Active clinical trials for "Pneumonia"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and Efficacy of Faropenem in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) subjects，and explore its therapeutic dose.

Paraffin (kerosene) ingestion in the developing world accounts for a large number of visits to healthcare facilities, especially amongst children. There is no evidence in animals and no good evidence in humans that the use of early antibiotics improves the clinical outcome of paraffin-induced pneumonitis. This randomised placebo-controlled trial will investigate whether the use of early antibiotics affects the clinical course of children with pneumonitis following paraffin ingestion.

To evaluate the safety and efficacy of trimetrexate glucuronate with leucovorin protection in patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) who are refractory to or have demonstrated severe or life-threatening toxicities to standard therapies (e.g., TMP/SMX or parenteral pentamidine).

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of aerosolized antibiotics on respiratory infection in mechanically ventilated patients.We hypothesize that aerosolized antibiotics , which achieve high drug concentrations in the airway, would more effectively treat respiratory infection, decrease the need for systemic antibiotics and decrease antibiotic resistance.

Pneumonia is the leading cause of childhood morbidity and death in many developing countries including Bangladesh, causing about 2 million deaths worldwide each year. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs, most commonly caused by viruses or bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. Depending on the clinical presentation, pneumonia can be classified as very severe, severe or non-severe, with specific treatment for each of them except for antibiotic therapy. Severe and very severe pneumonia require hospitalization for additional supportive treatment such as suction, oxygen therapy and administration of bronchodilator. In Bangladesh, the number of hospital beds is inadequate for admission of all pneumonia cases that require hospitalization; however, it is also important to provide institutional care to those children who cannot be hospitalized due to bed constraints. Provision of appropriate antibiotics and supportive cares during the period of stay at established day-care centres could be an effective alternative. The impetus for this study came from the findings of our recently completed study titled "Daycare-based management of severe pneumonia in under-5 children when hospitalization is not possible due to the lack of beds". This study successfully managed children (n=251), but it was not a randomized trial and thus direct comparison of the efficacy of management of severe pneumonia at the day-care centre, essential for building confidence for implementing this management policy, is not possible. We, the researchers at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, could not plan a randomized, controlled trial (RCT) because of ethical reasons. Now that we have data suggesting effectiveness as well as safety of the day-care based treatment for management of children with severe pneumonia, a RCT should be possible. Two hundred fifty-one children with severe pneumonia were enrolled at the Radda Clinic from June 2003 to May 2005. The mean age was 7±7 (2-55) months, 86% infants, 63% boys and 91% breast-fed. History of cough was present in 99% cases, fever in 89% and rapid breathing in 67% cases. Forty-four percent of children were febrile (≥38°C), 93% children had vesicular breath sound and 99% bilateral rales. Fifty-seven percent of children were hypoxic with mean oxygen saturation of (93±4)%, which was corrected by oxygen therapy (98±3)%. Eighty percent of children had severe pneumonia and 20% had very severe pneumonia. The mean duration of clinic stay was (7±2) days. Two hundred thirty-four (93%) children completed the study successfully, 11 (4.4%) referred to hospitals (only one participant had to visit hospital at night due to deterioration of his condition, 9 were referred to hospital at the time of clinic closure i.e., at 5 pm and one participant was referred to hospital during the morning hours) and 6 (2.4%) left against medical advice (LAMA). There was no death during the period of clinic stay but only four (1.6%) deaths occurred during the 3 months follow-up. The study indicated that treatment of severe pneumonia in children at the day-care centre is effective and safe and thus it is comparable to the hospital care. If the day-care based management is found to have comparable efficacy to that of hospitalized management of severe pneumonia in children then they could be managed at outpatient, day-care set ups reducing hospitalization and thus freeing beds for management of other children who need hospitalized care. Additionally, availability of the treatment facility in community set-ups will be cost and time saving for the population. Children of either sex, aged 2-59 months, attending the Radda Clinic and Institute of Child Health and Shishu Hospital (ICHSH) with severe pneumonia will be randomized to receive either the day-care management at the clinic or hospitalized management at the ICHSH. Children randomized to receive day-care treatment will stay at the clinic from 8 am-5 pm and will receive antibiotics and other supportive cares. At 5 pm, they would be send to respective homes with advice to bring back their children to the clinic next morning, and advised to provide other supports at home. The same management would be continued till improvement and discharged and followed up every 2 weeks for 3 months. Children randomized to receive hospitalized management would be admitted at ICHSH and receive standard treatment like antibiotics and other supportive cares. The same treatment would be continued for 24 hours/day (rather than 9 hours/day at the day-care clinic) till improvement and discharged and followed-up at the ICHSH every 2 weeks for 3 months. About 3000 children with pneumonia visit Radda Clinic each year and about 200 of them will have severe pneumonia requiring hospitalization. Thus, we hope to enroll 368 (184 in each site) children with severe pneumonia during a 2-year study period.

The purpose of this study is to assess the clinical efficacy of azithromycin, used as a quorum-sensing blocker, when compared to placebo for preventing or delaying the occurrence of pneumonia in ventilated patients colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

This study will examine the course of patients with progressive rheumatoid arthritis associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) treated with rituximab for safety and progression-free survival at 48 weeks. Safety of rituximab therapy in this disease will be assessed through patient history, physical exams and laboratory parameters. Twelve male/or female patient with RA-associated lung disease (6 of each nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) and usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) histological subtype) will be enrolled The study involves 12 visits over 48 weeks Rituximab will be administered intravenously at Day 1 and Day 15 with repeat dosing at six months.

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy, safety and tolerance of 2 different dose levels of oral NXL103 with oral comparator in the treatment of community acquired pneumonia in adults

To validate the efficacy and safety of azithromycin for the treatment of Chinese patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), compared with cefuroxime or the combination of cefuroxime plus oral erythromycin.

The purpose of this study is to test if intravenous sulopenem and an oral drug, PF-03709270 are safe and effective in patients that are hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia.