# PROcalcitonin to SHORTen Antibiotics Duration in PEDiatricICU Patients (ProShort-Ped) Trial

> **NCT01652404** · PHASE3 · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Hunan Children's Hospital** · enrollment: 600 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Sepsis

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Procalcitonin-guided treatment
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Conventional treatment

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01652404
- **Lead sponsor:** Hunan Children's Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2011-03
- **Primary completion:** 2012-12
- **Final completion:** 2012-12
- **Target enrollment:** 600 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2012-07-30

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01652404

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01652404, "PROcalcitonin to SHORTen Antibiotics Duration in PEDiatricICU Patients (ProShort-Ped) Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01652404. Licensed CC0.

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