Status:
WITHDRAWN
Comparison of Supportive Therapies for Symptom Relief From Pediatric Upper Respiratory Infections (URIs)
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, San Francisco
Collaborating Sponsors:
Vapore, LLC
Conditions:
Acute Upper Respiratory Infection
Signs and Symptoms
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 18 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a nonblinded randomized controlled trial which is a survey-based comparison between supportive treatments for symptom relief from pediatric upper respiratory infection (URI). The primary objec...
Detailed Description
Study design is a nonblinded randomized controlled trial. It is a survey-based comparison study of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) with upper respiratory infection (URI)...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Ages 0-18 years old
- URI symptoms of less than 1 week duration.
- No new medications prescribed during this ED visit other than antipyretics and refills of routine medications (ie. refills of bronchodilators are OK).
- Symptom severity scores of atleast 3 ("sometimes" on a Likert 7 point scale) on at least 2 survey questions related to symptom scores (cough frequency/severity, effect on the child's sleep, effect on parental sleep, combined symptom severity).
- Parent consenting the child must have two valid forms of contact information (ie. phone number and email address) in order to follow up as needed for completion of 2nd and 3rd surveys.
- Parent consenting the child must have access to internet connection or phone for the following 2-4 days after enrollment.
- Parent consenting the child must be able to fluently read and speak English without the use of aides. This study budget does not allow for multilingual resources.
Exclusion
- Chronic pulmonary disease
- Chronic or congenital cardiac disease
- Chronic cough
- Acute pneumonia
- Any patient that will receive a new prescription from this ED visit (antibiotics, inhalers, steroids, etc)
- Any patient currently using a handheld humidifier for this URI.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01814293
Start Date
May 1 2013
End Date
September 1 2013
Last Update
May 15 2015
Active Locations (1)
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University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States, 94143