Wait and See Antibiotic Prescription for Acute Otitis Media: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Conditions studied: Otitis Media

In brief

To determine if a wait and see prescription for ear infections in childhood reduces use of antibiotics compared to an immediate prescription

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00250900

Run by

Yale University

People needed

240

Starts

2004-07-01

Expected to finish

2005-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2006-11-30

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children between the ages of 6 months - 12 years who were diagnosed with Acute Otitis Media

You may not qualify if…

• clinician suspicion or diagnosis of a concurrent bacterial infection
• patient appeared "toxic" as determined by the PEM clinician
• patient was hospitalized
• history of compromised immunity
• patient was treated with antimicrobials in the preceding seven days
• either tympanic membrane was perforated
• myringotomy tubes were present
• uncertain access to medical care
• primary language of the parent or guardian was neither English nor Spanish
• prior enrollment in the study

Where it is running

• Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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