Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:46 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:46 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00258661
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* 50 Years old or older
* Subject is hospitalized in an acute care facility
* Subject must exhibit at least two of the classic symptoms of pneumonia, to include:
* Respiration Rate greater than or equal to 25 respirations per minute
* New or increased cough
* Fever greater than or equal to 100.4 degrees F (38 degrees C)
* Pleuritic chest pain
* Worsening of mental or functional status
* Leukocytosis (WBC greater than 12,000 cells per cubic millimeter)
* New or increased physical findings (rales, wheezing, bronchial breath sounds)
Exclusion Criteria:
* Lung abscess
* Advancing pulmonary fibrosis
* Bronchiectasis
* Pulmonary tuberculosis
* Lung Cancer
* Metastatic malignancy
* Uncontrolled metabolic bone disease that places subject at risk for pathologic bone fracture (i.e. Paget's Disease or hypoparathyroidism)
* Acute or unhealed rib or vertebral fracture
* History of pathologic bone fracture
* Previous participants as subject in the study
* Respiratory failure (intubation)
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
50 Years
Study:
NCT00258661
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00258661