# Randomized, Controlled Trial - Lactoferrin Prevention of Diarrhea in Children

> **NCT00560222** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)** · enrollment: 555 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Diarrhea
- Malnutrition

## Interventions

- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** bovine lactoferrin
- **DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT:** placebo [maltodextrin]

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00560222
- **Lead sponsor:** Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2008-02
- **Primary completion:** 2011-05
- **Final completion:** 2011-10
- **Target enrollment:** 555 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2011-11-01


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00560222

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00560222, "Randomized, Controlled Trial - Lactoferrin Prevention of Diarrhea in Children". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00560222. Licensed CC0.

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