Procalcitonin-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection in the UK (BATCH): a pragmatic, multicentre, open-label, two-arm, individually randomised, controlled trial
Authors
- Marion Roderick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8481-6300)
- Vanessa Unsworth
- Louise Yendle
- Kerenza Hood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631)
- Rebecca Harmer
- Sanjay V. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6694-1530)
- Jolanta Bernatoniene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2941-9125)
- Kimberly P. Lindsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-1929)
- Stacy Wilson
- Sue Power
- Charlotte Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0800-153X)
- Grainne O'Connor
- Gisela Robinson
- Jenni McCorkell
- Emily K. Cornish
- Maryam Hamdollah‐Zadeh
- Andrea Taylor
- Melanie N. Ekani
- Sarah Dee
- Tracey Bingham
- Lisa Capozzi
- Kim Smallman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9283-8120)
- Sue Channon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-1483)
- Susan J. Burke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2571-4416)
- Judith F. Evans
- Josie Henley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2709-900X)
- Lisa Duncan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7768-3909)
- Simon Schoenbuchner
- Ifeanyichukwu Okike (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4001-2642)
- E. N. Chamberlain
- Jenny Whitbread
- Chloe E. H. Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0012-1596)
- H Palfrey
- Emma Thomas‐Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-2786)
- Chao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3627-7218)
- Alistair Munro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3918-8701)
- Jennifer Preston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4800-234X)
- C. Oxford
- Susie Holt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8309-1707)
- Abhishek A. Solanki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-8205)
- Coral Smith
- Colin Powell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8181-875X)
- Sarah McKay
- Zainab Sarwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3300-3163)
- Cherry-Ann Waldron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8465-2492)
- Amber Cook
- Alvin W. L. Schadenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9327-3547)
- Stéphane Paulus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0703-9114)
- Kate Allen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7981-862X)
- Sandra Dymond
- Céu Mateus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6219-219X)
- Murthy Saladi
- Lucy Hinds (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5042-4368)
- Debbie Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-7724)
- Zoe Oliver
- Sarah Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6638-9261)
- Moffat Nyirenda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2120-4806)
- Sam Clark-Stone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2282-6579)
- Jennifer Philbin
- Philip Pallmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8274-9696)
- Sarah Hopton
- Rebecca Mayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2311-7917)
- Christie Mellish
- Danielle Miller
- A.M. Griffiths
- Gareth Roberts
- Helen Nabwera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1056-729X)
- Katrina Cathie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5074-0769)
- B Padmakumar
- Claire Douglas
- Jennifer Muller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4007-4579)
- Philippa Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-1462)
- Anu Goenka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8152-2155)
- M. Critchley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6803-1231)
- Hannah E. Boal
- Joanne Johnston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0314-2851)
- Karen Coy
- Victoria Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0333-3308)
- Rachael Hawkins
- Jenny Pond
- Sarah Salter
- Melanie Hayman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1469-3496)
- Kathy M. Redfern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4885-493X)
- Victoria Bingham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2617-0345)
- Mark Tighe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0755-8296)
- Ruth Bowen
- Saul N. Faust (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3410-7642)
- Caroline Burchett
- James D Williamson
- Helen Dallow
- Andrew Gribbin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1183-4057)
- Sarah Milosevic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1973-8286)
- Chloe Rishton
- Simon Birch
- DR Owens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8110-4252)
- Suzanne Wilkins
- Enitan D. Carrol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8357-7726)
- Jessica Cutler
- Rachel Newport
- Rachel Harrison
- Laura Sparks
- Siân Ludman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3622-4957)
- Christopher D. Black (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2662-8341)
- Sarah Siner
- Gabrielle Price
- Lucy Brookes‐Howell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8263-7130)
- Eric Seymour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1906-3701)
- Huasheng Xiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5515-001X)
- Stefania Vergnano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5893-3095)
- Carolyn Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1553-020X)
- Hayley Prout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0170-7027)
- Martin Edwards
- Melanie Marsh
- Marta Czekaj
- Ruth Ensom
- Imogen Stamford
- Sarah De Beger
- Anna Laskey
- Sarah E. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2661-4740)
- Anna Hardy
- Clare Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6765-1789)
- Z. A. Jordan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8833-3526)
- Mark Goddard
- Stuart Gormley
- Janet Shackleton
- Sarah J. Kotecha
- Paddy McMaster
- J. Webber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9115-979X)
- Andrew Collinson
- J. Johnston
- Caroline Lambert
- Evangeline Clayton
- Prakash Kamath
- Emma Gardiner
- Catherine Postlewaite
- Emy Van Der Harg
- Nina Vanner
- John Beachill
- Charlotte Barker-Kirby
- Megan Purchall
- Laura Miketa
- Oana Langston
- Amy Roff
- Erika Rojas-Jimenz
- Waku Maboshe
- Phoebe Mususka
- David Hopgood
- Leonora Beed
- Donna Bowens
- Sophie Cadnam
- Nichola Etherington
- Lisa Mcgailey
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Hull (GB)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Beijing Jiaotong University (CN)
- Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (GB)
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Shandong Jiaotong University (CN)
- Aga Khan University Nairobi (KE)
- NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Health and Care Research Wales (GB)
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Liverpool Womens NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- Lancaster University (GB)
- Hull York Medical School (GB)
- Cardiff University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
- Published
- 2025-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-4642(24)00306-7
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.90
Funders
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Health and Care Research Wales
- Public Health Wales
- Cancer Research UK
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- University of Oxford
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Goddard Space Flight Center
- Medical Research Council
- Health Technology Assessment Programme