Thermal Images on Smartphones to Diagnose Bacterial Pneumonia in Children in Pakistan

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• Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
• Main ID: NCT02908399
• Date of registration: 08/09/2016
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
• Public title: Thermal Images on Smartphones to Diagnose Bacterial Pneumonia in Children in Pakistan
• Scientific title: Thermal Images on Smartphones to Diagnose Bacterial Pneumonia in Children in Pakistan
• Date of first enrolment: October 2016
• Target sample size: 250
• Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02908399
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Diagnostic. Masking: None (Open Label).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Pakistan

Contacts

• Name: Patricia L Hibberd, MD, PhD
• Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 months or younger;

- patient at NICH Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan;

- had chest x-ray within last 24 hours to determine diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia;

- consent obtained from one parent

Exclusion Criteria:

- thermal image cannot be done within 24 hours of chest x-ray



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 18 Months
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Pneumonia - Bacterial

Infections - Bacterial

Intervention(s)

Device: FLIR ONE

Primary Outcome(s)

diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia [Time Frame: 24 hours]

Secondary Outcome(s)

diagnosis of additional site of infection possibly related to bacterial pneumonia [Time Frame: up to a maximum of 28 days after original chest x-ray to diagnose pneumonia is taken]

Secondary ID(s)

2016P000898

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)