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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01771029
Date of registration: 09/01/2013
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Philipp Schuetz
Public title: Technical Evaluation of Brahms PCT Direct
Scientific title: Technical Evaluation of a Whole Blood Rapid Test Measuring Procalcitonin (BRAHMS PCT Direct)
Date of first enrolment: February 2013
Target sample size: 150
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01771029
Study type:  Observational [Patient Registry]
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
France Germany Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Philipp Schuetz, PD, Dr.med.
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Affiliation:  Kantonsspital Aarau
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age > 18 years

- possible infection at initial presentation

- informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- none



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Infection
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Correlation between BRAHMS PCT direct and reference method. [Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 2 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Time to result [Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 2 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
POC_1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Ethics review
Results
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