# Procalcitonin Guided Antibiotic Therapy and Hospitalisation in Patients With Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: The "ProHOSP" Study

> **NCT00350987** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland** · enrollment: 1002 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
- Pneumonia
- Bronchitis

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** a strategy based on PCT guided AB therapy

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00350987
- **Lead sponsor:** University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2006-10
- **Primary completion:** 2008-06
- **Final completion:** 2008-06
- **Target enrollment:** 1002 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2008-09-23


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00350987

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00350987, "Procalcitonin Guided Antibiotic Therapy and Hospitalisation in Patients With Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: The "ProHOSP" Study". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00350987. Licensed CC0.

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