An interventional study of Vitamin A in Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Vitamin a, sponsored by Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. Completed at 1 site in Iran, Islamic Republic of. Open to participants aged 6 Months to 12 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-07.
Sponsored by Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
This randomized clinical trial included 105 children with CAP who were admitted to Bandar Abbas Children's Hospital. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups: a control group receiving standard antibiotic therapy and an intervention group receiving standard antibiotics plus vitamin A (25,000 IU for 2 days). Key data collected included age, sex, duration of hospitalization, treatment duration, and daily Respiratory Index of Severity in Children (RISC) scores.
Children to present with CAP symptoms
324 studies on the registry are indexed under Community-Acquired Pneumonia; 77 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 105 is below the median of 250 across 195 interventional studies indexed under Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
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A weakened immune system. It can come from an illness, such as HIV or some blood cancers, or from medicines that turn the immune system down, for example after an organ transplant or for an autoimmune disease; steroids at higher doses count.
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Immunosuppression
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the control group received standard antibiotic therapy
the intervention group received standard antibiotics plus adjunctive vitamin A supplementation (25,000 IU daily for two days)
Dietary Supplement: Vitamin A
the intervention group received standard antibiotics plus adjunctive vitamin A supplementation (25,000 IU daily for two days)
duration of hospitalization
Vitamin A supplementation was associated with a significant reduction in hospitalization duration in children with CAP, supporting its potential as an adjunct therapy.
Time frame: Key data collected included age, sex, duration of hospitalization, treatment duration, and daily Respiratory Index of Severity in Children (RISC) scores.
Treatment duration daily Respiratory Index of Severity in Children (RISC) scores
daily Respiratory Index of Severity in Children (RISC) scores
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment and discharge of patients ( 6 months)
Plan to share: Undecided
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Ran from Feb 2021 to primary completion in Sep 2021, 7 months.
Of 42 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Community-Acquired Pneumonia, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 38. This study's 7 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 43 studies reached it within 24 months; a quarter within 14 and three quarters within 38.
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