Status:
UNKNOWN
Study of Dry Beriberi in Mayotte, Comoro Archipelago
Lead Sponsor:
Groupe Hospitalier Sud Reunion
Conditions:
Dry Beriberi
Eligibility:
All Genders
15+ years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the existence of a genetic factor, suspected to be involved, aside from likely food deficiency contribution, in occurrence of dry beriberi, in patients who exper...
Detailed Description
A team of 2 investigators, a nurse and an investigator speaking French, Shibushi and Shimaore (3 languages in use in Mayotte), will visit exposed patients who agreed to participate to the study. 3 co...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- patients
- Native to the Comoro Archipelago (Grande Comore, Mayotte, Anjouan, Mohéli)
- Fulfilling the clinical definition of the dry beriberi.
- Both sexes.
- Older than 15 years and 3 months (limit of the paediatrics).
- Having signed and whose legal representatives signed the form of assent, having understood the information.
- Benefiting from a social coverage regime.
- Controls
- Native to the Comoro Archipelago.
- People living in the same household as the patient, sharing the same meals.
- Both sexes.
- Older than 15 years old and 3 months.
- Free from beriberi.
- With normal neurological examination.
- Having signed and whose legal representatives signed the form of assent, having understood the information.
- Benefiting from a social coverage regime.
Exclusion
- Aged under 15-year-old and 3 months.
- For the patients and the witnesses, the presence of pathologies known to increase needs in vitamin B1 (cancer, infectious diseases, fever, hyperthyroïdism, chronic alcoholism).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00934349
Start Date
June 1 2009
Last Update
July 8 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Central Hospital - MAYOTTE
Mamudzu, France, 97600