Study to Investigate the Potential of Probiotics in Yogurt

Phase 3 Completed 182 enrolled Georgetown University The Gerber Foundation · collab

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindPrevention

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the consumption of a yogurt drink containing a high dose of probiotics decreases absences, due to illnesses, in daycare centers for children between the ages of 1 and 3.

Timeline

Start: 2007-07
Primary completion: 2008-08
Completion: 2008-08

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper There were no significant differences in the days of missed school per group PMID 20216564 ↗

Publications

Results Merenstein DJ, Smith KH, Scriven M, Roberts RF, Sanders ME, Petterson S. The study to investigate the potential benefits of probiotics in yogurt, a patient-oriented, double-blind, cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled, clinical trial. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2010 Jul;64(7):685-91. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.30. Epub 2010 Mar 10.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Lactobacillus	Unknown	1e+10 cells	Oral

Indications

No indication recorded.