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Green Banana Added Diet on Prolong Diarrhea in 6-59 Months Old Children (GB in ProD)
Sponsor: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Summary
The study likely to yield improved therapeutic modalities for children with prolonged diarrhea, a sequalae often leads to persistent diarrhea, which is linked to as much as 35% of diarrhea-associated deaths in children \<5 years of age. If found effective, the therapy would led to early recovery, reduce duration of hospitalization, intercurrent hospital infection and overall expenditure related to this illness.
Official title: Randomized Double-blind Efficacy Trial of Green Banana Added Diet on Prolong Diarrhea in 6-59 Months Old Children
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
6 Months - 59 Months
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
104
Start Date
2026-09-13
Completion Date
2027-06-30
Last Updated
2026-09-30
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
MS
Standard diet for the hospitallized children made with rice cereal, milk powder, soy bean oil and suger providing 67 kacl per 100 ml.
MS +GB
Investigators will use the food items including green banana (Musa paradisiacal sapientum). Unripe, whole GB fruit will be cooked in boiling water and 200 gram (wet weight) of it will be used to make a total 1000 ml milk suji. The control group will receive milk suji (without any added green banana);the standard practice of study site (Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b)
Locations (1)
Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b
Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh