The Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in School Children in Fiji

NCT ID: NCT00779662

Last Updated: 2008-10-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 2000 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2008-02-29
• Study Completion Date: 2008-12-31

Brief Summary

This study is an epidemiological observational cross-sectional study designed to estimate the prevalence of echocardiographically confirmed RHD in school children from 5-14 years of age in Fiji. The study will be conducted in the Central Division of Fiji within a selection of up to16 primary schools located in the Korovou/Tailevu and Rewa/Nausori sub-divisions. School children will be enrolled after informed consent has been obtained. A standard cardiac examination (auscultation) will be performed as part of the routine annual health check by both school nurses, who have attended a training workshop, and by a paediatrician. All children with or without murmur will have a screening echocardiogram performed at a subsequent visit. Children found to have possible, probable or definite RHD or other cardiac pathology on the screening echocardiogram, will have a full echocardiogram performed by the echocardiography technician at the time of the second study visit. They will all also be referred to a paediatric cardiologist for further investigation and management and monitoring . Cases of RHD will be referred to and followed up by the National Fiji RHD register based at CWMH in Suva.

Conditions

Rheumatic Heart Disease

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Informed consent will be obtained for all participants
• All children between the ages of 5-14 Years are eligible for the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• None

• Minimum Eligible Age: 5 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Menzies School of Health Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Melbourne

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Queensland Institute of Medical Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Menzies School of Health Research

Other Identifiers

U01AI060579

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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07- 0070

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id