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The Role of Melatonin as an Adjuvant Therapy in Childhood Pneumonia
Led by Mian Muhammad Hassan Ahmed · Updated on 2025-04-29
60
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
35 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this study is to compare the mean length of hospital stay between children with pneumonia receiving melatonin as an adjuvant therapy and those receiving standard of care alone. The hypothesis is that combining oral melatonin with standard treatment can reduce the length of hospital stay as compared to standard of care alone. The control group will receive standard treatment (antibiotic) while the intervention group will receive standard treatment plus melatonin for 14 days.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
The Role of Melatonin as an Adjuvant Therapy in Childhood Pneumonia
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age between 1 month and 12 years
- Both boys and girls
- Diagnosed with pneumonia or severe pneumonia based on WHO definition
You will not qualify if you...
- Hospitalized within 14 days before the study
- Known exposure to tuberculosis
- Active varicella or herpes simplex infection
- Allergy to melatonin or study medication
- Currently taking melatonin
- Any other acute illness requiring antibiotics not related to pneumonia
- Conditions like galactose intolerance, lactase deficiency, or glucose-galactose malabsorption
- Serious lung, heart, immune, liver, endocrine, neurological, or psychiatric disease
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan, 44000
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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