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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/08/073084 [Registered on: 29/08/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 21/08/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Preventive 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group Trial 
Public Title of Study   multivitamin role in preventing Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in under-5years children 
Scientific Title of Study   A randomised controlled trial of zinc and multivitamin supplementation in prevention of acute respiratory tract infections in under 5 children 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any    
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Madhavi Gajula 
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru 
Address  Department of community Medicine Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru
No 55 9th main 12th cross vyalikaval
Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560001
India 
Phone  9591377563  
Fax    
Email  madhavinataraj@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Madhavi Gajula 
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru 
Address  Department of community Medicine Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru
No 55 9th main 12th cross vyalikaval
Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560001
India 
Phone  9591377563  
Fax    
Email  madhavinataraj@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Madhavi Gajula 
Designation  Assistant Professor 
Affiliation  Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru 
Address  Department of community Medicine Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru
No 55 9th main 12th cross vyalikaval
Bangalore
KARNATAKA
560001
India 
Phone  9591377563  
Fax    
Email  madhavinataraj@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute Shivajinagar Bengaluru 
Address  Lady curzon road, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution and hospital 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Madhavi Gajula  Urban Health Training Centre, Ulsoor  Field practice area , ulsoor, Bengaluru- 560042
Bangalore
KARNATAKA 
9591377563

madhavinataraj@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Ethics commitee of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Acute Respiratory tract infection 
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Multivitamin syrup (KIDICARE drops)  kidicare drops- Zinc- 20mg/day for 6 months to 5 years Vitamin A- 1ml/200micrograms vitamin A dosage - 4 to 6 years- 250microg/day 1 to 3 years- 180microg/day 6months to 1 year- 170microg/day Pediatrician is the co-investigator. Administration will be done for 2 weeks, 2ml to 5ml. followed by every 15days follow-up for 3 months. only one group gets multi-vitamins, and other group nothing. 
Comparator Agent  None  its a parallel group with no intervention 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  6.00 Month(s)
Age To  5.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  underfive years children 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  severly ill children 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc 
Method of Concealment   Case Record Numbers 
Blinding/Masking   Open Label 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
10% reduction in Incidence of Acute Respiratory infectons.  15 days, 30 days, 45 days, 60 days, 75 days, 90 days 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
10 % reduction in incidence, reduced duration of Acute respiratory tract infections,decreased hospital visit frequency of Acute respiratory tract infection  15 days, 30 days, 45 days, 60 days, 75 days, 90 days 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="134"
Sample Size from India="134" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="134" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 3/ Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   05/09/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) 23/05/2025 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="3"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Open to Recruitment 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary  

Type of study: It is a community-based, randomized, single-blind, parallel-arm placebo-controlled  trial,  conducted  from   August 2024 to 31st December 2024.

Place of Study: Anganwadis in the field practice area of Urban Health Training Centre, Ulsoor of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute, Bengaluru will be enrolled.

Study Hypothesis: We hypothesize that zinc supplementation for 2 weeks will reduce the incidence of ARIs in subsequent months.

Inclusion Criteria: All under-5 age group children enrolled in Anganwadis of the urban field practice area and those who give consent

Exclusion Criteria: Children receiving zinc supplements in the past 3 months. Those who are severely malnourished, known immuno-deficient or on steroid therapy, Severely ill children requiring hospitalization.Children of families likely to migrate from the study area.

For sample size calculation, incidence of ARI was taken as 5.5 episodes (SD = 3.15) per child-year as per previous studies. Thus, for a 20% reduction in the incidence of ARI (a 0.05 and power 80%), we required 128 infants. Taking into account possible 5% attrition, the

Final sample size required is 134 children. 134 children will be divided into two groups consisting of 67 children each.

Methodology: A house-to-house survey will be done at the beginning of the study to identify and recruit the eligible infants enrolled in the anganwadis of UHTC area. The study purpose will be explained and an informed consent will be obtained from parents of all under-5 before being recruited. The recruitment will be done during first two weeks of June and followed by subsequent three months of follow-up. The eligible children will be randomized into two groups. One group receiving the intervention and the other group receiving placebo.

 Intervention: The liquid preparation of multivitamin and zinc KIDICARE drops will be used. Age and weight prescribed dosage prescribed by pediatrician will be administered for 2 weeks. The parents were blinded to the treatment allocation till the end of follow-up period. The field investigator will administer the first dose of the intervention at the time of recruitment and will advise the mother to give daily to for the remaining 13 days.Subsequently visits will be made on the 7th and the 14th day to ensure compliance. In case the syrup had not been given regularly, a maximum of one week will be given to complete the dosages.Data will be collected for any possible side effects as reported by the caregivers during these visits. To ensure that the child did not receive additional doses of zinc, we will provide mothers with identity cards indicating the study title and that the child is participating in the study. These cards were to be produced whenever the child is taken to any medical practitioner.

Outcomes and Follow up: The primary outcome was the incidence of ARIs per child-year. Secondary outcomes included incidence of Acute Upper Respiratory Infections (AURI) and ALRI per child-year, duration of ARIs, and side effects.

AURI is diagnosed, if the child has cough or cold with or without fever. ALRI is diagnosed, if the child has symptoms of cough with difficult and/or rapid breathing or chest indrawing as informed by the caregiver. Duration is assessed as the number of days with ARIs and as mean number of days an ARI episode lasted. A baseline assessment will be done at the time of recruitment which included weight and height measurements using a Salter weighing Scale (up to 100 g) and a stadiometer, respectively. All the outcomes will be assessed by a trained field investigator based on the history given by caregiver.

Follow-up: for ARIs will begin at the 15th day post- intervention. Each child will be followed up fortnightly (± 3) days and the follow-up will continue till 3 months after completion of supplementation. At each followup, mother/caregiver will be asked about history  of ARIs during the previous 15 days. Recovery from an ARI episode will be considered when the last day of ARIs was followed by a 72-hour. ARI-free period. Subsequent episodes were considered to be new ARIs    episodes.

 


 
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