Improving Antibiotic Stewardship for Children With Respiratory Illness Presenting to Village Health Workers in Uganda — STAR

Respiratory Infections in Children Clinical Trial

Official title:
STewardship for Acute Respiratory Illness (STAR): a Stepped Wedge, Cluster Randomized Trial of Point-of-care Biomarker Testing by Village Health Workers

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a stepped wedge, cluster randomized study of a clinical algorithm that includes point-of-care C-reactive protein testing to inform antibiotic treatment decisions by village health workers for children presenting with acute respiratory illness in the Bugoye sub-county of the Kasese District in southwestern Uganda. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of the algorithm on antibiotic use.

Clinical Trial Description

n/a

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Respiratory Infections in Children
Respiratory Tract Infections

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT05294510
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	November 2, 2021
Completion date	May 30, 2022

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