Amoxicillin Versus Benzyl Penicillin for Treatment of Children Hospitalised With Severe Pneumonia

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

561

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2011

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2013

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2013

Conditions
Pneumonia
Interventions
DRUG

Amoxicillin

Oral 45mg/kg 12 hourly

DRUG

Benzyl penicillin

Intravenous 50,000IU/kg 6 hourly

Trial Locations (6)

Unknown

Kerugoya District Hospital, Kerugoya

Embu Provincial General Hospital, Embu

Mbagathi District Hospital, Nairobi

Kisumu East District Hospital, Kisumu

New Nyanza Provincial General Hospital, Kisumu

Bungoma District Hospital, Bungoma

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

University of Oxford

OTHER

collaborator

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

OTHER

collaborator

University of Nairobi

OTHER

lead

KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Program

OTHER

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