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Bacterial Pneumonia Score (BPS) Guided Antibiotic Use in Children With Pneumonia and Pneumococcal Vaccine

NCT01875731 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2017-03-03

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Summary

The aim of this study is to test if BPS (Bacterial Pneumonia Score) guided antibiotic use in children with non severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and pneumoccocal vaccine will reduce antibiotic use as compared to standard care practice (current guidelines for CAP).

Conditions

  • Community Acquired Pneumonia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

BPS

In this study a strategy based on BPS guided antibiotic use in children with community acquired pneumonia implementation will be compared with enforced guideline.

BEHAVIORAL

Guideline

Strategy based on enforced guideline guided antibiotic use

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fernando A Torres, MD, PhD · Hospital de Niños Pedro de Elizalde

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Months
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2014-05-31
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • Argentina

Study Locations

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