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Relationship Between Oral Hygiene in Newborns and Candida Spp.

NCT03873753 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 276

Last updated 2019-03-13

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Summary

Little is known regarding the effectiveness of neonatal oral hygiene and its relationship to colonization by Candida spp. in edentulous oral cavities. Thus, the objective of this study is to evaluate whether the oral hygiene of edentulous infants favors colonization by Candida spp. Newborns with up to 48 hours of life will randomly allocated to two groups. The mothers will instructed to clean the oral cavity with gauze and mineral water three times a day, in the test group, and not to clean, in the control group.

Conditions

  • Candidiasis, Oral

Interventions

OTHER

Cleaning

Gauze and mineral water

OTHER

No oral cleaning

Absence of cleaning

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Faculty Sao Leopoldo Mandic Campinas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jose Carlos P Imparato, PhD · Faculdade Sao Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
2 Days
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-02
Primary Completion
2020-07-31
Completion
2020-12-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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