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CTRI Number  CTRI/2018/01/011079 [Registered on: 01/01/2018] Trial Registered Retrospectively
Last Modified On: 16/12/2019
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Probiotic 
Study Design  Randomized, Parallel Group, Placebo Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Probiotics for prevention of necrotising enterocoilitis in preterm neonates. 
Scientific Title of Study   A prospective, open label study to determine the effectiveness of probiotics in prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm admitted in tertiary care centre nicu, pediatric department sir t. Hospital, bhavnagar”ADMITTED IN TERTIARY CARE CENTRE NICU, PEDIATRIC DEPARTMENT SIR T. HOSPITAL, BHAVNAGAR” 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Mahendra Rathod 
Designation  resident doctor 
Affiliation  Department of Pediatrics,Govt. medical college,Bhavnagar 
Address  Department of Pediatrics,sir Takhtsinhji hospital, Bhavnagar

Bhavnagar
GUJARAT
364001
India 
Phone  9998042151  
Fax    
Email  dr.mahendrarathod01@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  DrJayendra Gohil 
Designation  head of department 
Affiliation  Department of Pediatrics,Govt. medical college,Bhavnagar 
Address  Department of Pediatrics,sir Takhtsinhji hospital, Bhavnagar
Department of Pediatrics,sir Takhtsinhji hospital, Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar
GUJARAT
364001
India 
Phone  9426348908  
Fax    
Email  jayendragohil@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Mahendra Rathod 
Designation  resident doctor 
Affiliation  Department of Pediatrics,Govt. medical college,Bhavnagar 
Address  Department of Pediatrics,sir Takhtsinhji hospital, Bhavnagar

Bhavnagar
GUJARAT
364001
India 
Phone  9998042151  
Fax    
Email  dr.mahendrarathod01@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Mahendra Rathod resident doctor,dept. of pediatics,govt. medical college,Bhavnagar,Gujarat. 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Department of Pediatrics Bhavnagar 
Address  Department of Pediatrics,sir Takhtsinhji hospital, Bhavnagar 
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
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 
Mahendra rathod  Sir thakhtsinhji hospital,Bhavnagar  Neonatal intensive care unit
Bhavnagar
GUJARAT 
9998042151

dr.mahendrarathod01@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
IRB  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied
Modification(s)  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: K638||Other specified diseases of intestine, Preterm newborn 1.gestational age 28 to 34 weeks of both genders 2.Birth weight of ≤ 2kg or less ,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  giving probiotics  50% of preterm newborn are given probiotics while rest 50% are not given probiotics. 
Comparator Agent  not applicable  not applicable 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  1.00 Day(s)
Age To  30.00 Day(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Preterm baby
1.gestational age 28 to 34 weeks
2.Birth weight of ≤ 2kg
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Preterm newborn
1.Birth weight>2kg
2.Lethal Congenital malformation
3.Newborn on ventilator
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
No occurrence of necrotisinig enterocolitis   after 7 days of introducing probiotics
 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
No occurrence of necrotisinig enterocolitis   06 months
 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="300"
Sample Size from India="300" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 4 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   28/09/2017 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Open to Recruitment 
Publication Details   none yet 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

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

Brief Summary    NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS (NEC) is preterm neonate is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. with the use of probiotics we can minimize the occurrence of NEC and can reduce subsequent events.i will be choosing high risk  preterm newborns for my study.in 50% of neonate i will be giving probiotics and will keep rest 50% without it and will be studying occurrence of changes of NEC in both the groups.  
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