Effect of vitamin c supplementation on procalcitonin biomarker in community acquired pneumonia
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Community acquired pneumonia.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20150706023084N3
- Lead Sponsor
- Islamic Azad University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia by physician based on clinical symptoms, chest x-rey, patients's.history and lab test results
Obtaining informed consent from the patients
Patients older than 18 years old in both gender.
Exclusion Criteria
Pregnancy or lactation
Any hepatic or kidney failure
Taking any chemothrapy medications and NSAIDs
Taking antibiotics for other infectious disease at the same time
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Procalcitonin(PCT) is produced in c-cells of thyroid gland as a prohormone of calcitonin. PCT has emerged as promising marker for the diagnosis of infections, because higher level of pct is found in bacterial infections than in viral infections and non specific inflammatory disease. Serum is used for measure of level of procalcitonin. Timepoint: Serum level of procalcitonin was measured at the beginning and at the end of the study(after 10 days). Method of measurement: The serum pct level was measured by VIDAS Biomerieux and pct kit, prepared by ELFA.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method