320
Participants
Start Date
January 1, 2025
Primary Completion Date
June 1, 2025
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2025
Standard Commercial Lactose-Free Formula
"COMMERCIAL LACTOSE FREE FORMULAS Intervention Type: Dietary Supplement or Nutritional Intervention~Name of Intervention: Standard Commercial Lactose-Free Formula~Description: A commercially available lactose-free formula (e.g., Isomil, Alfamino, or equivalent), used for feeding children during the stabilization phase of persistent diarrhea treatment.~Route: Oral/Nasogastric~Dosage: 130 ml/kg/day as per WHO schedule~Duration: 7 days"
Rice based recipe method feeding formula
"Rice based recipe method feeding formula Intervention Type: Dietary Supplement or Nutritional Intervention~Name of Intervention: Rice-Based Lactose-Free Therapeutic Formula~Description: A locally prepared rice-based formula developed as an alternative to F-75, using puffed rice, sugar, oil, and micronutrient mix. It is lactose-free and used for feeding well-nourished children with persistent diarrhea.~Route: Oral/Nasogastric~Dosage: As per WHO feeding schedule - 130 ml/kg/day in 2-hourly feeds.~Duration: 7 days during the stabilization phase~For Arm: COMMERCIAL LACTOSE FREE FORMULAS Intervention Type: Dietary Supplement or Nutritional Intervention~Name of Intervention: Standard Commercial Lactose-Free Formula~Description: A commercially available lactose-free formula (e.g., Isomil, Alfamino, or equivalent), used for feeding children during the stabilization phase of persistent diarrhea treatment.~Route: Oral/Nasogastric~Dosage: 130 ml/kg/day as per WHO schedule~Duration:"
Children's Hospital and Institute of child health Multan, Multan
Tehsil Head Quater Sujah Abad, Multan Khurd
Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Multan
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