Status:
UNKNOWN
Research for Angiostrongylus Cantonensis and Costaricensis in French West Indies and French Guiana
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital Center of Martinique
Collaborating Sponsors:
University Hospital Center of Pointe-à-Pitre/Abymes (Guadeloupe)
Hospital Center of Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe)
Conditions:
Angiostrongylosis
Hypereosinophilia
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
Hospitals in the French West Indies (Fort-de-France (Martinique); Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe); and French Guiana (Cayenne, Saint-Laurent du Maroni)) have noted the emergence of eosinop...
Detailed Description
Angiostrongylosis is a parasitosis caused by the nematode Angiostrongylus sp. The adult parasite lives in the rat's arteries (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus), its definitive host, where it breeds...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Hypereosinophilia associated with a meningeal table (= suspicion of neuromeningeal angiostrongylosis), or,
- Hypereosinophilia associated with a severe gastrointestinal table(= suspicion of intestinal angiostrongylosis)
Exclusion
- Refusal of the patient to be included in the study
- Angiostrongylosis of importation (contracted outside the French West Indies - French Guiana region)
- Absence of hypereosinophilia
- Hypereosinophilia in the context of an other parasitosis
- Non-parasitic hypereosinophilia
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 3 2018
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03378882
Start Date
April 3 2018
End Date
August 1 2021
Last Update
December 11 2020
Active Locations (1)
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CHU of Martinique
Fort-de-France, France, 97261