Overview

CHIZAP: Community- and Health Facility-Based Intervention With Zinc as Adjuvant Therapy for Childhood Pneumonia

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The aim of the study described is to measure the degree with which zinc given as adjunct therapy to standard antibiotic treatment during childhood pneumonia reduces the risk of treatment failure and the duration of the illness.
Phase:
Phase 2/Phase 3
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Centre For International Health
Collaborators:
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
IRD, Epidemiologie et Prevention, Montpelier, France
Society for Applied Studies
Statens Serum Institut
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Treatments:
Zinc