Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Antibiotic Treatment of Recurrent Episode of Asthma in Children - a Randomised, Case-controlled Study Within the COPSAC2010 Cohort (Asthma Begins in Childhood)
Brief Summary: Copsac has discovered that asthmatic exacerbations are as closely linked to bacterial as to viral infection. The current study will examine whether treatment of asthmatic exacerbations with macrolide antibiotics - in the abscence of clear clinical bacterial infection which would in any case precipitate antibiotic treatment - has an effect on either the particular episode, or subsequently. Macrolide antibiotics are chosen for ease of administration ensuring high compliance, antibiotic appropriacy, and anti-inflammatory properties.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Myeloma diagnosis according to IMWG criteria
* Treatment demanding disease
* High-dose melphalan with stem cell support scheduled as a part of the treatment
* Signed informed consent given prior to any study related activities
* Age \> 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

* Allogeneic transplantation scheduled as a part of the treatment
* Myeloma treatment prior to entry in the study, except radiotherapy, bisphosphonates/denosumab or corticosteroids for symptom control
* Concurrent disease making clarithromycin treatment unsuitable
* Positive pregnancy test (only applicable for women with childbearing potential)
* Known or suspected hypersensitivity or intolerance to clarithromycin
* Prolonged QT corrected (QTc) interval ( \> 500 msec on screening ECG)
* Concurrent treatment with cabergoline, fluconazole, ketoconazole, pimozide, quetiapine, sirolimus, verapamil, tacrolimus, ergot alkaloid, simvastatin or other statins
* Uncontrolled or severe cardiovascular disease including myocardial infarction within 6 months of enrolment, uncontrolled angina or known cardiac amyloidosis
* Severe renal dysfunction (estimated creatinine clearance \<10 mL/min)
* Serious medical or psychiatric illness which, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the patient inappropriate for entry into the study
B: Inclusion Criteria:

Communities:

* The community location in target district.
* The community leader consents to participation in the trial
* The community's estimated population is between 200-2,000 people.
* The community is not in an urban area.

Individuals (Intervention):

- Children-treated arms (all 3 sites): All children aged 1-60 months (up to but not including the 5th birthday), as assessed at the most recent biannual census

Individuals (Examination \& Sample Collection):

* All swabs, blood tests, and stool samples: A random sample of children aged 1-60 months (up to but not including the 5th birthday) based on the previous census
* Anthropometric measurements: All children aged 1-60 months (up to but not including the 5th birthday) will have anthropometric measurements assessed.
* Nasopharyngeal swabs in untreated children: A random sample of individuals aged 7 - 12 years (7th birthday up to but not including the 12th birthday), as assessed from the previous census
* Clinic-based nasopharyngeal swabs: All children aged 1-60 months (up to but not including the 5th birthday) who present to a local health clinic in the study area and report symptoms of a respiratory infection

Exclusion Criteria:

Individuals:

* Pregnant women
* All those who are allergic to macrolides or azalides
* Refusal of village chief (for village inclusion), or refusal of parent or guardian (for individual inclusion)
C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. patients who have given written informed consent
2. males or females of any race
3. 18-75 years of age
4. with the diagnosis of persistent asthma ≥ 1 year duration at screening and a history consistent with GINA step 4 or 5 clinical features
5. receiving high dose ICS plus inhaled LABA for at least 6 months prior to screening
6. patients who have suffered multiple (i.e. at least two) independent documented severe asthma exacerbations within the previous 12 months
7. patients must be never-smokers or ex-smokers with a smoking history of ≤ 10 pack-years.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. females who are pregnant or who are breastfeeding
2. patients with severe bronchiectasis
3. patients with active tuberculosis or non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections (NTM)
4. patients with significant underlying medical conditions (e.g. infection, hematological disease, malignancy, neurologic, renal, hepatic, coronary heart disease or other cardiovascular disease, endocrinologic or gastrointestinal disease) within the previous 3 months
5. who are unable to perform spirometry or complete a patient diary or complete questionnaires
6. patients with known hypersensitivity to azithromycin or other macrolide antibiotics
7. patients who's heart rate corrected QT interval is prolonged
8. patients who have - in the judgement of the investigator - a clinically relevant laboratory abnormality
9. patients currently treated with macrolide antibiotics or recent macrolide treatment (in the past twelve weeks)
10. anti-IgE treatment
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participation in the COPSAC2010 cohort
* recurrent wheeze
* and others

Exclusion Criteria:

* Macrolide allergy
* Heart, liver or kidney disease.
* and others

Answer: D