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NCT00867841

A Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - Based Method to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Pneumonia

Withdrawn Last updated 25 February 2016
What this trial tests

trial testing nasopharyngeal swab in Pneumonia. Withdrawn.

Quick facts

Lead sponsorChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
StatusWithdrawn
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Sites1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Who can join

180 Days and older, any sex, with Pneumonia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Pneumonia, or lung infection, is usually treated with antibiotics targeted against the organisms that the physician guesses are causing the problem. The determination of the exact cause of a patient's pneumonia is difficult. The problem is that the two major causes of community-acquired pneumonia are not easily distinguished on clinical grounds and are best treated by different antibiotics. The investigators hypothesize that antibiotic therapy can be targeted and improved by doing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of nose swabs to identify probable implicated organisms and their antibiotic resistance patterns. This pilot study will be important to ensure that the laboratory testing is functional and that the emergency department-laboratory communication is optimal prior to doing a full-fledged randomized clinical trial.

Publications & conference data

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