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Last refreshed on: 24 October 2016
Main ID:  NCT02225769
Date of registration: 22/08/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Public title: Electronic Algorithms Based on Host Biomarkers to Manage Febrile Children e-POCT
Scientific title: Electronic Algorithms Based on Host Biomarkers Point of Care Tests to Decide on Admission and Antibiotic Prescription in Tanzanian Febrile Children
Date of first enrolment: December 2014
Target sample size: 3192
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02225769
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Tanzania
Contacts
Name:     Valérie D'Acremont, MD, PhD, MiH
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Affiliation:  Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age =2 months and <60 months of age

- Written informed consent from the child's parent or caregiver

- Axillary temperature =37.5°C and/or tympanic temperature =38.0°C

- History of fever for =7 days

- First consultation for the current illness

- Live in the catchment area of the health facility

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age 60 months or greater

- Age less than 2 months

- Weight less than 2.5kg

- Chief health problem is an injury, trauma or acute poisoning



Age minimum: 2 Months
Age maximum: 59 Months
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acute Febrile Illness
Intervention(s)
Other: Management of febrile children using ALMANACH
Other: Management of febrile children using e-POCT
Primary Outcome(s)
Proportion of clinical failure by day 7 compared among the 3 study arms. [Time Frame: 10 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Proportions of children prescribed an antibiotic and/or antimalarial treatment at day 0 and by day 7 compared among the 3 study arms. [Time Frame: 10 months]
Proportion of primarily admitted children compared among the 3 study arms. [Time Frame: 10 months]
Proportions of secondary hospitalization and death by day 30 compared among the 3 study arms. [Time Frame: 10 months]
Proportions of children with hypoxemia, stratified by diagnostic classification (e-POCT arm) [Time Frame: 10 months]
Secondary ID(s)
IZ01Z0_146896
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Swiss National Science Foundation
Ethics review
Results
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