Efficacy of Gelatin Tannate in Treatment Acute Gastroenteritis in Children.

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-06-10
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Gelatin tannate possesses astringent, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties. It is increasingly being marketed as an antidiarrheal drug. A randomized, double blind, placebo-control trial was performed to assess the effectiveness of GT in management of children with acute gastroenteritis.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Warsaw
• Treatments: Dextrans

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• children < 5 years old

• diarrhea (defined as the passage of 3 or more loose or watery stools per day) for > 1 day but < 5 days

• inform consent sign

Exclusion Criteria:

• regularly used antibiotics, probiotics, gelatin tannate, diosmectite, racecadotril within 7 days before admission

• underlying gastrointestinal tract disorder presenting with diarrhea

• breastfeeding >50%

• malnutrition (weight/high <3pc)