DINOSAUR Paediatric Bone and Joint Study: Qualitative component

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Duration of Intravenous antibiotic therapy for Septic Arthritis or acUte osteomyelitis in a paediatRic population: QUALITATIVE SUB-STUDY

• IRAS ID

  145413

• Contact name

  Saul Faust

• Contact email

  s.faust@soton.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  12/SC/0533, DINOSAUR LREC number

• Research summary

  The DINOSAUR study is investigating management of bone and joint infections in children, with the overall aim to assess the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial to reduce the length of intravenous and/or oral courses of antibiotic therapy. Structured face-to-face interviews conducted by an experienced qualitative researcher will be used to explore the experiences of families of a child who has had a bone and joint infection. The willingness of these families to participate in a possible randomised controlled trial investigating longer (current standard of care) versus shortened courses of antibiotics for bone and joint infection.

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds West Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  14/YH/1166

• Date of REC Opinion

  22 Oct 2014

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion