Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Don Sims
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Elderly Medicine
Birmingham Heartlands Hosptial
Bordesley Green Road
Birmingham
B9 5SS
United Kingdom
+44 (0)121 424 2000
donsims@btinternet.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0046153273
Study information
Scientific title
The effect of administration of Lactobacillus casei culture in hospitalised patients who develop diarrhoea
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To reduce the incidence and duration of diarrhoea in elderly patients.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Diarrhoea
Intervention
Single-centre double-blind randomised controlled trial
Intervention type
Drug
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Lactobacillus casei culture
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/02/2005
Overall trial end date
30/06/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Elderly patients
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
120
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/02/2005
Recruitment end date
30/06/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Birmingham Heartlands Hosptial
Birmingham
B9 5SS
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary