Calcium, Probiotics and Acute Diarrheal Disease Among Indonesian Children

NCT ID: NCT00512824

Last Updated: 2011-01-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

494 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-08-31

Study Completion Date

2008-09-30

Brief Summary

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This is a long term study on the efficacy of dietary calcium with or without probiotic strains in reducing the mean number of episodes and duration of diarrheal disease.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy Diarrhea

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

low calcium milk of 180 ml

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

twice daily for 24 weeks

2

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

regular milk of 180 ml

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

twice daily for 24 weeks

3

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

regular milk of 180 ml + probiotics

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

twice daily for 24 weeks

4

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

regular milk of 180 ml + probiotics

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

twice daily for 24 weeks

Interventions

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low calcium milk of 180 ml

twice daily for 24 weeks

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

regular milk of 180 ml

twice daily for 24 weeks

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

regular milk of 180 ml + probiotics

twice daily for 24 weeks

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

regular milk of 180 ml + probiotics

twice daily for 24 weeks

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Apparently healthy children aged 1-6 years, with emphasize on aged 2-5 years, living permanently in low socio-economic urban areas of East Jakarta for at least 6 months
* Parents are willing to sign the informed consent and give the supplements to the children for the period of 6 months
* Capable and willing to drink liquid milk with a straw (acceptance to be tested at screening by providing a sample drink and placebo straw to be consumed under supervision for 2 days)

Exclusion Criteria

* Calcium intake exceeding 75% of the RDA for calcium (\<375 mg/d) based on a Food Frequency Questionnaire
* Currently breastfed children
* Siblings of already included children that are living in the same household, except if it is a twin sibling
* Severely malnourished with or without oedema (Weight for height-WHZ Z-score of \<-3.00 SD)
* Symptoms of chronic/congenital diseases and disabilities, suspected Tuberculosis by clinical examination, and /or history of allergic disease.
* Taking (any) antibiotics during 2 weeks prior to start of the study (children will be included after 3 weeks of last antibiotic intake
* Participation in another clinical trial at the same time or 2 months prior to the start of this study
* Both mothers and other caregivers present in the family are illiterate
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Year

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Top Institute Food and Nutrition

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

SEAMEO-TROPMED RCCN University of Indonesia

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Wageningen University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Top Institute Food and Nutrition

Principal Investigators

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Rina Agustina, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

SEAMEO-TROPMED RCCN UI

Frans J. Kok, Prof

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University (WUR)

Ingeborg Bovee-Oudenhoven, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

TIFN/ NIZO Food Research

Agus Firmansyah, Prof, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia

Widjaja Lukito, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

SEAMEO-TROPMED RCCN UI

Locations

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Seameo-Tropmed Rccn Ui

Jakarta, Jakarta Special Capital Region, Indonesia

Site Status

Countries

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Indonesia

References

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Agustina R, Bovee-Oudenhoven IM, Lukito W, Fahmida U, van de Rest O, Zimmermann MB, Firmansyah A, Wulanti R, Albers R, van den Heuvel EG, Kok FJ. Probiotics Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and Lactobacillus casei CRL 431 modestly increase growth, but not iron and zinc status, among Indonesian children aged 1-6 years. J Nutr. 2013 Jul;143(7):1184-93. doi: 10.3945/jn.112.166397. Epub 2013 May 22.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23700339 (View on PubMed)

Agustina R, Kok FJ, van de Rest O, Fahmida U, Firmansyah A, Lukito W, Feskens EJ, van den Heuvel EG, Albers R, Bovee-Oudenhoven IM. Randomized trial of probiotics and calcium on diarrhea and respiratory tract infections in Indonesian children. Pediatrics. 2012 May;129(5):e1155-64. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-1379. Epub 2012 Apr 9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22492764 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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A011-CPDI

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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