Clinical trials: Pneumonia Childhood
Pneumonia, Bacterial, Pneumonia Childhood
Discharge Stewardship in Children's Hospitals
The goal of this interventional study is to test if a discharge stewardship bundle is effective at reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions at hospital discharge for children with the three common infections…
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Bacterial, Pneumonia Childhood, Urinary Tract Infections, Soft Tissue Infections
- Trial name
- DISCO (NCT05826873)
- Testing
- Discharge antibiotic stewardship intervention
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,131 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Malaria, Pneumonia
Study of Post-Training Supports for Health Workers in Benin
The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a package of interventions to support health workers in Benin (in West Africa) who had been trained to use Integrated Management of…
- Conditions
- Malaria, Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Measles
- Trial name
- NCT00510679
- Testing
- Health worker supports (supervision, job aids, incentives)
- Where
- Benin
- Volunteers
- 1,577 people
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pneumonia, Pneumonia Childhood
Novel Tools to Improve Management of Paediatric Community-Acquired Pneumonia - ToolCAP
The ToolCAP study aims to see if using ultrasound to look at the lungs when children have symptoms of a lung infection will safely allow doctors to improve how they treat those infections.
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Pneumonia Childhood, Pneumonia - Bacterial, Pediatrics
- Trial name
- ToolCAP (NCT06670833)
- Testing
- Lung ultrasound, Standard of Care (SOC)
- Where
- 9 sites in Senegal, South Africa and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 4,894 people
- Sponsor
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Community-acquired Pneumonia
pedCAPNETZ - Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in Childhood and Adolescence
Establishment of a study network and patient cohort for pediatric CAP
- Trial name
- pedCAPNETZ (NCT04047108)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Hannover Medical School
Diarrhoea, Pneumonia
HCU: Can VHVs Trained in ICCM Improve Care for Children
This study will assess how the current VHV (VHV=CHW, community health worker) scope can be expanded to include iCCM and if such group interventions can provide improved access to treatment for children.
- Conditions
- Diarrhoea, Pneumonia, Malaria
- Trial name
- HCU:VHV/ICCM (NCT02072629)
- Testing
- Training of VHVs in iCCM
- Volunteers
- 4,071 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Pneumonia, Primary Health Care
Tools for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI): Evaluation of Pulse Oximetry & Clinical Decision Support Algorithms in Primary Care
By introducing pulse oximetry, with or without clinical decision support algorithms, to primary care facilities in India, Kenya, Senegal and Tanzania, the Tools for Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (TIMCI) project aims…
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Primary Health Care, Child Health, Hypoxia
- Trial name
- TIMCI (NCT04910750)
- Testing
- Pulse oximetry, Clinical Decision Support Algorithm
- Where
- 27 sites in Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 167,517 people
- Sponsor
- Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Malaria, Dengue
Validation of a CDSA Strategy to Reduce Antibiotic Prescription in Senegal
This trial aims to validate a novel clinical care strategy based on a electronic clinical decision support algorithm (CDSA) combined with point of care rapid diagnostic tests by evaluating its impact on antibiotic prescription…
- Conditions
- Malaria, Dengue, Influenza -Like Illness, Diarrhea
- Trial name
- NCT05050825
- Testing
- Patient clinical management based on the CDSA strategy
- Where
- 4 sites in Senegal
- Volunteers
- 470 people
- Sponsor
- Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Switzerland
Anxiety Disorder of Childhood or Adolescence
Mental Health Support for SickKids Children and Families During COVID-19 Using Established eHealth Interventions
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and associated emergency measures (EM) have dramatically impacted the lives of children/adolescents (children) and families.
- Trial name
- NCT04408027
- Testing
- Virtual-Care Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Pneumonia Childhood
Improving CarE for Community Acquired Pneumonia 1
Children with pneumonia presenting to the emergency department at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt or Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh will be potentially eligible for study.
- Trial name
- ICE-CAP1 (NCT03760419)
- Testing
- Clinical Decision Support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,027 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
COVID-19, Childhood Cancer
COVID-19 and Childhood Cancer
The investigators will first examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on childhood cancer patients in Sweden and Denmark, both regarding susceptibility to severe COVID-19 among long-term childhood cancer survivors, and, for…
- Conditions
- COVID-19, Childhood Cancer, Childhood Leukemia, Acute Lymphoblastic
- Trial name
- NCT06482281
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Low Fluid Intake, Chronic
Water Intervention for Thinking in Kids (WITiKids ) Study
The aim of this study is to determine the influence of changes in water intake on changes in cognitive function among preadolescent children.
- Trial name
- WITiKids (NCT02816450)
- Testing
- Water Intake
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Malnutrition, Pneumonia
Trial in Childhood Pneumonia With Malnutrition
The impetus for this study came from the findings of the investigators' recently published study entitled "Day-care management of severe and very severe pneumonia, without associated co-morbidities such as severe malnutrition, in…
- Trial name
- NCT00968370
- Testing
- Day-care clinic, Hospital Management
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 440 people
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Covid-19, Obesity, Childhood
COVID-19, Obesity and Lifestyle in Children
This study aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its measures on lifestyle in Dutch children between 4 - 18 years.
- Conditions
- Covid-19, Obesity, Childhood, Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Healthy
- Trial name
- COLC (NCT04411511)
- Testing
- Exposure to the Dutch measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Pneumonia
Therapeutic Zinc in Childhood Pneumonia
The aim of this study is to assess whether zinc given as adjuvant therapy to standard antibiotic treatment in children hospitalized for severe pneumonia reduces the duration of the severe illness and risk of treatment failure.
- Trial name
- NCT00252304
- Testing
- Zinc (zinc sulphate)
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 641 people
- Sponsor
- Centre For International Health
Pneumonia, Laboratory Confirmed Influenza
Flu Vaccine Against Childhood Pneumonia, Bangladesh
Pneumonia is the leading cause of child death worldwide. Data from Bangladesh indicates that influenza has a substantial association with pneumonia among children less than two years old.
- Trial name
- NCT01319955
- Testing
- Trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 3,508 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Pneumonia, Childhood Pneumonia
mHealth for Pneumonia Prevention
In Pakistan, pneumonia and recurrent wheeze in children under five pose significant threats to children's health. Despite being preventable, more than 90,000 children die each year due to pneumonia in Pakistan, making it one of…
- Conditions
- Pneumonia, Childhood Pneumonia, Infectious Disease, Acute Respiratory Infection
- Trial name
- NCT04493047
- Testing
- Mobile health (mHealth) for pneumonia
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 520 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Edinburgh
Pneumonia Childhood, Vitamin C
Effect of Vitamin C on Length of Hospital Stay in Children With Severe Pneumonia
Severe pneumonia is a common and serious illness in young children and often requires hospital admission. This clinical trial aims to find out whether adding vitamin C to standard treatment can reduce the length of hospital stay…
- Conditions
- Pneumonia Childhood, Vitamin C, Hospital Stay Time
- Trial name
- NCT07414693
- Testing
- Antibiotics administration, Vitamin C
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Multan
Diarrhea, Infantile, Childhood Pneumonia
Bihar Evaluation of Social Franchising and Telemedicine
This study will conduct an evaluation of the World Health Partners (WHP) private provider project to see if the social franchising and telemedicine project has an impact on health outcomes in treatment vs. control areas.
- Trial name
- BEST (NCT01345695)
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 106,380 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Community Acquired Pneumonia, Childhood Pneumonia
3 vs. 5 Days of Amoxicillin for Childhood Pneumonia: An RCT
Pneumonia is the most common infection in children and leading to most common cause of mortality and morbidity in in children globally. Bacterial cause is mostly streptococcus pneumonia in children of 3 months to 5 years of age.
- Trial name
- Pnemonia (NCT07647835)
- Testing
- Amoxicillin
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Khyber Teaching Hospital
Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI), Pneumonia
Optimising Antibiotic Use for Paediatric Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Africa
Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) remain a leading cause of hospitalisation and death among young children in Africa. Although viral infections account for a substantial proportion of LRTIs, antibiotics are frequently…
- Conditions
- Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI), Pneumonia, Bronchopneumonia, Bronchiolitis
- Trial name
- BEACON (NCT07841691)
- Testing
- CRP- and PREPARE-guided Antibiotic Prescription
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- University of Witwatersrand, South Africa