Procalcitonin Use in Pneumonia Patients in the Critical Care Setting

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Conditions studied: Pneumonia

In brief

The goal of the study is to determine the impact of procalcitonin (PCT)-guided therapy on duration of antibiotic therapy in critical care unit (CCU) patients with suspected pneumonia at Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01788488

Run by

Mayo Clinic

People needed

134

Starts

2013-02-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-25

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• 18 years old
• admitted to critical care unit
• placed on pneumonia protocol

You may not qualify if…

• patients who received outpatient antibiotic therapy within previous 21 days

Where it is running

• Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire — Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

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