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Study identifier: NCT07433426 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 28, 2026
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The Impact of Shigellosis and Recommended Treatment in Children

Condition: Diarrhea Infectious · Shigella · Growth & Development  ·  Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

PhasePhase 2
Planned participants700
Who can joinAll sexes, 6 Months to 59 Months
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether antibiotic treatment of non-dysentery Shigella associated watery diarrhea (NDSD) cases improves clinical outcomes and growth in children. Children with NDSD seeking care for diarrhea at the study hospitals in Bangladesh and Zambia will be enrolled and randomized to receive Azithromycin or placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug). Enrolled children will be followed for three months with household visits. The investigators will determine whether antibiotic treatment of NDSD reduces the duration of diarrhea and time to microbiological cure (shedding of Shigella in stool), and whether it improves growth in children compared with the placebo group.

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Talk to the study team

Subhra Chakraborty, PhD, MPH, MSc  ·  410-502-3154  ·  schakr11@jhu.edu

Melissa Higdon, MPH  ·  mhigdon@jhu.edu

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Locations (4)

icddr,b Matlab HospitalChāndpur, BangladeshNot Yet Recruiting
icddr,b HospitalDhaka, BangladeshRecruiting
Matero Level 1 HospitalLusaka, ZambiaNot Yet Recruiting
Arthur Davidson Children's HospitalNdola, ZambiaNot Yet Recruiting

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