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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN86554663
Date of registration: 20/12/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: VU University Medical Centre (The Netherlands)
Public title: Dutch Antibiotics in Respiratory syncytial virus infection Trial
Scientific title:
Date of first enrolment: 01/10/2001
Target sample size: 120
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN86554663
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised, placebo controlled, parallel group, double blinded multicentre trial (Treatment)  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
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Affiliation: 
Name: M C J    Kneyber
Address:  VU University Medical Centre Office 8 D 11, P.O. Box 7057 1007 MB Amsterdam Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)20 444 2413
Email: m.kneyber@vumc.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children less than 24 months of age with a virologically confirmed diagnosis of RSV LRTD, defined by a first episode of dyspnoea with increased body temperature (more than 37.5°C), and/or cough, coryza, wheezing, crackles on pulmonary auscultation.
Exclusion criteria: 1. Age more than 24 months
2. Children presenting with apnoea with signs of lower respiratory tract disease
3. Nosocomial RSV infection
4. Antibiotic treatment less than seven days before hospital admission
5. Absence of informed consent by parents or legal representatives


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Respiratory tract infection, Bronchiolitis, Pneumonia, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Respiratory
Respiratory tract infection
Intervention(s)
Azithromycine 10 mg/kg/day for three days versus placebo.
Primary Outcome(s)
Duration of hospitalisation
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Proportion and duration of oxygen therapy
2. Proportion and duration of bronchodilator therapy
3. Duration of tachypnoe (more than 40 breaths/min)
4. Duration of fever (more than 37.5°C)
5. Duration of impaired feeding
6. Number of infants referred to Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
7. Course of RSV score
Secondary ID(s)
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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