Status:
WITHDRAWN
A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - Based Method to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Pneumonia
Lead Sponsor:
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
Conditions:
Pneumonia
Eligibility:
All Genders
180+ years
Brief Summary
Pneumonia, or lung infection, is usually treated with antibiotics targeted against the organisms that the physician guesses are causing the problem. The determination of the exact cause of a patient's...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- presumed community-acquired pneumonia as diagnosed by the attending emergency department physician
Exclusion
- age \> 6 months
- immunodeficiency (primary, advanced HIV)
- cystic fibrosis
- malignancy
- known cardiac or lung defects
- bronchiectasis
- previous pneumonia or lung abscess in past 6 months
- conditions requiring treatment with immune suppressants
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00867841
Last Update
February 25 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L1