Effectiveness of Phototherapy With and Without Probiotics

NCT06173856 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 76

Last updated 2023-12-18

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Summary

Raised serum bilirubin levels can cause kernicterus and premature infants are at increased risk due to metabolic immaturity. The standard treatment for neonatal jaundice is phototherapy but probiotics along with it can reduce the duration of phototherapy and hospitalization stay, secondarily can reduce the risk of nosocomial infection.

Conditions

  • Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal

Interventions

OTHER

LED phototherapy

LED phototherapy (430-470nm) alone will be applied.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fatima Jinnah Medical University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Hours
Max Age
1 Week
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-01-10
Primary Completion
2022-10-10
Completion
2023-01-15

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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