Respiratory tract infections in primary care
- Conditions
- Respiratory tract infection (RTI)RespiratoryUnspecified acute respiratory infection
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN01559032
- Lead Sponsor
- German Aerospace Center [DLR] (Germany)
- Brief Summary
2012 Protocol article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23256712 protocol 2020 Interim results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33003436/ (added 18/11/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 188
The trial includes general practitioners and practice-based pediatricians and their patients, who ask for consultation due to acute respiratory infection.
Patient inclusion criteria are:
1. Health insurance with the AOK, a statutory health insurance that covers more than 50% of the population in the study regions
2. Three months minimum age
3. Physician consultation visit due to the first episode of acute RTI (upper respiratory infection (URTI) and lower respiratory infection (LRTI)) according to the ICD classes: J00-J04, J06, J13, J20, J22, otherwise healthy. This definition will include all typical acute RTI including bronchitis, tonsillopharyngitis (e.g. sore throat), and otitis media.
Participants are required to give informed consent that includes the acceptance of scientific use of relevant data stored at the AOK. This data will include the period of 12 months before and 6 weeks after recruitment into the study
1. Underlying chronic diseases, which may affect the immune status in any relevant matter (e.g. malignoma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, cystic fibrosis, immune deficiency of other causes)
2. Patients who are not able to give informed consent
3. Patients who require hospital care
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method