Antibiotic Prescription in Children Hospitalized for Community-acquired Pneumonia

Last updated: January 7, 2025
Sponsor: ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Pneumonia

Treatment

Antibiotic treatment

No antibiotic treatment

Clinical Study ID

NCT04681339
PKA-03
  • Ages 3-18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

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.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Hospital admission at the pediatric department of the Filderklinik or at thepediatric department of the Herdecke Community Hospital

  • Admission diagnosis pneumonia or pneumonia diagnosis within 48 hours of admission

  • Written informed consent by care giver

  • All inclusion criteria have to be fulfilled

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Insufficient knowledge of German to understand the written patient information andquestionnaire

Study Design

Total Participants: 200
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Antibiotic treatment
Phase:
Study Start date:
September 16, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
December 31, 2025

Study Description

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.

Connect with a study center

  • Die Filderklinik

    Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg 70794
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

  • Herdecke Community Hospital

    Herdecke, Nordrhein-Westfalen 58313
    Germany

    Active - Recruiting

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