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
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