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Last refreshed on: 31 October 2016
Main ID:  NCT02486783
Date of registration: 27/06/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Academic Hospital Paramaribo
Public title: Infection, Sepsis and Meningitis in Surinamese Neonates InSepSur
Scientific title: Infection, Sepsis and Meningitis in Surinamese Neonates
Date of first enrolment: May 2015
Target sample size: 190
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02486783
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Suriname
Contacts
Name:     Grietje Molema, PhD
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Affiliation:  University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

This study aims to include all neonates presenting here and at the high and medium care
facilities with clinical signs of infection, sepsis or meningitis (age: 0-1 month) that
require infection work up (i.e., laboratory testing and culturing):

- Baseline controls: uncomplicated jaunice, no other signs of infection

- Clinical signs of infection: tachypnea, dyspnea, apnea, grunting, tachycardia,
bradycardia, hypotension, poor perfusion, vomitus, abdominal distension,
constipation, poor feeding, lethargy, irritability, convulsions, temperature
instability, pale, yellow, bleak, petechiae, bruising, bleeding.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Extreme prematurity: gestational below 32 weeks of gestational age

- Extreme dysmaturity: birthweight below 1500 grams

- Maternal HIV or malignancy



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 1 Month
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Neonatal Infection
Neonatal Meningitis
Neonatal Sepsis
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Presence of infection upon signs of infection [Time Frame: Within 7 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Overall mortality due to infection [Time Frame: 1 year]
Infection related mortality [Time Frame: 7 day and 30 day]
Secondary ID(s)
VG 021-14A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
University Medical Center Groningen
Ethics review
Results
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