CompletedNot Applicable

Effectiveness of Phototherapy With and Without Probiotics

Pakistan76 participantsStarted 2022-01-10

Plain-language summary

Raised serum bilirubin levels can cause kernicterus and premature infants are at increased risk due to metabolic immaturity. The standard treatment for neonatal jaundice is phototherapy but probiotics along with it can reduce the duration of phototherapy and hospitalization stay, secondarily can reduce the risk of nosocomial infection.

Who can participate

Age range0 Hours – 1 Week

SexALL

See this in plain English?

AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.

Inclusion Criteria: * All the Neonates with indirect hyperbilirubinemia, * Born at ;37 weeks of gestation * Both male and female neonates were included in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Neonates with sepsis, * bilirubin level in exchange transfusion range * direct hyperbilirubinemia * Neonates with respiratory distress syndrome, severe birth asphyxia, intubated and critically sick

What they're measuring

effectiveness

Timeframe: 1 to 2 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06173856

SponsorFatima Jinnah Medical University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-10-10

View on ClinicalTrials.gov More Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal trials