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 @ 5:44 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:44 PM
NCT ID:
NCT00455468
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age: 2 to 59 months
* Sex: Both boys and girls
* Severe pneumonia according to WHO criteria (Severe pneumonia is defined as cough or difficult breathing with lower chest wall in drawing with or without fast breathing which is defined as the respiratory rate ≥ 50 breaths per minute for children aged 2-11 months and ≥ 40 breaths per minute for children aged 12-59 months)
* Attend the Radda Clinic and ICHSH between 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (Sunday through Saturday)
* Written informed consent by respective parents/guardians
Exclusion Criteria:
* Very severe and non-severe pneumonia
* Nosocomial pneumonia
* History of taking antibiotics for pneumonia within 48 hour prior to enrollment
* Chronic illnesses like tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis
* Congenital deformities/anomalies e.g. Down's Syndrome, congenital heart disease
* Immunodeficiency
* Trauma/burn
* Bronchiolitis
* Bronchial asthma
* Lives far away from the Radda Clinic and ICHSH (outside 5 km radius from the respective study site)
* Parents/guardians not consenting for inclusion of their children in the study
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
2 Months
Maximum Age:
59 Months
Study:
NCT00455468
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00455468