Fortified Oral Rehydration Therapy for Pediatric Diarrhea
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2026-07-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare amino acid-fortified oral rehydration therapy
(ORT) to the standard of care ORT in pediatric patients with acute gastroenteritis (AGE). The
main questions it aims to answer are:
- can amino acid-fortified ORT reduce the duration and severity of AGE compared to
standard of care ORT?
- can amino acid-fortified ORT increase the secretion of antimicrobial peptides in the
gastrointestinal tract compared to standard of care ORT?
Participants will be assigned to the experimental treatment (amino acid-fortified ORT) or the
standard of care ORT and their disease severity, duration, and stool antimicrobial peptide
content.