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Caustic Esophageal Burns in Children and High Doses of Methylprednisolone

NCT02002078 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 83

Last updated 2013-12-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Corrosive substance ingestion in childhood is a public health issue in developing countries and several management protocols were proposed to prevent esophageal strictures. The role of corticosteroids in preventing corrosive-induced strictures is controversial. The investigators' aim is to study the influence of high doses of corticosteroids to prevent esophageal strictures.

Conditions

  • Esophageal Diseases

Interventions

DRUG

methylprednisolon

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sisli Hamidiye Etfal Training and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Months
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

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