Status:
COMPLETED
Triage UltraSound in Tb Endemic Regions
Lead Sponsor:
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Collaborating Sponsors:
National University Hospital for tuberculosis, Cotonou, Benin
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Conditions:
Tuberculosis
Lower Resp Tract Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
In Sub-Saharan Africa, lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) and tuberculosis (TB) jointly are the leading cause of overall mortality. There is a need to integrate sustainable triage and manageme...
Detailed Description
Design International multicentre prospective cohort study Setting This study aims to explore the performance of POCUS in a pre-hospital setting in countries with different prevalences of HIV: South- ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age ≥18 years
- Suspicion of lower respiratory tract infection (defined as presence of cough with at least one of the following: fever, dyspnea/tachypnea, sputum production, chest pain, hemoptysis or cachexia)
Exclusion
- Cough/dyspnea from a definite non-infectious origin (cardiac, asthmatic...)
- Inability to cooperate with ultrasound procedure
- Inability to sign informed consent (third witness procedure available for illiterate patients)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 14 2021
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 10 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
504 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05423847
Start Date
October 14 2021
End Date
February 10 2025
Last Update
February 13 2025
Active Locations (3)
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1
CNHUPPC
Cotonou, Atlantic, Benin
2
CHU point G
Bamako, Mali
3
Wits Rural University
Acornhoek, South Africa