# Impact of a Procalcitonin Testing and Treatment Algorithm on Antibiotic Use and Outcomes in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

> **NCT03440918** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Vanderbilt University Medical Center** · enrollment: 271 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Sepsis
- Procalcitonin
- Antimicrobial Stewardship

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Procalcitonin-Guided Antimicrobial Stewardship
- **OTHER:** Baseline Antimicrobial Stewardship

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03440918
- **Lead sponsor:** Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-02-12
- **Primary completion:** 2019-05-11
- **Final completion:** 2019-05-11
- **Target enrollment:** 271 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-04-22

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03440918

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03440918, "Impact of a Procalcitonin Testing and Treatment Algorithm on Antibiotic Use and Outcomes in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03440918. Licensed CC0.

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