RASCALS: Rapid Assay for Sick Children With Acute Lung Infection Study : RASCALS: Rapid Assay for Sick Children With Acute Lung Infection Study

Lower Respiratory Tract infections are a common cause of admission to the intensive care unit. Children routinely receive antibiotics until the tests confirm whether the infection is bacterial or viral. The exclusion of bacterial infection may take 48 hours or longer for culture tests on biological samples to be completed. In many cases, the results may be inconclusive or negative if the patient has already received antibiotics prior to the sample being taken.A rapid assay to detect the most likely cause of infection could improve the speed with which antibiotic therapy is rationalised or curtailed.This study aims to assess whether a new genetic testing kit which can identify the presence of bacteria and viruses within hours rather than days is a feasible tool in improving antibiotic prescribing and rationalisation of therapy in critically ill children with suspected lower respiratory tract infection..

Medienart:

Klinische Studie

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

ClinicalTrials.gov - (2021) vom: 20. Okt. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

Sprache:

Englisch

Links:

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Themen:

610
Communicable Diseases
Infections
Medical Condition: Lower Respiratory Tract Infection, Ventilator Associated Pneumonia, COVID19
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
Recruitment Status: Recruiting
Respiratory Tract Infections
Study Type: Observational

Anmerkungen:

Source: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record., First posted: January 18, 2020, Last downloaded: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 01, 2021, Last updated: November 03, 2021

Study ID:

NCT04233268
277039

Veröffentlichungen zur Studie:

fisyears:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

CTG00327277X