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Zinc Plus Saccharomyces Boulardii Versus Zinc Alone in the Treatment of Acute Diarrhea

NCT07168304 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 276

Last updated 2025-09-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In literature combined therapy of zinc with S. boulardii in the treatment of acute diarrhea has not been addressed satisfactorily in the recent past. Therefore, this study was planned aiming to compare the mean time taken to resolve diarrhea and the mean time taken to resolve vomiting in children under 5 years of age having acute diarrhea with zinc plus S. boulardii versus zinc alone.

Conditions

  • Acute Watery Diarrhea

Interventions

DRUG

S. boulardii

Participants received zinc plus S. boulardii supplementation according to the World Health Organization recommendations.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Muhammad Aamir Latif

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Muhammad Hammad Riaz · Children's Hospital and institute of Child Health Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-01
Primary Completion
2025-07-31
Completion
2025-07-31

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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