Active clinical trials for "Diarrhea"

This prospective, randomized, parallel-group, double blind, single-center study is to be conducted in the Medical University of Warsaw Public Paediatric Teaching Hospital in following departments: Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Paediatrics and Nephrology, Department of Pediatric Pneumonology and Allergy, Department of Pediatrics with Medical Assessment Unit, Admissions Department. It is planned to include a total of 156 children aged between 12 months to 18 years old receiving antibiotic therapy because of acute respiratory tract infection/or urinary tract infection. The children will be randomly assigned to receive 100 mg of bovine lactoferrin or placebo twice a day orally for the whole period of antibiotic therapy. The primary efficacy parameter is occurrence of diarrhea during the antibiotic therapy and two weeks after, defined as > 3 stools a day, a watery or loose stool with/or occurrence of blood in the stool.

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 administration for the prevention of diarrhea and AAD in children.

This is a research study of an experimental (investigational) live attenuated Shigella sonnei vaccine (WRSS1) to find a dose of the vaccine that is safe, tolerable, and develops an immune response. Shigella causes bloody and watery diarrhea, and infants and children living in developing countries experience the greatest consequences of this disease.

This study modified and contextualized a community mobilization approach in a bid to find a solution to reduce the high incidence and prevalence of child morbidity and mortality in Zimbabwe.The developed model will be tested for its effectiveness in reducing child morbidity and mortality at community level by comparing the effect of the intervention to that of the conventional community interventions.

Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, caused by loss of healthy gut flora. Conventional treatment uses antibiotics to kill Clostridium difficile. A novel treatment uses replacement of gut flora by fecal microbiota transplant (FMT). Randomized trials have established safety and efficacy of FMT in recurrent CDAD, but no trial has used FMT for primary CDAD. This study will randomize patients to oral encapsulated FMT or oral Vancomycin.

Diarrhea is a relatively common complication in patients with cancer. At its inception, several mechanisms participated; malabsorption on the basis of mucositis induced by chemotherapy, dysbiosis induced by broad-spectrum antibiotics and predisposition to infectious diarrhea in immunocompromised patients. Some cytostatics and their metabolites can also induce diarrhea directly due to effect on the intestinal mucosa. Use of probiotics in prevention and treatment of diarrhea relies on both the theoretical assumptions and the results of several clinical trials. Lactic acid bacteria involved in the treatment of dysbiosis, compete for substrate with pathogenic bacteria, produce bacterio-cins, increase transepithelial resistance. Their enzymatic activity affects activation or deactivation of metabolites which cause diarrhea. Production of short chain fatty acids, which are important for the maintenance of intestinal mucosal cells also contributes to their antidiarrhoeal effect. This randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, multicentre trial was designed to evaluate potential of probiotics to prevent grade 3-4 diarrhea in patients treated by irinotecan based chemotherapy during first 6 weeks of irinotecan based chemotherapy

The purpose of this study is to determine the health impact of a basic sanitation intervention in Maputo, Mozambique.

The mechanisms of action of the side effects associated with targeted therapies are still poorly understood. He was found in patients treated with gefitinib, increased levels of thromboxane B2 and P-selectin Thromboxane B2 is the result of the hydrolysis of thromboxane A2, which is itself obtained from Prostaglandin H2 under the action of the thromboxane synthetase. The thromboxane A2 is produced by platelets and the active pro-thrombotic properties as follows: stimulation of platelets and activation of other increased platelet aggregation. The selectins are cell adhesion proteins with a role in the adhesion phenomena. P-selectin is expressed by platelets and endothelial cells. The demonstration of increased plasma levels of thromboxane B2 and P-selectin leaves suggest a role of platelet activation in the occurrence of side effects associated with targeted therapies. Kanazawa's study was conducted in 39 Japanese patients, trying to assess the value of low-dose acetylsalicylic acid or 100mg per day, that is to say, anti-aggrégantes doses, the occurrence rash and diarrhea induced by gefitinib. In this study, the group of patients treated with acetylsalicylic acid presented a lower rate of side effects significantly, 58.3% versus 77.8%. The frequency of diarrhea was 18.5% (or 5 patients) in the standard group versus 0% in the group with acetylsalicylic acid. Similarly, it was found a reduction in the occurrence of skin rash, 33.3% or 4 patients in the acetylsalicylic acid group versus 74.1% s, 20 patients in the standard group. Finally, in this study, it was not revealed significant differences in terms of response to treatment with gefitinib (37% in the standard group versus 33% in the group treated with aspirin patient) It does not exist in our knowledge of prospective data evaluating the effect of acetylsalicylic acid on the reduction of side effects associated with targeted in a population of patients of Caucasian-type treatment.

In this trial, the investigators aim to assess the effectiveness of a multispecies probiotic consisting of 2 strains of Bifidobacterium (B. bifidum W23, B. lactis W51) and 6 strains of Lactobacillus (L. acidophilus W37, L. acidophilus W55, L. paracasei W20, L. plantarum W62, L. rhamnosus W71, and L. salivarius W24) in reducing the risk of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in a group of children undergoing antibiotic therapy for common infections.

This is a Phase II b, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study in healthy adults (age 18-65 years) to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity, different diagnostic tools and efficacy of ETVAX. Participants will travel to Grand Popo, Africa for 12 days. Prior travelling participants will be vaccinated with two doses of vaccine or placebo. Vaccine Preventable Outcome will be identified and then characterized as to incidence, duration, severity and frequency of Moderate or Severe Travellers diarrhea. Health related information and assessments will be recorded during the travel.