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Short (5 Days) Versus Long (14 Days) Duration of Antimicrobial Therapy for Acute Bacterial Sinusitis in Children

NCT01166945 ↗

Completed 98 enrolled University of Wisconsin, Madison Thrasher Research Fund · collab
RandomizedParallel-groupTriple-blindTreatment

Summary

The investigators objective is to compare short course (5 days) to long course (14 days)antibiotics for the treatment of acute bacterial sinusitis in children. The investigators hypothesize that short course therapy will lead to more frequent relapses of sinusitis and will not reduce resistant organisms.

Timeline

Start
2010-11
Primary completion
2016-02
Completion
2016-02

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator Amoxicillin Other / unclassified 90 mg/kg Oral
Comparator Clavulanate Unknown 6.4 mg/kg Oral

Indications

sinusitis