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