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Clinical Trial of Alanyl-Glutamine or Glycine in Children With Persistent Diarrhea or Malnutrition

NCT00338221

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

This is a double blinded randomized clinical trial of Alanyl-Glutamine or Glycine in children with persistent diarrhea or malnutrition. The primary objective of the study is to determine the effect of 7 days of supplementation of alanyl-glutamine as it compares to glycine on the damaged intestinal barrier function, measured by lactulose/mannitol test on day 8, in children at HIAS in Fortaleza, Ce, Brazil, with persistent diarrhea (history \> 2 weeks duration) or malnutrition.

Timeline

Start
2004-08
Primary completion
Completion
2005-04

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Alanyl-glutamine Peptide
Subject Glycine Other / unclassified

Indications

No indication recorded.