# Use of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Antibiotic De-escalation in Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia

> **NCT04781829** · NA · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **Northwestern University**

## Conditions studied

- Community-acquired Pneumonia

## Interventions

- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** BioFire Pneumonia Panel

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04781829
- **Lead sponsor:** Northwestern University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2020-01-15
- **Primary completion:** 2021-01-15
- **Final completion:** 2021-02-15
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** COVID pandemic precluded trial initiation. No longer clinical equipoise
- **Last updated:** 2021-03-04


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04781829

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04781829, "Use of a Rapid Diagnostic Test for Antibiotic De-escalation in Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04781829. Licensed CC0.

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