Comparison of Supportive Therapies for Symptom Relief From Pediatric Upper Respiratory Infections (URIs)

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Conditions studied: Acute Upper Respiratory Infection, Signs and Symptoms

In brief

This is a nonblinded randomized controlled trial which is a survey-based comparison between supportive treatments for symptom relief from pediatric upper respiratory infection (URI). The primary objective of this study is to determine if the use of handheld humidifier improves URI symptom scores and/or reduces use of over the counter medications compared to other supportive treatments for pediatric URIs (ie. OTC cold medications, room air humidifier). Study duration is approximately 1 year and the individual intervention is 4 days.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01814293

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

0

Starts

2013-05-01

Expected to finish

2013-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-05-15

Who can join

Age: any, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Ages 0-18 years old
• URI symptoms of less than 1 week duration.
• No new medications prescribed during this ED visit other than antipyretics and refills of routine medications (ie. refills of bronchodilators are OK).
• Symptom severity scores of atleast 3 ("sometimes" on a Likert 7 point scale) on at least 2 survey questions related to symptom scores (cough frequency/severity, effect on the child's sleep, effect on parental sleep, combined symptom severity).
• Parent consenting the child must have two valid forms of contact information (ie. phone number and email address) in order to follow up as needed for completion of 2nd and 3rd surveys.
• Parent consenting the child must have access to internet connection or phone for the following 2-4 days after enrollment.
• Parent consenting the child must be able to fluently read and speak English without the use of aides. This study budget does not allow for multilingual resources.

You may not qualify if…

• Chronic pulmonary disease
• Chronic or congenital cardiac disease
• Chronic cough
• Acute pneumonia
• Any patient that will receive a new prescription from this ED visit (antibiotics, inhalers, steroids, etc)
• Any patient currently using a handheld humidifier for this URI.

Where it is running

• University of California San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

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