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Probiotic Intervention With Elderly Subjects

NCT01475942 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 104

Last updated 2016-01-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study objective is to evaluate the effect of probiotic on faecal Clostridium difficile levels of elderly subjects.

Conditions

  • Intestinal C. Difficile

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Probiotic

4 month probiotic intervention with 1 month run-in and 1 month wash-out. Probiotic given once a day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Turku

    collaborator OTHER

  • Danisco

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Sampo Lahtinen, PhD · Danisco

  • Anna Lyra, PhD · Danisco

  • Matti Viitanen, MD · University of Turku

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2013-06-30

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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