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Probiotics and Hospital Outcome in the Elderly

NCT00794924 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 345

Last updated 2008-11-20

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Summary

Probiotics have been shown to reduce the rate of diarrhea and constipation. The purpose of this study was to investigate if probiotics could improve outcome of hospitalized orthopedic elderly patients.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

VSL#3

one sachet per day, for 45 consecutive days

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

placebo

one sachet per day, for 45 consecutive days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kaplan-Harzfeld Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hilla Zahroni, MA · Chief dietician

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Primary Completion
2005-01-31
Completion
2005-01-31

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This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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