Universal Screening for Tuberculosis and Anemia With the CHICA System

NCT ID: NCT01322841

Last Updated: 2016-12-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2239 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-10-31

Study Completion Date

2010-09-30

Brief Summary

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The CHICA system is a clinical decision support system that uses adaptive turnaround documents to provide point-of-care information to clinicians. The investigators will be studying whether it can help in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and iron deficiency anemia.

Detailed Description

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The CHICA system is a clinical decision support system that uses adaptive turnaround documents to provide point-of-care information to clinicians. We will be studying whether it can help in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis and iron deficiency anemia.

Conditions

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Tuberculosis Iron Deficiency Anemia

Keywords

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CHICA clinical decision support

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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CHICA Diagnosis Module

This arm had the CHICA screening module turned on

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

CHICA Diagnosis Module

Intervention Type OTHER

The CHICA module helped to screen and diagnose patients with tuberculosis or iron deficiency anemia

CHICA Placebo

This arm had CHICA but no additional module

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

CHICA Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

This was CHICA without the screening module

Interventions

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CHICA Diagnosis Module

The CHICA module helped to screen and diagnose patients with tuberculosis or iron deficiency anemia

Intervention Type OTHER

CHICA Placebo

This was CHICA without the screening module

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Age 3 to 11 years old and seen in a study clinic

Exclusion Criteria

None
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

11 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Library of Medicine (NLM)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Indiana University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Aaron Carroll

Professor of Pediatrics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Aaron E Carroll, MD, MS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

IUSM

Locations

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Children's Health Services Research

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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5K22LM009160

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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CHICA_Screening

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id