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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2021/09/036799
CTRI/2021/09/036799
Completed
Phase 3

Outcome of early short course corticosteroid therapy in Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia-A Randomized Controlled Trial.

one0 sites132 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 3
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
one
Enrollment
132
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
March 31, 2023
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional

Investigators

Sponsor
one

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • All cases severe pneumonia will be diagnosed by following criteria:
  • i) 2 months to 59 months: WHO criteria for severe pneumonia will be used.
  • ii) 5 to 15 years: Child need to have tachypnea RR \>20/min, fever \>38 C, SPo2 \<94% and radiological changes in CXR to include as severe pneumonia in our study.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\.Prior treatment with corticosteroids in past 3 months
  • 2\.Immunological deficiencies state
  • 3\.Prexisting liver, kidney or cardiac disease
  • 4\.Nosocomial pneumonia
  • 5\.Brochiolitis, bronchial asthma, empyema thoracics, persistent or recurrent pneumonia
  • 6\.Hemodynamically instability
  • 7\.Severe acute malnutrition.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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