Trial for the Treatment of Acute Asthma in Wheezy Pre-school Aged Children

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2013-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To determine if treatment of pre-school children with a history of wheeze who present to an Emergency Department with an acute wheezing episode with azithromycin for 5 days will resolve their symptoms more quickly, will require less short acting beta agonist (SABA), and allow these children to remain symptom free for a longer period of time.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Janielee Williamson
• Collaborator: University of Alberta
• Treatments: Azithromycin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 12-60 months

• wheeze on auscultation

Exclusion Criteria:

• antibiotic use in the past 30 days

• macrolide allergy

• underlying medical condition

• significant co-morbidities

• current enrollment

• language barrier or no access to phone for follow up