Diagnostic Performance of C Reactive Protein and Delta CRP in Acute Appendicitis

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• Last refreshed on: 12 September 2016
• Main ID: NCT02730585
• Date of registration: 01/04/2016
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: University of Monastir
• Public title: Diagnostic Performance of C Reactive Protein and Delta CRP in Acute Appendicitis dCRPappend
• Scientific title: Evaluation of the Performance of C-reactive Protein (CRP) Concentrations Variation (Delta CRP) in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in the ER
• Date of first enrolment: January 2010
• Target sample size: 500
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02730585
• Study type: Observational
• Study design: Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Tunisia

Contacts

• Name: Nouira Semir, Professor
• Affiliation: University Hospital of Monastir

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- age > 8 year old

- clinical suspicion of acute appendicitis including the presence of direct tenderness
in the right lower quadrant, percussion and rebound tenderness, pyrexia, anorexia,
nausea and vomiting.

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients receiving anti coagulants

- pregnant women

- patients using antibiotics during the study period.



Age minimum: 10 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Appendicitis

Intervention(s)

Biological: C-reactive protein measurement

Primary Outcome(s)

Final diagnosis of acute appendicitis [Time Frame: 15 days from patients inclusion]

Secondary ID(s)

04/2016

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors