Oral Zinc for the Treatment of Acute Diarrhea in US Children
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Official title
A Double Blind Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial of Oral Zinc for Children With Acute Diarrhea in a Developed Nation.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01198587
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Other
- Enrollment
- 71 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Zinc Sulfate Drug
- Placebo oral capsule Drug
Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 6 Months to 6 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Oct 31, 2010
- Primary completion
- May 31, 2014
- Completion
- May 31, 2015
- Last update posted
- Aug 21, 2018
2010 – 2015
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Boston | Boston | Massachusetts | 02115 | — |
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