A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL TO STUDY THE VARIATION OF PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF ONCE DAILY INTRAVENOUS VERSUS INTRAMUSCULAR GENTAMICIN IN INFANTS
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Infants age less than 6 months suffering from bacterial infections
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/03/005622
- Lead Sponsor
- ady Hardinge Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
All infants of age less than or equal to 6 months admitted to a Paediatric unit of Kalawati Saran Children Hospital, New Delhi with suspected or confirmed infections considered suitable for gentamicin therapy such as,
i. Suspected Gram-negative sepsis,
ii. Infections like acute enteritis, pneumonia, meningitis and septic arthritis, and
iii. Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Exclusion Criteria
i. Age greator than 6 months
ii. Abnormal renal functions (serum urea and creatinine).
iii. Earlier diagnosed cases of impaired internal ear function or deafness.
iv. Severely ill patients or those with life-threatening infections.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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