Clinical trials: Diarrhoea
Diarrhea, Pneumonia
Effect of Zinc and Vitamin A Supplementation on Diarrhea, Physical Growth and Immune Response in Malnourished Children
Zinc deficiency is common in developing country children, as food intakes are often low, foods from animal sources are infrequently used, the bioavailability of zinc from staple cereal-based diets is limited and zinc losses occur…
- Conditions
- Diarrhea, Pneumonia, Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
- Trial name
- NCT00272116
- Testing
- Zinc and vitamin A single dose at enrollment
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 2,482 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Society for Applied Studies
Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Diarrhea
Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome (PI-IBS)
Purpose: identification of factors predisposing for Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome (PI-IBS) development after an episode of traveler's diarrhea identification of systemic (serum) and local (biopsy) changes in infectious…
- Trial name
- PI-IBS (NCT01497847)
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 131 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KU Leuven
Diarrhoea;Infectious;Presumed, Diarrhea, Infantile
Effectiveness of Point-of-use Water Treatment Technologies to Prevent Stunting Among Children in South Africa
This project is a community-based randomized controlled trial designed to test the effectiveness of two point-of-use water treatment technologies to improve clean drinking water access, reduce enteropathogen burden, and improve…
- Conditions
- Diarrhoea;Infectious;Presumed, Diarrhea, Infantile, Diarrhea Tropical, Environmental Exposure
- Trial name
- NCT03012048
- Testing
- Silver-impregnated ceramic tablet, Silver-impregnated ceramic water filter, Safe-storage water container
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 415 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Helminthiasis, Diarrhea
Spillover Effects of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions on Child Health
The purpose of this study is to measure whether a combined water, sanitation, and hygiene intervention leads to improved health of children who did not receive the intervention themselves and who live within a close vicinity of…
- Conditions
- Helminthiasis, Diarrhea, Respiratory Infection
- Trial name
- NCT02396407
- Testing
- Combined water, sanitation, and hygiene
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,789 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Berkeley
Malnutrition, Diarrhea
WASH Benefits Bangladesh
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to measure the independent and combined effects of interventions that improve water quality, sanitation, hand washing, and nutrition on child growth and development in the first years…
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Diarrhea, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT01590095
- Testing
- Water quality, Sanitation, Hand washing
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 5,040 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Malaria, Pneumonia
Text Message Reminders to Health Workers on Malaria, Pneumonia, and Diarrhea Case Management in Malawi
The purpose of this study is to assess whether twice-daily text message reminders over a six-month period to health workers in Malawi about diagnosis and treatment of malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea improve case management of…
- Conditions
- Malaria, Pneumonia, Diarrhea
- Trial name
- NCT02645513
- Testing
- Malaria text message reminders to health workers, Malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea text message reminders to health workers, Control
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Antibiotic Side Effect, Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea
Metagenomic and Metabolomic Reconstitution of Gut Microbiota After Broad Spectrum Antibiotic Therapy
In the United States, healthcare providers prescribe over 270 million antibiotic prescriptions each year. While antibiotics have transformed medicine and methods of treating life-threatening bacterial infection, broad spectrum…
- Conditions
- Antibiotic Side Effect, Antibiotic-associated Diarrhea, Antibiotic-induced Dysbiosis, Antibiotic-induced Epithelial Barrier Disintegrity
- Trial name
- NCT04171466
- Testing
- Ciprofloxacin + Metronidazole, SH-DS01
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seed Health
Diarrhea
Efficacy of an Oral, Killed Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Vaccine in Prevention of Diarrhea in Egyptian Infants and Young Children
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial performed in Egyptian children 6-18 months of age. The primary aim of the study is to determine the protective efficacy of an oral, inactivated whole-cell…
- Trial name
- NCT02556996
- Testing
- ETEC/rCTB vaccine
- Volunteers
- 356 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Diarrhea, Respiratory Infection
Evaluating the Impact of Community Led Total Sanitation Programs in Mali
Behavioral change is a key ingredient for successful adoption of better sanitation practices in rural Africa. Sanitation programs have, for some time now, incorporated the need to raise awareness and emphasize the benefits of…
- Trial name
- CLTS (NCT01900912)
- Testing
- CLTS
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 39,246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Diarrhea, Communicable Diseases
Automatic Chlorination and Child Health in Urban Bangladesh
Municipal water networks within industrialized countries typically rely on centralized treatment to manage piped water quality. Optimal water quality at the tap, however, requires well-maintained piped distribution networks, and…
- Trial name
- NCT02606981
- Testing
- Water chlorination by the Flogenic, Active control, vitamin C dosing into water
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 1,549 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Antibiotic Associated Diarrhea, Clostridium Difficile Associated Diarrhea
Probiotics in Hospitalized Patients Study
The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of enhanced probiotic (EP, Live Rx) versus placebo (PL) on the incidence of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) or antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD) in…
- Trial name
- NCT01596153
- Testing
- Go Live
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- South Shore Hospital
Escherichia Coli Infection
Safety Study of Recombinant Vaccine to Prevent ETEC Diarrhea
The purpose of the study is to determine if immunization with a recombinant E. coli protein, dscCfaE, is safe and immunogenic when administered through the skin using a patch.
- Trial name
- NCT01382095
- Testing
- Recombinant fimbrial adhesin dscCfaE, Modified E. coli heat labile enterotoxin LTR192G
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command
Hand Hygiene
The Impact of WASH on Handwashing Practices Among School Children in Nigeria.
Children are considered as the most vulnerable group of individuals affected by lack of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities which predisposes them to a wide range of enteric diseases particularly diarrhoeal and parasitic…
- Trial name
- WASHEDUP (NCT06486376)
- Testing
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education Against Diarrhoea, Undernutrition and Pneumonia
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Neo Child Initiative for Africa
Diarrhea Infectious
Immunological Characteristics of a Population at Risk of Cholera After Oral Cholera Vaccine (CHOVAXIM)
The purpose of the study is to find out if individuals who received first and second dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) in Lukanga Swamps, Central Province of Zambia have developed protection against future attacks to cholera.
- Trial name
- CHOVAXIM (NCT04423159)
- Testing
- OCV Vaccine
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 225 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
Microbiota
Effects of Resistant Potato Starch on the Gut Microbiota
This was a randomized, double-blind, three-arm, parallel group clinical trial, which assessed the shifts that occur in microbial populations after four weeks of supplementation with resistant potato starch (SolnulTM) at two…
- Trial name
- NCT05242913
- Testing
- Resistant Potato Starch
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MSP Starch Products Inc.
Infantile Diarrhea
Prophylaxis of Gastrointestinal Infections With EcN
This interventional trial shall investigate the efficacy and tolerance of a suspension with non-pathogenic probiotic E. coli strain Nissle (EcN) on prophylaxis against gastrointestinal infections in newborn and infants.
- Trial name
- PIURA (NCT01469273)
- Testing
- Mutaflor® Suspension
- Where
- 3 sites in Peru
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital San Bartolome
Travelers Diarrhea
Etiology of Travelers' Diarrhea in Australian Tourists Traveling to Southeast Asia
The study proposed here will determine the frequency and etiology of diarrhea in Australian adult tourists traveling to Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand…
- Trial name
- AusTD (NCT06363890)
- Testing
- TAQMan Array Card
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lumen Bioscience, Inc.
Diarrhea Infectious
Study in Healthy Adults Challenged With Enterotoxigenic E. Coli, of the Safety, Tolerability and Anti-Diarrheal Activity of VENBETA6890, an Orally Administered, Human Monoclonal IgA
This is a phase 1, randomized, placebo-controlled, blinded study in up to 36 healthy adults, aged 18-45 years, challenged with Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, evaluating the safety, tolerability and anti-diarrheal activity of…
- Trial name
- MBL-ETEC-21-01 (NCT06896136)
- Testing
- VENBETA6890
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mark Klempner
Neonatal Sepsis, Sepsis
Probiotics for Prevention Neonatal Infection
Neonatal sepsis (serious infection) continues to be one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the newborn period around the world.
- Conditions
- Neonatal Sepsis, Sepsis, Neonatal Infections
- Trial name
- NCT01214473
- Testing
- Synbiotics, Maltodextrin
- Where
- 2 sites in India
- Volunteers
- 4,556 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Diarrhea
Invaplex 50 Vaccine Dose-Ranging
The vaccine is given as a nose spray. Volunteers will receive a 3-dose vaccination with doses spaced two weeks apart. Volunteers will be assigned to a vaccination group based on their order of enrollment with consideration of…
- Trial name
- NCT00082069
- Testing
- Shigella flexneri 2a Invaplex 50
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command