NCT00278681View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Effectiveness of Adding Zinc to the Current Case Management Package of Diarrhea in a Primary Health Care Setting

PHASE1CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

2,364

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2003

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2004

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2004

Conditions
DiarrheaHospitalization
Interventions
DRUG

Zinc and ORS

"One strip containing 14 dispersible zinc tablets (20 mg each) along with 2 ORS packets were prescribed to all children aged 1 month to 5 years visiting that channel with diarrhea.~Infants aged less than 6 months were advised half a zinc tablet in a teaspoonful of breast milk; older children were advised 1 tablet in breast milk or clean water."

Trial Locations (1)

110017

Society for Applied Studies, New Delhi

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Johns Hopkins University

OTHER

collaborator

World Health Organization

OTHER

lead

Society for Applied Studies

OTHER

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