| 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 |
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Type of Study
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Drug Preventive |
| Study Design |
Randomized, Parallel Group Trial |
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Public Title of Study
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multivitamin role in preventing Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in under-5years children |
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Scientific Title of Study
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A randomised controlled trial of zinc and multivitamin supplementation in prevention of acute respiratory tract infections in under 5 children |
| Trial Acronym |
NIL |
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Secondary IDs if Any
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Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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| 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 |
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| Email |
madhavinataraj@gmail.com |
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Details of Contact Person Scientific Query
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| 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 |
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| Email |
madhavinataraj@gmail.com |
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Details of Contact Person Public Query
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| 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 |
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| Email |
madhavinataraj@gmail.com |
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Source of Monetary or Material Support
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| Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute, Shivajinagar, Bengaluru |
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Primary Sponsor
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| 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 |
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Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Countries of Recruitment
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India |
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Sites of Study
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| 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 |
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Details of Ethics Committee
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| No of Ethics Committees= 1 |
| Name of Committee |
Approval Status |
| Ethics commitee of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institute |
Approved |
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Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
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Health Condition / Problems Studied
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| Health Type |
Condition |
| Healthy Human Volunteers |
Acute Respiratory tract infection |
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Intervention / Comparator Agent
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| 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 |
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Inclusion Criteria
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| Age From |
6.00 Month(s) |
| Age To |
5.00 Year(s) |
| Gender |
Both |
| Details |
underfive years children |
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| ExclusionCriteria |
| Details |
severly ill children |
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Method of Generating Random Sequence
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Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc |
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Method of Concealment
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Case Record Numbers |
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Blinding/Masking
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Open Label |
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Primary Outcome
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| Outcome |
TimePoints |
| 10% reduction in Incidence of Acute Respiratory infectons. |
15 days, 30 days, 45 days, 60 days, 75 days, 90 days |
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Secondary Outcome
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| 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 |
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Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="134" Sample Size from India="134"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "0"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="134" |
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Phase of Trial
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Phase 3/ Phase 4 |
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Date of First Enrollment (India)
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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 |
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Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="0" Months="3" Days="0" |
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Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
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Open to Recruitment |
| Recruitment Status of Trial (India) |
Completed |
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Publication Details
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N/A |
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Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement
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Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?
Response - NO
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Brief Summary
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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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