Comparing Antibiotic Treatment Strategies for Children With Pneumonia in Outpatient Settings: (STAMPP)
Comparing Antibiotic Treatment Strategies for Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Outpatient Settings (Safety-Net Antibiotic Prescribing to Manage Pediatric Pneumonia [STAMPP])
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
2,000 participants
Sep 9, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if a "watch and wait" antibiotic strategy, called Safety Net Antibiotic Prescribing (SNAP), can safely reduce unnecessary antibiotic use while ensuring that children diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia get better from their illness. The main aims of this study are: * To compare the effectiveness of SNAP versus immediate antibiotic prescribing in children with mild community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) * To identify which patient groups benefit most from the SNAP strategy * To identify factors that shape implementation of each prescribing strategy. Researchers will compare the SNAP strategy (where parents or guardians are instructed to give antibiotics only if their child is not improving after 72 hours, or sooner if they are worsening) to the immediate antibiotic prescribing strategy (where parents or guardians are instructed to give the antibiotics right after their healthcare visit) to see if one strategy is more effective than the other. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the immediate antibiotic group or the SNAP group at enrollment. Participation lasts 14 days with follow-up surveys at 4, 7, and 14 days after enrollment.
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Interventions
Children randomized to the immediate antibiotic prescribing group will receive an antibiotic prescription with instructions to fill and administer the antibiotics.
For children randomized to the SNAP group, their parents or guardians will receive a prescription for antibiotics, but will be told not to administer the antibiotic unless their child's symptoms show no improvement at 72 hours or worsen within 72 hours.
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NCT06986148