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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN58363576
ISRCTN58363576CompletedNot Applicable

Efficacy of a short course of oral steroids for hospitalised preschool children with viral induced wheeze: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Asthma UK0 sites700 target enrollmentStarted: July 6, 2007Last updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
700

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Children aged 10 months to 60 months
  • 2. Preceding history of a viral illness with upper respiratory tract symptoms/signs associated with an acute episode of physician diagnosed wheeze (preschool viral wheeze)
  • 3. Who need admission to the hospital

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Children < 10 months and > 60 months age
  • 2. Fluid resuscitation (more than or equal to 20 ml/kg)
  • 3. Bacterial sepsis (e.g. bacterial pneumonia, meningitis)
  • 4. Cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis and children with upper respiratory tract structural abnormality
  • 5. Children on home oxygen
  • 6. Diagnosis of immune deficiency
  • 7. History of chronic persistent wheeze with no evidence of a discrete deterioration in association with a clinical cold
  • 8. Active chicken pox
  • 9. Children admitted for social reasons

Investigators

Sponsor
Asthma UK

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