Clinical trials: Childhood Pneumonia, open to volunteers
Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children, Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
A Trial of Placebo Versus Macrolide for Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Childhood Pneumonia: MYTHIC Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare a placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no active drug) with a commonly used antibiotic in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae (a specific bacterium) induced…
- Conditions
- Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children, Mycoplasma Pneumoniae, Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Pneumonia
- Trial name
- MYTHIC (NCT06325293)
- Testing
- Azithromycin Pfizer®
- Where
- 13 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 376 people
- Sponsor
- Christoph Berger
Quality of Life (QOL), Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)
Validation of the EQ-5D-Y-3L and EQ-5D-Y-5L for Paediatric Patients in China
The goal of this observational study is to validate the EQ-5D-Y-3L and EQ-5D-Y-5L in measuring health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for paediatric patients with different health conditions in China.
- Conditions
- Quality of Life (QOL), Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs), Pneumonia Childhood, Neuroblastoma (NB)
- Trial name
- NCT06873672
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 360 people
- Sponsor
- RenJi Hospital
Pneumonia Childhood, Childhood Asthma
Optimization and Testing of ALRITE, a Clinical Decision Support Tool for Management of Respiratory Illnesses in Young Children in Primary Care Health Facilities in Uganda
The goal of this study is to pilot test the feasibility of a mobile health clinical decision support tool called ALRITE for the diagnosis and management of acute lower respiratory illnesses in young children in Uganda.
- Conditions
- Pneumonia Childhood, Childhood Asthma, Acute Lower Respiratory Illness, Wheezing Lower Respiratory Illness
- Trial name
- NCT07369817
- Testing
- ALRITE
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Pneumonia
Host Response and Pathogen Genomics in Childhood Respiratory Infection
A major challenge in children's infections is that it is difficult to work out which bug is making them unwell. Tests can find the bugs that are present though there can be more than one.
- Trial name
- INTERACT (NCT07545096)
- Testing
- Non-Interventional Study
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Pneumonia Childhood, Vitamin C
Effect of Vitamin C on Length of Hospital Stay in Children With Severe Pneumonia
Severe pneumonia is a common and serious illness in young children and often requires hospital admission. This clinical trial aims to find out whether adding vitamin C to standard treatment can reduce the length of hospital stay…
- Conditions
- Pneumonia Childhood, Vitamin C, Hospital Stay Time
- Trial name
- NCT07414693
- Testing
- Antibiotics administration, Vitamin C
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Multan
Pneumonia Childhood
The Role of Melatonin as an Adjuvant Therapy in Childhood Pneumonia
The goal of this study is to compare the mean length of hospital stay between children with pneumonia receiving melatonin as an adjuvant therapy and those receiving standard of care alone.
- Trial name
- NCT06949904
- Testing
- Melatonin
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Mian Muhammad Hassan Ahmed
Respiratory Infections in Children
Trial of an AI-enabled Digital Stethoscope to Improve Antibiotic Stewardship
Antibiotics are a mainstay of the treatment of lower respiratory infections in young children even though most episodes are caused by self-limiting viruses.
- Trial name
- BLAAAST (NCT07362433)
- Testing
- Automated digital stethoscope
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Community Acquired Pneumonia, Childhood Pneumonia
3 vs. 5 Days of Amoxicillin for Childhood Pneumonia: An RCT
Pneumonia is the most common infection in children and leading to most common cause of mortality and morbidity in in children globally. Bacterial cause is mostly streptococcus pneumonia in children of 3 months to 5 years of age.
- Trial name
- Pnemonia (NCT07647835)
- Testing
- Amoxicillin
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Khyber Teaching Hospital
Pneumonia, Pneumonia Childhood
Novel Tools to Improve Management of Paediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia - ToolCAP
The ToolCAP study aims to see if using ultrasound to look at the lungs when children have symptoms of a lung infection will safely allow doctors to improve how they treat those infections.
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Pneumonia Childhood, Pneumonia - Bacterial, Pediatrics
- Trial name
- ToolCAP (NCT06670833)
- Testing
- Lung ultrasound, Standard of Care (SOC)
- Where
- 9 sites in Senegal, South Africa and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 4,894 people
- Sponsor
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Severe Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Pneumococcal Disease
Opportunistic Pneumococcal Immunisation Trial in MALnutrition
The goal of the OPTIMAL clinical trial is to learn if a dose of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) generates a good immune response in young children who are in hospital with severe acute malnutrition.
- Conditions
- Severe Acute Malnutrition in Childhood, Pneumococcal Disease, Pneumococcal Vaccines, Pneumococcal Infection
- Trial name
- OPTIMAL (NCT06817421)
- Testing
- Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Typhoid conjugate vaccine
- Where
- Timor-Leste
- Volunteers
- 214 people
- Sponsor
- Nick Fancourt
Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI), Pneumonia
Optimising Antibiotic Use for Paediatric Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Africa
Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) remain a leading cause of hospitalisation and death among young children in Africa. Although viral infections account for a substantial proportion of LRTIs, antibiotics are frequently…
- Conditions
- Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI), Pneumonia, Bronchopneumonia, Bronchiolitis
- Trial name
- BEACON (NCT07841691)
- Testing
- CRP- and PREPARE-guided Antibiotic Prescription
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Pneumonia Childhood, Pneumonia
Lung Ultrasound for Guiding Antibiotic Use in Pediatric Pneumonia
Pneumonia is a major cause of illness and death in children, with an annual incidence of about 3.3 per 1,000 in those under five years old, many requiring hospitalization.
- Conditions
- Pneumonia Childhood, Pneumonia, Lung Ultrasound, Antibiotic Stewardship
- Trial name
- LUSCAP (NCT06921993)
- Testing
- LUNG ULTRASOUND
- Where
- 18 sites in United States, Israel and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 659 people
- Sponsor
- Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS