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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00429975
Date of registration: 31/01/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
Public title: Ceftriaxone Vs Levofloxacin on Cytokine Expression in Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Scientific title: Comparison Between Ceftriaxone and Levofloxacin on Cytokine Expression Over Time in Severe Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Date of first enrolment: August 2004
Target sample size: 45
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00429975
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Spain
Contacts
Name:     EVA CUCHI, MD
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Affiliation:  Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
Name:     JAVIER GARAU, PhD
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Affiliation:  Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
Name:     MONTSERRAT ALSINA, MD
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Affiliation:  HOSPITAL MUTUA TERRASSA
Name:     ESTHER CALBO, MD
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Affiliation:  Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
Name:     MARIONA XERCAVINS, MD
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Affiliation:  Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
Name:     MONICA RODRIGUEZ-CARBALLEIRA, PhD
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Affiliation:  Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patients with an acute febrile respiratory illness accompanied by a new radiographic
infiltrate consistent with this diagnosis.

- and with a confirmed pneumococcal aetiology

Exclusion Criteria:

- age < 18 years,

- pneumonia distal to endobronchial obstruction,

- pulmonary tuberculosis,

- bronchiectasis,

- known allergy to B-lactams or fluoroquinolones,

- underlying systemic autoimmune disease

- immunocompromised states including patients on maintenance oral corticosteroids, HIV
infection,

- pregnancy,

- patients that received antimicrobial therapy in the 15 days preceding the current
episode and those who had received fluoroquinolones in the last month, or non
steroidal anti-inflammatory therapy in the last two weeks.

- Patients with renal failure (serum creatinine > 2 mg / dL),

- and patients with a documented pneumococcal pneumonia in the previous 4 weeks



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pneumonia, Pneumococcal
Intervention(s)
Drug: ceftriaxone
Drug: levofloxacin
Primary Outcome(s)
Circulating levels of pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines at 0h, 24, 72 h and 120 h from inclusion
Secondary Outcome(s)
the relationship between cytokine expression, clinical variables and severity of disease.
Secondary ID(s)
FIS G03/103
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria
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Results
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