se of Oral Prednisone in Acute Sore throats

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Sore Throat; Pharyngitis; Infection - Other infectious diseases

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000017224
• Lead Sponsor: Ivan Koay

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-01-11
• Study Completion: 2019-07-05
• Last Update Posted: 16 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped early
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 47

Inclusion Criteria

1.Age 16 and older with sore throat occurring within the last 7 days. If they are having and have had a sore throat within the last 7 days at the time of enrolment

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients allergic to oral prednisone
2.Patients deemed by the examining clinician to require immediate oral antibiotics due to high suspicion of Group A Streptococcal infection based on the modified Centor/McIssac criteria (9).
3.Female participants who are pregnant or lactating
4.Participant who are at the time of assessment currently taking or in the last 14 day been administered antibiotics or steroids orally or intravenously or on long term inhaled steroids
5.Participants who are immunodeficient or immunocompromised (HIV, current chemotherapy, active malignancy), are due to have elective surgery with general anaesthesia in the following 7 days, terminally ill and those that have signs or symptoms that would require hospitalisation such as peri tonsillar abscess, unable to swallow, systemically unwell.
6.Patients with unstable diabetes or a venous or arterial ulcer on their leg.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified