Effect of long-term clarithromycin antibiotic therapy on preventation of pneumonia in the elderly: a prospective randomised controlled trial.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- pneumonia
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000023355
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Oita University Faculty of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1) Patients under 65 years old 2) Patients with a history of the past of hypersensitivity for an ingredient of the clarithromycin 3) Patients having serious complications 4) Patients who is taking the drug that blood levels changes by clarithromycin 5) Patients who is already giving antimicrobial including the macrolide 6) Patients having nontuberculous acid-fast bacterial disease 7) Patients who judged the physician to be inappropriate for this study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method