COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF AVAILABLE TREATMENTS FOR SINUS AND EAR INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN: WHICH CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM WHICH TREATMENT? (MEASURE Trial)

PI(s): Nader Shaikh (University of Pittsburgh)

Purpose: It is unclear which children with ear and sinus infections require treatment and, among those who do, it is unclear which antibiotic is the most effective. This patient-centered study seeks to resolve both of these critical questions.

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Study Design: Interventional

PCORnet® Partners:

  • Cincinnati Children’s Hospital (PEDSnet)
  • Colorado Children’s Hospital (PEDSnet)
  • Seattle Children’s Research Institute (PEDSnet)
  • Duke University (STAR)

PaTH Partners:

  • Pitt - Megan Hamm

Sponsor: PCORI®

The MEASURE Trial study is a PCORnet® Study conducted using PCORnet®, the National Patient Centered Clinical Research Network, an initiative funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). More information about PCORnet® can be found here.

The MEASURE Trial was funded by PCORI through PCORI Award PLACER-2024C3-42497.

The statements presented on this website are solely the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of other organizations participating in, collaborating with, or funding PCORnet or of PCORI.

Coordinating Center: University of Utah Health (Data Coordinating Center), University of Pittsburgh (Clinical coordinating center)