Effect of Modified Playground Environment on Health, Particularly Immune System

NCT03997175 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2019-06-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Children were exposed to biodiverse material or non-diverse material in sand pits. The two arms were compared. Immune response and bacterial markers were followed.

Conditions

  • Atopic Disorders
  • Immune System Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Biodiversity powder

Biodiversity sand contained biodiversity powder that contains a highly diverse and rich microbial community but no known pathogens.

OTHER

Placebo

Sand that looks like intervention sand but does not have high biodiversity

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tampere University

    collaborator OTHER
  • University of Helsinki

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aki Sinkkonen, ph d · University of Helsinki

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-15
Primary Completion
2018-07-30
Completion
2018-07-30

Countries

  • Finland

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