Status:

COMPLETED

Surveillance Study to Determine the Trends in Acute Hepatitis A Among Panamanian Children

Lead Sponsor:

GlaxoSmithKline

Conditions:

Acute Hepatitis A

Hepatitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-15 years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to collect epidemiological and clinical data to assess the vaccine impact and occurrence of confirmed acute hepatitis A cases in sentinel hospitals after the introduction ...

Detailed Description

This is an observational, prospective, multi-centre, sentinel based study in 3 hospitals in Panama. Hospitals are selected based on population density or hepatitis A disease burden. The Pan American ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • A male or female between \>1 month and \<15 years of age at the time of enrolment, being referred to any of the 3 participating sentinel hospitals.
  • Subjects with clinical diagnosis of possible acute hepatitis A.
  • Written informed consent obtained from the parent or guardian of the subject.
  • Subjects for whom a blood sample is collected.

Exclusion

  • Subjects with confirmed diagnosis of non-viral hepatitis

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

42 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01159925

Start Date

July 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2011

Last Update

November 22 2012

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GSK Investigational Site

Clayton, Provincia de Panamá, Panama