28
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2014
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2018
Study Completion Date
January 31, 2021
AB (antibiotics)
"1. PO Vancomycin 250mgX4/d for 3 weeks~2. PO Amoxycillin 50mg/Kg divided by 3 (up to 500mgX3/d) - for 3 weeks~3. PO Doxycycline 2mg/kg X2/d (up to 100mgX2/d) - for 3 weeks; OR- For children younger than 8 years: PO Ciprofloxacin 10mg/Kg X2/2 (up to 250mgX2/d) for 3 weeks~Patients with known allergy to one of the drugs may be treated with oral Gentamycin (2.5mg/KgX3/d) for 3 weeks instead of the allergenic drug."
CS (corticosteroids) Only
"1. methylprednisolone (1.5mg/kg up to 60mg daily in two divided doses)~2. PO Metronidazole 5mg/Kg X3/d (up to 250mgX3/d) - for 3 weeks"
Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto
Hospital for Children and Adolescents Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki
Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba
Rambam Medical Cener, Haifa
Wolfson Medical Center, Holon
Schneider Medical Center, Petah Tikva
Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan
"Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II", Napoli
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome
Univeristy Children's Hospital in Krakow, Krakow
Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya Málaga, Málaga
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
OTHER