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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00926497
Date of registration: 16/01/2009
Primary sponsor: Luzerner Kantonsspital
Public title: Procalcitonin-Guided Decision Making to Shorten Antibiotic Therapy in Suspected Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis
Scientific title: Use of Procalcitonin-Guided Decision Making to Shorten Antibiotic Therapy in Suspected Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis: Prospective Randomized Intervention Trial
Date of first enrolment: June 2005
Target sample size: 121
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00926497
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:   Martin Stocker, MD
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Affiliation:  Children's Hospital Lucerne, Switzerland
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Term and near-term infants with a gestational age of more than 34 weeks

- Admitted to the Children's Hospital of Lucerne, Switzerland

- Suspected neonatal early-onset sepsis

- Antibiotic therapy

- Parental consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Surgery in the first 3 days of life

- Severe congenital malformations

- Chromosomal abnormalities



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 3 Days
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Sepsis
Intervention(s)
Other: Procalcitonin-guided decision making
Primary Outcome(s)
Absolute Duration of Antibiotic Therapy [Time Frame: 1 month]
Antibiotic Treatment for More Than 72 Hours [Time Frame: 1 month]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
PCTStocker
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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