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Efficacy Studies of Corticosteroid Therapy in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

NCT00170196 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 216

Last updated 2008-09-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of addition of corticosteroid therapy to antibiotics in patient admitted with Community-acquired pneumonia.

The hypothesis is: Prednisolone in combination with antibiotic treatments is effective in improving clinical outcome in patients hospitalized with CAP.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

prednisone

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical Center Alkmaar

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dominic Snijders, Drs · Pulmo Science

  • Wim G Boersma, dr · Pulmo Science

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-08-31
Primary Completion
2008-08-31
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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