Status:

UNKNOWN

Bronchiolitis All-study, SE-Norway

Lead Sponsor:

Oslo University Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Oslo

Ostfold University College

Conditions:

Bronchiolitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 11 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Bronchiolitis is a common lower respiratory disease typically affecting infants and children generally younger than 2 years of age. The disease leads to hospital admissions, is a major cause for hospi...

Detailed Description

OVERALL AIMS OF THE STUDY: 1. To compare the efficacy of two common treatments by determining whether inhalation treatment with racemic adrenaline is more effective than saline inhalations in acute b...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • children 0 inclusive 11 months admitted to the hospital with symptoms and signs of acute bronchiolitis during the winter season of 2009-11.
  • bronchiolitis as defined on clinical criteria by SDM Court (Post graduate medical journal 1973).
  • Clinical score of 4 or more (Kristjansson, Arch.Dis.Child. 1993)
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Use of regular inhaled corticosteroids.
  • Use of systemic or inhaled corticosteroids within the last 4 weeks.
  • Significant cardiac, previous severe or persisting (\>4 weeks) respiratory disease, neurologic, immunologic, oncologic or other disease that may significantly influence the outcomes, including Down's syndrome. Prematurity per se is not a reason for exclusion.
  • One single previous mild-moderate episode suspect of bronchial obstruction is not an exclusion criterion, \>1 are.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    January 1 2010

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    December 1 2013

    Estimated Enrollment :

    500 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00817466

    Start Date

    January 1 2010

    End Date

    December 1 2013

    Last Update

    November 2 2012

    Active Locations (9)

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    1

    Sykehuset Buskerud, Vestre Viken

    Drammen, Buskerud, Norway, N-3004

    2

    Sykehuset Innlandet, Elverum

    Elverum, Hedmark, Norway, NO-2409

    3

    Sykehuset Innlandet, Lillehammer

    Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway, N-2609

    4

    Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet

    Oslo, Oslo County, Norway, N-0027