Status:
WITHDRAWN
Helicobacter in The Gambia (Part 2)
Lead Sponsor:
Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Conditions:
Helicobacter Pylori
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-23 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the stomach fluids of children who are hospitalized and receiving nutritional care via nasogastric feeding (tube from the nose t...
Detailed Description
This preliminary descriptive study is aimed at providing the first data that will evaluate differences and similarities in genotype between isolates of H. pylori obtained from children and adults livi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Children: All children under the age of 2 years who are inpatients on the MRC ward and who have a nasogastric tube in situ for the purposes of re-nutrition or other medical management, will be eligible for inclusion. Children must be positive for H. pylori. No lower age limit is specified for the purposes of this study, but an audit of clinical cases shows that all children admitted to the MRC ward who would be eligible for inclusion are aged over 3 months. Children aged under 3 months will not be enrolled.
- Adults: Mothers of H. pylori positive children will be eligible for inclusion. In The Gambia subjects aged 18 years and above are considered as adult.
- Subjects will be sampled only once.
- Subjects cannot be included if they do not agree to provide Informed Consent
Exclusion
- The use of antibiotics during the 2 weeks prior to recruitment will exclude subjects from the study. Subjects who have participated in any other clinical trial within the last 30 days will be excluded
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00467155
Start Date
June 1 2007
Last Update
September 24 2015
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