This study, called the PICNIC Study, is looking at a new way to decide how long children with complex medical needs should take antibiotics for pneumonia. Instead of using a set number of days, doctors will decide based on how stable your child's health is. The study wants to see if this approach can safely reduce how much antibiotic medicine children receive. You can join if your child is between 2 and 25 years old, has complex medical needs, is admitted to Boston Children's Hospital with pneumonia, and has started antibiotics. The study will measure how many eligible patients agree to participate, how often respiratory symptoms continue or get worse, and how often children need to go back to the emergency room or hospital within one week after stopping antibiotics. The current recruitment status is unclear.

Study design

This is an interventional study planning to enroll 50 participants. It will compare basing antibiotic duration on clinical stability versus using predetermined total days of antibiotics.

What's involved

Not specified in the trial record.

Compensation

Not stated in the trial record.

Follow-up

Participants will be followed for emergency department revisits or hospital readmission within 1 week of antibiotic discontinuation.

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