# Can Earlier BCG Vaccination Reduce Early Infant Mortality? A Randomised Trial

> **NCT02504203** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Bandim Health Project** · enrollment: 2332 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Infant Mortality
- BCG

## Interventions

- **BIOLOGICAL:** BCG-Denmark 1331 (Statens Serum Institute)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02504203
- **Lead sponsor:** Bandim Health Project
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2015-11
- **Primary completion:** 2021-06
- **Final completion:** 2021-06
- **Target enrollment:** 2332 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Due to fewer than expected children enrolled and lower than expected overall mortality rate.
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-04

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02504203

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02504203, "Can Earlier BCG Vaccination Reduce Early Infant Mortality? A Randomised Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02504203. Licensed CC0.

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