Study to Investigate the Causes of Fever in Children Living in Urban Dar es Salaam and Rural Ifakara

NCT ID: NCT01812785

Last Updated: 2013-03-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

1010 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-01-31

Study Completion Date

2011-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal is to improve the evidence-based management of fever cases seen in outpatient clinics in malaria endemic countries, through a better understanding of the value of accurate malaria diagnosis, and through an improved understanding of the other causes of fever in children. The objective is to describe systematically (as much as possible) the etiologies of fever in children in an urban and in a rural environment of sub-Saharan Africa.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Fever Children Infectious Diseases

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* axillary temperature of 38°C or more
* first consultation for the present problem
* history of fever lasting for one week or less
* main complaint was not an injury or trauma
* no report of an antimalarial or antibiotic medicine taken during the previous week

Exclusion Criteria

* severe malnutrition
* categorized as P1 (requiring immediate live saving procedures)
Minimum Eligible Age

2 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

10 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Geneva

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Blaise Genton, prof

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

Locations

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Amana district hospital

Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania

Site Status

St Francis hospital

Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania

Site Status

Countries

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Tanzania

Other Identifiers

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SNSF

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Feverstudy

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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