# Pilot of a Prebiotic and Probiotic Trial in Young Infants With Severe Acute Malnutrition

> **NCT03666572** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh** · enrollment: 87 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Severe Acute Malnutrition

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Bifidobacterium infantis
- **OTHER:** Bifidobacterium infantis with prebiotic Lacto-N-neotetraose [LNnT]
- **OTHER:** Placebo (Lactose)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03666572
- **Lead sponsor:** International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-09-21
- **Primary completion:** 2019-08-26
- **Final completion:** 2020-03-18
- **Target enrollment:** 87 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2021-02-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03666572

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03666572, "Pilot of a Prebiotic and Probiotic Trial in Young Infants With Severe Acute Malnutrition". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-08-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03666572. Licensed CC0.

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