Short Versus Standard of Care Antibiotic Duration for Children Hospitalized for CAP
Status:
RECRUITING
Trial end date:
2027-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The goal of this open label, randomized, non-inferiority clinical trial is to compare the treatment success of a 5 day antibiotic course versus a standard antibiotic course (usually 7-14 days of antibiotics) in hospitalized children aged 3 months to 18 years, with uncomplicated community acquired pneumonia.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does a 5 day course work as well as standard (longer) courses of antibiotics for treating community acquired pneumonia in children?
* Does a 5 day course cause less antibiotic side effects compared to a standard (longer) course of antibiotics in children with community acquired pneumonia?
Participants will
* be randomly assigned to either receive 5 total days or a total duration decided by the treating physician
* receive a brief follow up questionnaire regarding clinical symptoms, follow up care/antibiotics, and side effects via phone or email at days 5 and 14 from the start of antibiotics
Researchers will compare the experimental group (receiving 5 days duration) with the control group (standard duration) to see if 5 days is as successful as a standard duration.