Overview

Zinc Pneumonia Outpatient Trial in Children < 2 Years

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether zinc can be used in combination with standard antibiotics to reduce the duration of illness and the likelihood of treatment failure among children less than two years old who have non-severe, outpatient pneumonia.
Phase:
Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Collaborators:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Thrasher Research Fund
Treatments:
Zinc
Zinc Sulfate