Status:

TERMINATED

Study to Proof the Clinical and Bacteriological Non-inferiority of Ampicillin/Amoxicillin Versus Moxifloxacin in Hospitalized Patients With Non-severe Community-acquired Pneumonia

Lead Sponsor:

University of Ulm

Collaborating Sponsors:

CAPNETZ Stiftung

Conditions:

Community Acquired Pneumonia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to prove the clinical and bacteriological non-inferiority of ampicillin/amoxicillin versus moxifloxacin in hospitalized patients with non-severe community-acquired pneumon...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Men or women older than 18 years with signed informed consent
  • Women in a childbearing age with sufficient conception protection or if necessary negative pregnancy test
  • Infiltrates appeared newly in the x-ray thorax
  • Breath-conditioned chest pain
  • At least two of the following clinical symptoms of a pneumonia:
  • cough which is newly appeared or increasing,
  • dyspnea
  • mucopurulent or purulent sputum,
  • fever (body temperature \>= 37.8 degrees Celsius auricalary and/or \>= 38,3°C rectal), positive auscultation
  • Negative legionella antigen test in the urine
  • CRB-65-Index \< 3

Exclusion

  • Hospitalization within the last 28 days (except for the last 72 h)
  • Participation in another therapy study within the last 4 weeks with studies admission
  • intake of an antibiotic longer than 24 hrs within the last 72 hours before studies admission
  • Patients in the pregnancy and nursing phase
  • Existence of contraindications opposite the examining preparations or other B-Lactam antibiotics or fluorochinolons
  • Patients with a CURB-Index \>= 3
  • Patients with suspicion of retrostenotic Pneumonia because of bronchial obstruction
  • Patients with suspicion of nosocomial Pneumonia
  • Patients with an infection by a known or suspected resistant pathogene

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

290 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00887276

Start Date

November 1 2008

End Date

January 1 2011

Last Update

December 17 2014

Active Locations (8)

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1

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin ,Campus Virchow-Klinikum ,Medizinische Klinik : Infektiologie u. Pneumologie

Berlin, Germany

2

HELIOS-Klinikum Emil von Behring ,Lungenklinik Heckeshorn

Berlin, Germany

3

Klinikum der Ruhr Universität , Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil, Medizinische Klinik III

Bochum, Germany

4

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Abteilung für Pneumologie

Hanover, Germany