Status:

COMPLETED

Is Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) Beneficial for Elderly Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia?

Lead Sponsor:

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

Collaborating Sponsors:

Brentwood Foundation

Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation

Conditions:

Pneumonia

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) were used in the 1800s and 1900s to treat pneumonia before the introduction of antibiotics in the mid-1900s. The purpose of this study is to determine if OMT, ...

Detailed Description

This study is a multi-center study conducted across five sites in the United States to determine the efficacy of combining Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment(OMT)with antibiotics as a treatment regime...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 50 Years old or older
  • Subject is hospitalized in an acute care facility
  • Subject must exhibit at least two of the classic symptoms of pneumonia, to include:
  • Respiration Rate greater than or equal to 25 respirations per minute
  • New or increased cough
  • Fever greater than or equal to 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C)
  • Pleuritic chest pain
  • Worsening of mental or functional status
  • Leukocytosis (WBC greater than 12,000 cells per cubic millimeter)
  • New or increased physical findings (rales, wheezing, bronchial breath sounds)

Exclusion

  • Lung abscess
  • Advancing pulmonary fibrosis
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Lung Cancer
  • Metastatic malignancy
  • Uncontrolled metabolic bone disease that places subject at risk for pathologic bone fracture (i.e. Paget's Disease or hypoparathyroidism)
  • Acute or unhealed rib or vertebral fracture
  • History of pathologic bone fracture
  • Previous participants as subject in the study
  • Respiratory failure (intubation)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

406 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00258661

Start Date

March 1 2004

End Date

April 1 2007

Last Update

October 4 2018

Active Locations (7)

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1

Mount Clemens General Hospital

Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States, 48043

2

Northeast Regional Medical Center

Kirksville, Missouri, United States, 63501

3

UNDNJ in association with Kennedy Memorial Hospitals- University Medical Center

Stratford, New Jersey, United States, 08084

4

Doctors Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43228