Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Prebiotic Fructans to Reduce Number of Febrile Infections in Children
Lead Sponsor:
Beneo-Institute
Conditions:
Infectious Disease
Children, Only
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-6 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The study aims to confirm the effectiveness of chicory-derived prebiotic inulin-type fructans on the reduction of the number of febrile infections diagnosed by the paediatrician in children.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Subject is healthy at the time of pre-examination
- Subject is aged 3-6 years at the time of pre-examination
- Subject attends a kindergarten at the time of pre-examination
Exclusion
- Suffering from current infection or has suffered from infection in previous 7 days
- Intake of antibiotics and/or laxatives in the previous 14 days prior to start of the intervention
- children with known gastrointestinal disease or malformation
- children with congenital or acquired immunodeficiency
- children with food intolerance, food allergy
- children that regularly consume (more than 3 times per week) probiotic products or a food supplement containing prebiotics
- children involved in any clinical or food study within the preceding 6 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 19 2016
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
850 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03457688
Start Date
September 19 2016
End Date
May 1 2017
Last Update
March 12 2018
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