Clinical trials: Antibiotic Use
Premature Birth of Newborn, Enterocolitis, Necrotizing
A Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating if Antibiotic Use in the First 48 Hours of Life Adversely Impacts the Preterm Infant Microbiome
The purpose of this study is to determine whether antibiotics given immediately after birth alter the development of the developing preterm infant's microbiome, which may further alter overall clinical outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT02477423
- Testing
- Ampicillin, Gentamicins
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Urologic Diseases, Antibacterial Drug Adverse Reaction
Audit-and-feedback to Improve Antimicrobial-prescribing Among Urologists
Antimicrobial resistance is one of today''s most urgent public health problems. An important strategy to slow the spread of antimicrobial resistance is the promotion of judicious antimicrobial use.
- Trial name
- NCT04196777
- Testing
- Audit-and-feedback
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 525 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Infectious Diseases
BAY 0 9867 Cipro Pediatric Use Study (QUIP)
Objective and subjective musculoskeletal evaluations will be performed to determine differences in the ciprofloxacin versus non-quinolone treated pediatric patients so that we can tell what the natural occurrence of such…
- Trial name
- NCT00761462
- Testing
- Ciprofloxacin, Non-quinolone antibiotic
- Where
- 67 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 1,029 people
- Sponsor
- Bayer
Community Acquired Pneumonia
Bacterial Pneumonia Score (BPS) Guided Antibiotic Use in Children With Pneumonia and Pneumococcal Vaccine
The aim of this study is to test if BPS (Bacterial Pneumonia Score) guided antibiotic use in children with non severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and pneumoccocal vaccine will reduce antibiotic use as compared to standard…
- Trial name
- NCT01875731
- Testing
- BPS, Guideline
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde
Healthcare Associated Infections, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
Active Bathing to Eliminate Infection (ABATE Infection) Trial
The ABATE Infection Project is a cluster randomized trial of hospitals to compare two quality improvement strategies to reduce multi-drug resistant organisms and healthcare-associated infections in non-critical care units.
- Conditions
- Healthcare Associated Infections, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Multi Drug Resistant Organisms
- Trial name
- ABATE (NCT02063867)
- Testing
- Arm 2: Decolonization
- Where
- 52 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Irvine
Respiratory Tract Infections, Influenza, Human
Rapid Diagnostics for Upper Respiratory Infections in the Emergency Department
This is a randomized clinical trial to assess the effect of rapid, near point-of-care testing for multiple common respiratory viruses and bacteria on antibiotic and anti-influenza medication use in emergency department (ED)…
- Conditions
- Respiratory Tract Infections, Influenza, Human, Common Cold
- Trial name
- URIDxED (NCT02957136)
- Testing
- Rapid respiratory pathogen nucleic acid amplification test
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 194 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Supracondylar Humerus Fracture, Post Operative Wound Infection
Antibiotics Usage in Pediatric Orthopaedic Percutaneous Surgery (APOPS)
The aim of this study is to determine if antibiotics affect the outcome after percutaneous surgery for pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures.
- Trial name
- NCT03261830
- Testing
- Cefazolin, Clindamycin, Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people
- Sponsor
- Sumit Gupta
Sepsis
Procalcitonin-Guided Decision Making to Shorten Antibiotic Therapy in Suspected Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis
Neonatal bacterial sepsis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity and early antibiotic therapy is crucial for treatment success.
- Trial name
- NCT00926497
- Testing
- Procalcitonin-guided decision making
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 121 people
- Sponsor
- Luzerner Kantonsspital
Gram-negative Bacteremia
Rapid Identification and Phenotypic Susceptibility Testing for Gram-Negative Bacteremia
RAPIDS-GN is a multi-center, prospective, randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the following strategies for patients with confirmed gram-negative bacillus bacteremia (GNB): 1.
- Trial name
- RAPIDS-GN (NCT03218397)
- Testing
- Accelerate PhenoTest™ BC Kit, Standard Culture and AST
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Hypospadias
Antibiotic Use Following Distal and Mid-shaft Hypospadias Repair
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic antibiotics following distal or mid-shaft hypospadias repair in influencing the rate of postoperative urinary tract infection and complications.
- Trial name
- NCT02593903
- Testing
- Septra
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Sepsis, Procalcitonin
Impact of a Procalcitonin Testing and Treatment Algorithm on Antibiotic Use and Outcomes in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
The timely use of antibiotics can reduce morbidity and mortality associated with bacterial infections, particularly in the intensive care unit setting (ICU).
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Procalcitonin, Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Trial name
- ProPICU (NCT03440918)
- Testing
- Procalcitonin-Guided Antimicrobial Stewardship, Baseline Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 271 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Anti-Bacterial Agents, Respiratory Tract Infections
Improving Antimicrobial-Prescribing in Emergency Departments
Antimicrobial resistance is one of today's most urgent public health problems. One of the most important strategies to slow the spread of antimicrobial resistance is the promotion of judicious antimicrobial use.
- Trial name
- NCT03349567
- Testing
- Audit-and-feedback
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Community-acquired Pneumonia, Acute Otitis Media
Using Electronically Derived Automated Reports of Appropriate Antibiotic Use to Inform Stewardship Interventions
The main goal of this study is to use automated electronic reports to assess and improve guideline-concordant antibiotic use for: 1) adult inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia; 2) pediatric inpatients with…
- Conditions
- Community-acquired Pneumonia, Acute Otitis Media, Pharyngitis
- Trial name
- EMPOWER (NCT06027593)
- Testing
- Quasi experimental intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 26,139 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Burn
Study of the Treatment of Burn Wounds With Antimicrobial Topical Soaks
Determine effectiveness of various antimicrobial solutions on burn wounds (infections, wound healing, length of hospital stay).
- Trial name
- Soaks (NCT00675922)
- Testing
- Sulfamylon 5% and Silver Nitrate Soaks
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Acute Otitis Media, Acute Sinusitis
Comparative Effectiveness of Antibiotics for Respiratory Infections
The purpose of this study is to identify and use patient centered outcomes to compare narrow-spectrum and broad-spectrum antibiotics for the treatment of common acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) in children.
- Conditions
- Acute Otitis Media, Acute Sinusitis, Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis
- Trial name
- CEARI (NCT02297815)
- Testing
- Broad-spectrum antibiotics, Narrow-spectrum antibiotics
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,472 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Phobic Disorders, Anxiety
Use of an Antibiotic as an Enhancer for the Treatment of Social Phobia
This study examines whether an antibiotic, d-cycloserine (DCS), boosts the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for social anxiety.
- Conditions
- Phobic Disorders, Anxiety, Social Phobia
- Trial name
- NCT00128401
- Testing
- D-Cycloserine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Utility of Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole Use in Skin Abscess Management
The purpose of this study is to determine if antibiotics are required in the management of skin abscess following incision and drainage.
- Trial name
- NCT00679302
- Testing
- Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people
- Sponsor
- St. Louis University
Antibiotics Misuse
An Educational Intervention to Improve the Use of Antibiotics in Portuguese Health Professional
This is a cluster randomised controlled trial covering all general practitioners working in the National Health System (SNS) and all pharmacists working in community pharmacies in the area covered by the Health Region…
- Trial name
- NCT02173509
- Testing
- Multidisciplinary and multifaceted educational intervention.
- Volunteers
- 2,300 people
- Sponsor
- Aveiro University
Through-and-through Lip Lacerations
Prophylactic Use of Antibiotics for Through and Through Lacerations of the Lip
Facial lacerations are a commonly encountered problem in the emergency department. Despite this, few original articles have been written concerning the management of lacerations of the lip which communicate with the oral cavity.
- Trial name
- NCT00957827
- Testing
- keflex
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Pneumonia, Pediatric Respiratory Diseases
Procalcitonin to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Pediatric Pneumonia
This pilot study will evaluate study processes and feasibility of a future large-scale clinical trial that proposes to test whether low-risk children managed as outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and…
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, Antibiotic Use, Community-acquired Pneumonia
- Trial name
- PRAPP (NCT04963764)
- Testing
- Amoxicillin
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago