Optimizing Care for Children Hospitalized With Community-acquired Pneumonia: Short-course Therapy
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2026-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Children are commonly hospitalized because of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). There are
multiple high-quality randomized trials of short-course antibiotic therapy (3-5 days of
treatment) for adults hospitalized with CAP - but there is very little evidence in children.
We intend to do a pilot RCT of short-course (3-5 days) vs standard-duration (8-10 days)
antibiotic therapy for children hospitalized for CAP.