NCT00827060

Observation of Initial Procalcitonin and the Clinical Course of Patients With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections

Observation of the Initial Procalcitonin Values and the Clinical Course of Patients With Acute Respiratory Tract Infections at General Medical Practices in Greater Hannover

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 702 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hannover Medical School · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Observation of the initial Procalcitonin values and the clinical course of consecutively included patients with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections at general medical practices in greater Hannover.

Detailed description

Primary endpoint: * initial Procalcitonin values of patients with Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Secondary endpoints: * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to classify Acute Respiratory Tract Infections * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to subjective severity of Acute Respiratory Tract Infections * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to antibiotic- prescriptions * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to frequency of admission to hospital * correlation of initial Procalcitonin values to frequency of referrals (radiology, pneumology)

Conditions

• Respiratory Tract Infections

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-12-01
• Primary completion: 2007-06-01
• Completion: 2007-09-01
• First posted: 2009-01-22
• Last updated: 2009-01-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany