Herpes Zoster: Risk Factors, Complications and Special Situations

NCT ID: NCT03903237

Last Updated: 2019-04-04

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

355 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-12-20

Study Completion Date

2019-02-28

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

This retrospective analysis is to investigate patients' history and clinical presentation in Herpes Zoster (HZ), Zoster-related complications, post-Zoster neuralgia and Herpes Zoster management in order to improve the management of HZ patients, to refine HZ-vaccination strategies and elucidate cost factors of HZ in in the setting of a university hospital in Switzerland generally and in a dermatology department specifically.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Herpes Zoster

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

retrospective chart review

retrospective report review of HZ patients treated between 2005 and 2018 in the Department of Dermatology at the University Hospital Basel

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Reports of patients with HZ at University Hospital Basel between 2004-2018

Exclusion Criteria

* rejection to use patient data
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Simon Müller, Dr. med

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Basel

Basel, , Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

Switzerland

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

2018-02270; sp19Mueller2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

More Related Trials

Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.

Shingles Prevention Study
NCT00007501 COMPLETED PHASE3