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CompletedNCT02294695

Early Procalcitonin Kinetics During Empirical Antibiotic Therapy in Critically Ill Patients

Early Procalcitonin Kinetics May Indicate Effectiveness of the Empirical Antibiotic Therapy in Sepsis Within Hours

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
209 (actual)
Sponsor
Domonkos Trásy · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

To investigate the value of procalcitonin (PCT) kinetics between 0-8-16-24 hours after starting empirical antibiotic therapy in critically ill patients, to predict appropriate or inappropriate antibiotic treatment.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2012-10-01
Primary completion
2013-10-01
Completion
2013-10-01
First posted
2014-11-19
Last updated
2016-06-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hungary

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02294695. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.