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Main ID:  NCT03046342
Date of registration: 31/01/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Hamad Medical Corporation
Public title: Gastroenteritis in Pediatric Population of Qatar GE
Scientific title: Epidemiology of Acute Gastroenteritis in the Pediatric Population in Qatar: Causes, Risk Factors, Burden of Disease, Sources and Preventable Measures
Date of first enrolment: March 10, 2015
Target sample size: 3000
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03046342
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Qatar
Contacts
Name:     Dr.Khalid M Alansari, MD,FRCPC,FAAP(PEM)
Address: 
Telephone: +97455336166
Email: KALANSARI1@hamad.qa
Affiliation: 
Name:     Dr.Khalid Alansari
Address: 
Telephone: +974 55336166
Email: kalansari1@hamad.qa
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All acute gastroenteritis patients between 3 months to 14 years presenting to PEC
centers with acute diarrhea+/- vomiting with or without fever

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Cases of vomiting +/- fever only without diarrhea

2. Suspicion of surgical abdomen

3. Bile stained vomitus

4. Mal-absorption diseases as cystic fibrosis, celiac disease or increased secretion as
disaccharides deficiency

5. Cases of Inflammatory bowel disease

6. Antibiotic associated diarrhea

7. Patients with immune deficiency

8. Patients with chronic diarrhea (>2 weeks of diarrhea)

9. Patients receiving long term medication for any disease



Age minimum: 3 Months
Age maximum: 14 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Gastroenteritis
Intervention(s)
Diagnostic Test: Molecular method (PCR)
Primary Outcome(s)
sources of viral, bacterial and parasitic GE in the country [Time Frame: 4 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
seasonal variation of GE in qatar determination [Time Frame: 4 years]
comparing the prevalence of viral GE in vaccinated children in Qatar (against rotavirus) and the other countries which implemented rotavirus vaccine [Time Frame: 4 years]
Secondary ID(s)
14-00045
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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