Antibiotic Prescription in Children Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia

NCT ID: NCT04681339

Last Updated: 2025-01-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-09-16

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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A study to observe how often antibiotics are prescribed in children hospitalized for pneumonia and how doctors decide if a child needs antibiotics or not. Parent satisfaction will also be recorded.

Detailed Description

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An observational study to document the antibiotic treatment rate of children hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia at a pediatric department with longstanding practice of restrictive antibiotic prescribing. Patients will be enrolled consecutively and treated according to in-house standard operating procedure. Antibiotic treatment rate, severity of disease and medical complication rate in antibiotic and non-antibiotic managed children, frequency of predefined factors in physician decision making on antibiotic use, and parental satisfaction will be recorded. Parents will be contacted at least 4 weeks after discharge to inquire about recurrence or readmission.

Conditions

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Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children Antibiotic Stewardship

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Pneumonia with antibiotics

Children with non-severe community acquired pneumonia and fever: managed with antibiotics

Antibiotic treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Antibiotic treatment

Pneumonia without antibiotics

Children with non-severe community acquired pneumonia and fever: managed without antibiotics

No antibiotic treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

No antibiotic treatment

Interventions

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Antibiotic treatment

Antibiotic treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

No antibiotic treatment

No antibiotic treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Hospital admission at the pediatric department of the Filderklinik or at the pediatric department of the Herdecke Community Hospital
* Admission diagnosis pneumonia or pneumonia diagnosis within 48 hours of admission
* Written informed consent by care giver

Exclusion Criteria

* Insufficient knowledge of German to understand the written patient information and questionnaire
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke, Germany

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jan Vagedes, Dr

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Arcim Institute

Locations

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Die Filderklinik

Filderstadt, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Herdecke Community Hospital

Herdecke, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Germany

Central Contacts

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Jan Vagedes, Dr

Role: CONTACT

+49 711 7703 ext. 1688

Facility Contacts

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Jan Vagedes, MD, Dr

Role: primary

+49 711 7703 ext. 1688

Alfred Längler, Professor

Role: primary

+49 2330 622229

Other Identifiers

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PKA-03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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