Status:

COMPLETED

Clinical Trial Corticoids For Empyema And Pleural Effusion In Children

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital Infanta Sofia

Collaborating Sponsors:

Pediatrics Spanish Association (Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha Pediatric Association)

Spanish Ministry of Health.

Conditions:

Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion

Empyema

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-14 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

STUDY JUSTIFICATION 1. Scientific evidence of the usefulness of corticosteroid use for infectious diseases: Corticosteroids along with antibiotic use improve survival in some infectious processes pro...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients between 1 and 14 year old.
  • Presence of pneumonia diagnosed by clinical and radiographic criteria: cough, fever and radiological consolidation.
  • Evidence of pleural effusion.

Exclusion

  • Allergy to any of the drugs included in the study.
  • Immunodeficiency.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01261546

Start Date

December 1 2010

End Date

May 1 2015

Last Update

June 1 2015

Active Locations (8)

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1

Hospital Carlos Haya

Málaga, Andalusia, Spain

2

Complejo Hospitalario Toledo

Toledo, Castille-La Mancha, Spain

3

Hospital Principe de Asturias

Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain

4

Hospital Universitario de Getafe

Getafe, Madrid, Spain