Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 9:12 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 9:12 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06722404
Brief Summary:
In this study, dose related effect of synbiotics on the blood indices of severely acute malnourished (SAM) children (6-59 months) was carried out in hospitalized setting. Fifty SAM children were enrolled in a double-blind, randomized design.
Detailed Description:
The study was done at Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit (NRU), Department of Social \& Preventive Pediatrics, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, a Tertiary Care large urban teaching and referral hospital and was approved by human ethics Institutional Review Board (IRB) .Galacto-oligosaccharides (Oligomate) as prebiotics were procured from Yakult Pharmaceutical Industry, Japan and Resiton (lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei) as probiotics were procured from MakNsons Pharmaceutical Industry, Italy. In the present study we enrolled 50 severely acute malnourished (SAM) in patients of 6-59 months of age while follow-up treatment was given at the out-patient department. We define SAM as weight-for height of less than 70% of the median, nutritional edema (Kwashiorkor), or both, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) of less than 11.5cm. Anthropometry protocols were followed by research standards
Study:
NCT06722404
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06722404