Disease Burden of Pneumonia, Meningitis and Bacteremia Among Children in Japan: Pneumonet Japan

Epidemiological Surveillance Network Study To Assess the Disease of Pneumonia in Infants and Children in Japan

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00757575

Enrollment

28511

Registered

2008-09-23

Start date

2008-02-29

Completion date

2010-10-31

Last updated

2012-03-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pneumococcal Disease

Keywords

PNEUMONET JAPAN STUDY

Brief summary

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major cause of pneumonia, among infants and children in Japan and worldwideThis study plans to investigate the rate of invasive pneumococcal disease IPD and the rate of hospitalizations due to pneumonia in Okinawa and the Eastern half of Hokkaido Currently, only a limited information about pneumococcal disease burden is available in Japan.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

28 Days to 60 Months

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Eligibility Criteria \- Children residing in the surveillance area(s) aged 28 days to \<60 months with clinical suspicion of pneumonia, meningitis and bacteremia who were admitted to the hospital.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1.Describe the distribution of causal pathogen of meningitis and bacteremia 2.Estimate the hospital admission rate of pneumonia patients 3.Estimate the incidence rate of IPD 4.Describe the serotype distribution of S. pneumoniae	2 years

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1.CFRof patients admitted with IPD and/or pneumonia. 2.Antibiotic resistance rate of S. pneumoniae 3.Risk factor distribution 4.Average duration of the hospitalization of patients with IPD, meningitis, and/or pneumonia.	2-3 years

Countries

Japan

Outcome results