TABLE 1-A1.

Characteristics of ongoing studies.

PACTR201404000706382	Description
Public trial name or title	The use of chest physiotherapy in children hospitalised with pneumonia
Scientific name or title	The use of assisted autogenic drainage in children with acute respiratory disease in a developing country
Methods	Randomised controlled trial
Participants	98 children between the age of 1 month and 8 years hospitalised with pneumonia
Interventions	Comparison of standard nursing care with standard nursing care + assisted autogenic drainage bi-daily
Outcome measures	Primary: duration of hospitalisation Secondary: duration of fever; respiratory rate at admission, before, immediately after, 1 hr post-treatment and at discharge; lung function test at admission and discharge if the child is older than 5 years of age; oxygen saturation at admission, before, during, after, 1 hr post-treatment and at discharge; duration of oxygen supplementation; atelectasis/collapse; progression of respiratory support; and mortality rate
Research setting	Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Starting date	24 March 2014
Contact information	Lieselotte Corten and Brenda Morrow. CRTLIE001@myuct.ac.za or Brenda.morrow@uct.ac.za