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Procalcitonin Antibiotic Consensus Trial (ProACT)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02130986

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Brief summary

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The ProACT study is a 5 year, multicenter study that will test the effect of implementation of a novel procalcitonin guideline on antibiotic use and adverse outcomes in Emergency Department (ED) patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI).

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02130986
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
University of Pittsburgh
Other
Enrollment
1,664 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Nov 3, 2014 (Actual)
Primary completion
Jul 21, 2017 (Actual)
Completion
Jul 21, 2017 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jan 15, 2019

2014 – 2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
13
U.S. states
10
U.S. cities
11
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama 35249 —
Maricopa Medical Center Phoenix Arizona 85008 —
University of California at Irvine Medical Center Orange California 92868 —
Norwalk Hospital Norwalk Connecticut 06856 —
University of Maryland/Baltimore Baltimore Maryland 21201 —
Massachusetts General Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02114 —
Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts 02115 —
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02215 —
Wayne State University/Detroit Receiving Hospital Detroit Michigan 48201 —
Essentia Institute of Rural Health Duluth Minnesota 55805 —
The Ohio State University, College of Medicine Columbus Ohio 43210 —
Penn State Hershey College of Medicine; Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey Pennsylvania 17033 —
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15261 —

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