmintics' are routinely administered to children in developing countries to eliminate infections by parasitic helminths.
- Trial name
- NCT02597556
- Testing
- Albendazole
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam
Acute Diarrhea, Acute Respiratory Infection
Improving Nighttime Access to Care and Treatment (Part 2)
Children in resource-limited settings who develop illness at night are often isolated from pre-emergency care, resulting in progression to an emergency because families are forced to wait until morning to seek care.
- Conditions
- Acute Diarrhea, Acute Respiratory Infection, Acute Febrile Illness
- Trial name
- INACT2 (NCT03943654)
- Testing
- MotoMeds Healthline- illness assessment and treatment recommendation for non-emergent cases by telephone
- Where
- Haiti
- Volunteers
- 391 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida