The effect of probiotic therapy on nosocomial infections in the critically ill
ISRCTN | ISRCTN51777318 |
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DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN51777318 |
Secondary identifying numbers | N0192133923 |
- Submission date
- 30/09/2004
- Registration date
- 30/09/2004
- Last edited
- 18/10/2017
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Infections and Infestations
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year
Plain English summary of protocol
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr D Knight
Scientific
Scientific
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Queens Medical Centre
University Hospital
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
Study information
Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
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Primary study design | Interventional |
Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
Study setting(s) | Hospital |
Study type | Prevention |
Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet |
Scientific title | The effect of probiotic therapy on nosocomial infections in the critically ill |
Study objectives | Does early enteral feeding with probiotics reduce the rate of nosocomial (hospital acquired) infections in the critically ill? |
Ethics approval(s) | Not provided at time of registration |
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Infections and Infestations: Nosocomial infections |
Intervention | 1. Lactobacillus 2. Placebo |
Intervention type | Drug |
Pharmaceutical study type(s) | |
Phase | Not Specified |
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s) | Probiotics |
Primary outcome measure | Oropharyngeal nosocomial bacterial carriage rates, nosocomial infection rates, death rates, diarrhoea rates. |
Secondary outcome measures | Not provided at time of registration |
Overall study start date | 07/10/2003 |
Completion date | 31/12/2005 |
Eligibility
Participant type(s) | Patient |
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Age group | Not Specified |
Sex | Both |
Target number of participants | Not provided at time of registration |
Key inclusion criteria | Not provided at time of registration |
Key exclusion criteria | Does not meet inclusion criteria |
Date of first enrolment | 07/10/2003 |
Date of final enrolment | 31/12/2005 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- England
- United Kingdom
Study participating centre
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Department of Health
Government
Government
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Website | http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en |
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Funders
Funder type
Hospital/treatment centre
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
No information available
Results and Publications
Intention to publish date | |
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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
IPD sharing plan |
Editorial Notes
18/10/2017: No publications found, study status unverified