Efficacy of Short-Course Antimicrobial Treatment for Children With Acute Otitis Media and Impact on Resistance

Summary

The investigators will study whether, in young children with acute otitis media (AOM), shortening length of antibiotic treatment as a strategy for reducing antimicrobial resistance provides satisfactory clinical outcome. This is a Phase 2b multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial in 600 children aged 6 through 23 months comparing the efficacy of consistent reduced-duration antimicrobial treatment (5 days) with that of consistent standard-duration treatment (10 days) for each episode of AOM developing during a single respiratory season (October 1 through May 31).

Timeline

Start

2012-01

Primary completion

2015-09

Completion

2015-10

Publications

• Shaikh N, Hoberman A, Paradise JL, Rockette HE, Kurs-Lasky M, Martin JM. Association Between Nasopharyngeal Colonization and Clinical Outcome in Children With Acute Otitis Media. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2023 Aug 1;42(8):e274-e277. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003956. Epub 2023 Apr 26.
• Hoberman A, Paradise JL, Rockette HE, Kearney DH, Bhatnagar S, Shope TR, Martin JM, Kurs-Lasky M, Copelli SJ, Colborn DK, Block SL, Labella JJ, Lynch TG, Cohen NL, Haralam M, Pope MA, Nagg JP, Green MD, Shaikh N. Shortened Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Otitis Media in Young Children. N Engl J Med. 2016 Dec 22;375(25):2446-2456. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1606043.
• Martin JM, Hoberman A, Paradise JL, Barbadora KA, Shaikh N, Bhatnagar S, Shope T, Block SL, Haralam MA, Kurs-Lasky M, Colborn DK, Green M. Emergence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroups 15 and 35 in nasopharyngeal cultures from young children with acute otitis media. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2014 Nov;33(11):e286-90. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000445.

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