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Results from the CAP-IT study on children with CAP have been published in JAMA. CAP-IT found that a shorter duration of treatment of 3 days of amoxicillin was as good as a longer duration of 7 days in terms of children not needing further antibiotic treatment within 4 weeks.
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You can read the full paper here: Bielicki JA, StΓΆhr W, Barratt S, et al. Effect of Amoxicillin Dose and Treatment Duration on the Need for Antibiotic Re-treatment in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia. JAMA. 2021;326(17):1713-1724. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.17843
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RECRUITMENT TARGET HAS BEEN REACHED! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³ The 800th patient was recruited at 18:14 on 3rd April 2019 by… The Royal London – congratulations & well done! @BartsEDresearch @PERUKItweep πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ @barts
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CAP-IT Study retweeted
Thanks to the team at @capitstudy for our prize after recruiting 775th patient to their clinical trial at @SunderlandRoyal Not sure our research nurse will get a look in though, the PI is a massive fan of chocolate!
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Recruitment is now at 783 patients with the latest recruit from Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin! @PEMDUBLIN πŸŽ†
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Well done to City Hospitals Sunderland for recruiting the 775th patient to CAP-IT on Friday! Hope you enjoy the prize on it's way to you soon @PERUKItweep @mullen_niall @SunderlandRoyal πŸ₯³πŸ‘
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CAP-IT Study retweeted
Another recruit to the @capitstudy today in Derby bringing our total to 60 @DerbyRandD
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Really pleased to see recruitment picking up again! We ended February with 36 recruits but have already got 33 so far in March and there's still 2 weeks left of this month! Thank you for all your hard work πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ₯³ @PERUKItweep #capit #pneumonia
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We would like to congratulate St George's Hospital for recruting the 750th patient yesterday! Your prize will be on it's way! @PERUKItweep @stgEDresearch πŸ₯³
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CAP-IT Study retweeted
Congratulations to @Rekhap123 for completing a Masters in Leadership for Health & Social Care alongside being an incredible research nurse and vital part of @UHLKidsResearch! Great example of an #InspirationalWoman on #InternationalWomensDay
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Great start! Well done πŸ₯³
We’ve recruited two patients to the @capitstudy this week. We’re top recruiters for the week and for March (don’t anyone remind me it’s 1st) @OxfordEmergeMed @emergency_OUH
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Congratulations to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children for recruiting the 725th patient! Prize is on its way to you πŸ₯³πŸ‘ Who will recruit the 750th patient??? @PERUKItweep @mdlyttle @UHBristolNHS
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Two patients recruited over the weekend this week in Chester and Nottingham! Great to see such great dedication - keep it up! @TheCountessNHS @DREEAMResNUH @PERUKItweep
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3 patients recruited yesterday thanks to Sheffield, Royal Derby and St Mary's πŸ‘ If we keep this up, we can hit our goal in no time! @SheffChildrens @CRFSheffield @DerbyRandD @ImperialCRF @PERUKItweep
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CAP-IT Study retweeted
After several weeks of no recruits we finally have our first recruit for February to @capitstudy in Derby @DerbyRandD
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Anddddd the prize goes to Lewisham for recruiting the 700th patient yesterday!!!! Well done team! Look out for something very special 😎πŸ₯³@PERUKItweep @mdlyttle
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Congratulations to @EvelinaLondon who recruited 3 CAP-IT patients yesterday! Great work all! 😌@PERUKItweep
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Bristol have kick started February's recruitment! Now at 694 patients. We will be giving out a prize for the site that recruits the 700th patient... will it be you?! πŸ˜†@PERUKItweep @UHBristolNHS @BristolBRC
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Special shout out to @LeedsHospitals who recruited a patient on Boxing Day - that's commitment!!! @PERUKItweep @crf_leeds
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The fantastic CAP-IT teams around the UK are back at it in 2019! Can we finish the CAP-IT trial with a bang this year?! Let's work together to hit 700 patients by the end of January - that's 35 patients to go. Let's go teams! @PERUKItweep
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