Status:

COMPLETED

Studying Respiratory Infections and Colonisation in Children Using Daily Minimally-invasive Nasal Sampling

Lead Sponsor:

Leiden University Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

Spaarne Gasthuis

Conditions:

Respiratory Tract; Infection, Upper (Acute)

Colonization, Asymptomatic

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-5 years

Brief Summary

Rationale: Respiratory tract infections (RTI) are a major cause of morbidity in young children in high- income countries and the major cause of mortality in developing countries. Causative bacteria an...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Written informed consent obtained from all legal representatives, for example both parents.
  • Child aged 1-5 years of age attending day care, peuterspeelzaal or school at least 2 (half) days a week.
  • Parents ability and willingness to adhere to protocol-specified procedures, including availability of a freezer at home to store samples. This does not include donation of saliva by parents themselves, which is related to a secondary endpoint.

Exclusion

  • History of respiratory tract infections requiring hospitalization
  • Current use of antibiotics, or antibiotics use in past four weeks
  • Use of immune-altering medication (such as steroids, including inhaled corticosteroid)
  • No history of severe concomitant disease (severe congenital heart disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, prematurity \<32 weeks, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, congenital or acquired immunodeficiency disorders, cardiovascular disease, neuromuscular disorders, oncology patients or major congenital anomalies)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 21 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 27 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

46 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06049537

Start Date

January 21 2022

End Date

November 27 2023

Last Update

December 12 2023

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Spaarne Gasthuis

Hoofddorp, Netherlands