Placebo-Controlled Trial of Antibiotic Therapy in Adults With Suspect Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI) and a Procalcitonin Level
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Official title
Targeted Reduction of Antibiotics Using Procalcitonin in a Multi-center, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Non-Inferiority Study of Azithromycin Treatment in Outpatient Adults With Suspect Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTI) and a Procalcitonin (PCT) Level of < / = 0.25 ng/mL (TRAP-LRTI)
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03341273
- Recruitment status
- Terminated
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- NIH
- Enrollment
- 514 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Azithromycin Drug
- Placebo Other
- VIDAS B.R.A.H.M.S Procalcitonin Test (PCT) Device
Drug · Other · Device
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 99 Years
- 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
- Dec 7, 2017
- Primary completion
- Mar 29, 2020
- Completion
- Aug 14, 2020
- Last update posted
- Jun 27, 2023
2017 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 5
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 4
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hope Clinic of Emory University | Atlanta | Georgia | 30332 | — |
| Atlanta VA Medical Center - Infectious Diseases Clinic | Decatur | Georgia | 30033 | — |
| Durham VA Medical Center | Durham | North Carolina | 27705-3875 | — |
| Duke Vaccine and Trials Unit | Durham | North Carolina | 27708 | — |
| Texas Medical Center - Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs | Houston | Texas | 77030-4211 | — |
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- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03341273, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jun 27, 2023 · Synced Jul 22, 2026
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