Pneumonia
Conditions
Keywords
Community Acquired Pneumonia
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to obtain data from hospitalized Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) patients on the disease including disease severity, clinical signs and symptoms and measures used for diagnosis in daily routine practice as well as data on Avelox® including information on the use, effectiveness, treatment outcome, safety and tolerability. As this is a non-interventional observational study, routine clinical practice is observed. The application of medications follows the normal routines and is decided by the treating physician under recognition of the package insert.
Interventions
Hospitalized patients receiving Avelox according to local drug information
Sponsors
Bayer
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adult hospitalized patients with a diagnosis of CAP (based on local medical practice) and decision taken by the investigator to treat with moxifloxacin and to start treatment with intravenous administration. The local moxifloxacin product information must be considered.
Exclusion criteria
* Contraindications stated in the local moxifloxacin product information; warnings and precautions must be considered.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary objective is to evaluate the distribution of the CRB-65 severity index at baseline in hospitalized patients suffering from CAP and to whom moxifloxacin (starting with intravenous administration) was prescribed, in countries from South Eastern | At baseline only |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Assessment of use of different diagnostic measures in daily routine practice, especially chest radiography and microbiology | 7-14 days |
| Determination of the proportion of patients treated with moxifloxacin as antibiotic second-line therapy | 7-14 days |
| Assessment of clinical signs and symptoms before and after therapy with moxifloxacin | 7-14 days |
| Measurement of moxifloxacin treatment success in terms of effectiveness and outcome | 7-14 days |
| Evaluation of safety and tolerability of moxifloxacin in hospitalized CAP patients | 7-14 days |
Countries
Croatia, France, Hungary, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Moldova, North Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine
Outcome results
None listed