Clinical Trial: Effectiveness and Implementation of a National Guideline for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections to Reduce Antibiotic Prescribing in Swiss Primary Care

U.S., Feb. 10 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07396428) titled 'Effectiveness and Implementation of a National Guideline for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections to Reduce Antibiotic Prescribing in Swiss Primary Care' on Nov. 18, 2025.

Brief Summary: The ImpProGUIDE study aims to find out whether implementing new Swiss national guidelines for acute respiratory infections (ARI) can help to reduce antibiotic prescribing in primary care. In Switzerland, most antibiotics are prescribed in outpatient care, and many of these prescriptions may not be needed - especially when infections are caused by viruses, which antibiotics do not treat. Reducing overuse of antibiotics is important to slow the spread o...