Use Of Procalcitonin Level For Guidance of The Treatment of Suspected Community Acquired Pneumonia

Completed

Conditions studied: Pneumonia, Radiographic Lung Infiltrates

In brief

The purpose of the study is to learn if a blood test is helpful to the doctors in deciding whether you need antibiotic therapy for possible pneumonia. The blood test is called a Procalcitonin level and sometimes the test reflects infection with certain bacteria (germs). When the doctors learn the results of these blood tests, they may be able to stop some of the antibiotic medications that they may have given to the patients. The study is designed, so that on a randomized basis (50/50 chance) the results from measuring Procalcitonin will be given to the patients' doctor. When the doctor receives these results, he/she may use this information, along with other information, to decide whether to continue antibiotic therapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00914550

Run by

Winthrop University Hospital

People needed

47

Starts

2009-06-01

Expected to finish

2012-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults
• New radiographic findings consistent with the presence of infiltrates
• Antibiotic therapy

You may not qualify if…

• Critically ill patients on admission

Where it is running

• Winthrop-University Hospital — Mineola, New York, United States

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