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Clinical Trials/NCT00827060
NCT00827060
Completed
Not Applicable

Observation of the Initial Procalcitonin Values and the Clinical Course of Patients With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections at General Medical Practices in Greater Hannover

Hannover Medical School1 site in 1 country702 target enrollmentDecember 2006

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Respiratory Tract Infections
Sponsor
Hannover Medical School
Enrollment
702
Locations
1
Status
Completed
Last Updated
17 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Observation of the initial Procalcitonin values and the clinical course of consecutively included patients with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections at general medical practices in greater Hannover.

Detailed Description

Primary endpoint: * initial Procalcitonin values of patients with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Secondary endpoints: * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to classify Acute Respiratory Tract Infections * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to subjective severity of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to antibiotic- prescriptions * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to frequency of admission to hospital * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to frequency of referrals (radiology, pneumology)

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
December 2006
End Date
September 2007
Last Updated
17 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • written informed consent
  • all types of respiratory tract infection according to investigator´s diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria

  • pretreatment with antibiotics in the past 2 weeks
  • portal hypertension
  • Major surgeries or multiple trauma which require hospitalization, in previous 4 weeks
  • Autoimmune disease and systemic diseases (lupus erythematodes, wegener´s disease)
  • Peritoneal dialysis
  • Acute treated or recently operated medullary c-cell-carcinoma, SCLC, carcinoid
  • Other inflammatory diseases (e.g. urinary tract infection, pyelonephritis, pancreatitis

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

Study Sites (1)

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