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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02339259
Date of registration: 08/01/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Oxford
Public title: Causes of Fever in Bangladeshi Patients
Scientific title: Rickettsial Disease in Febrile Hospitalised Patients in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Bangladesh
Date of first enrolment: August 2014
Target sample size: 416
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02339259
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Name:     Amir Hossain, Professor Md
Address: 
Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Chittagong Medical College and Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Patients

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Admitted to CMCH

2. Have had malaria and typhus rapid tests

3. Age=12 years old

4. Febrile or history of fever for <3 weeks.

5. Written informed consent from patient or attending adult (for patient who lacks
capacity) or parent (for those below 18)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Consent refused, or no adult (=18 years) relative or guardian present to give consent
in the case the patient lacks capacity to give consent.

Healthy subjects Inclusion

1. No known acute or chronic medical conditions

2. Asymptomatic

3. No febrile illness in the last 2 weeks

4. Age=12 years old

5. Written informed consent from patient or parent (for those below 18)

Exclusion criteria:

1. Consent refused, or no adult (=18 years) relative or guardian present to give consent in
the case the patient is under 18 years.



Age minimum: 12 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rickettsial Disease
Intervention(s)
Other: Observation
Primary Outcome(s)
The clinical features of severe and uncomplicated scrub typhus and murine typhus in Bangladeshi patients [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Diagnostic accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests for scrub and murine typhus [Time Frame: 1 year]
Evaluation of markers of disease severity [Time Frame: 1 year]
Identification of vectors harbouring Rickettsia/Orientia spp. [Time Frame: 1 year]
Hemodynamic status of patients with typhus [Time Frame: 1 year]
Proportion of acute rickettsial illnesses in patients screened for malaria [Time Frame: 1 year]
Secondary ID(s)
BAKMAL1408
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Chittagong Medical College and Hospital
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Menzies School of Health Research
University of Amsterdam
Ethics review
Results
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