Effect of Oral Zinc Sulfate on Jaundice in Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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- STATUS
- Recruiting
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- days left to enroll
- 57
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- participants needed
- 60
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- sponsor
- Makassed General Hospital
Summary
A randomized double-blind clinical trial will be performed in the neonatal intensive care unit of Makassed General Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon from December 2021 till August 2022. Randomized opaque envelopes to allocate the treatment will be used. The study will include neonates aged between 26 and 42 gestational weeks, who require phototherapy in the neonatal intensive care unit. Patients will be randomized into two groups.Both groups will receive standard conventional phototherapy, but the intervention group will receive 10 mg per day oral zinc sulfate until discharge.
Details
| Condition | Serum Bilirubin |
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| Treatment | Placebo, Phototherapy, Zinc Sulfate |
| Clinical Study Identifier | NCT05161611 |
| Sponsor | Makassed General Hospital |
| Last Modified on | 26 December 2021 |
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