Tolerability of prednisolone and dexamethasone in children

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Observational study on the tolerability of oral prednisolone and oral dexamethasone in children

• IRAS ID

  166962

• Contact name

  Sharon Conroy

• Contact email

  sharon.conroy@nottingham.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University of Nottingham

• Duration of Study in the UK

  0 years, 3 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  Our study will be a prospective observational study in the paediatric wards of two secondary care hospitals (Gurayat General Hospital in Saudi Arabia and the Derbyshire Children's Hospital in the UK) to evaluate the tolerability of oral prednisolone and oral dexamethasone. This will be the first such study in both the UK and Saudi Arabia. The two centres are known to use different dosage forms from different pharmaceutical companies for each drug. This study will also evaluate any differences in the palatability and tolerability of these different dosage forms.

• REC name

  East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  15/EM/0057

• Date of REC Opinion

  19 Mar 2015

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion