Could a simple antibiotic stop shigella from stunting Kids' growth?

NCT ID NCT07433426

Recruiting now Disease control Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at whether giving antibiotics to children with a certain type of Shigella infection (non-dysentery watery diarrhea) helps them recover faster and grow better. About 700 children in Bangladesh and Zambia will receive either azithromycin or a placebo. Researchers will track how long diarrhea lasts, when the germ clears from stool, and changes in weight over three months.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

diarrheal disease dysentery shigellosis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

DIARRHEA INFECTIOUS GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT SHIGELLA

Contacts and locations

Locations

Arthur Davidson Children's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Ndola, Zambia
Matero Level 1 Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Lusaka, Zambia
icddr,b Hospital
RECRUITING

Dhaka, Bangladesh
icddr,b Matlab Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Chāndpur, Bangladesh

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