Clinical Trial: Maternal Probiotic Intervention to Improve Gut Health
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Environmental Enteric Dysfunction
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Ability of the Probiotic Vivomixx to Improve Environmental Enteropathy in Pregnant Women: a Proof of Concept Trial in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Senegal, and Zambia
Brief Summary:
There is an urgent need to identify interventions that can improve the supportive uterine environment in which the fetus establishes his/her growth.Investigators believe that this necessitates improving the delivery of nutrients to the mother, and in turn that requires a healthy microbiota.Reducing intestinal inflammation will also have a profound impact on maternal and fetal immunity, though there is limited information on the impact of maternal health on placental function.This trial will determine if a…
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