Status:

UNKNOWN

Commercial Typhoid Tests Validation

Lead Sponsor:

Kenya Medical Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)

Conditions:

Typhoid Fever

Eligibility:

All Genders

8-65 years

Brief Summary

The study aims to perform a head to head comparison of 11 typhoid tests currently in the market and simultaneously develop a sample set that can be used in future evaluations of emerging technologies....

Detailed Description

Typhoid fever is an enteric bacterial infection caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (Salmonella Typhi; S. Typhi). It is an important infectious disease in low- and middle-income countries with...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Individuals aged 8 years of age to 65 years of age
  • History of fever or axillary temperature of \>37.5 °C for at least 3 consecutive days within the last 7 days prior to enrollment
  • Clinical suspicion of enteric fever
  • One of the following scenarios:
  • Presents to outpatient department or Emergency Department
  • Admitted to hospital within last 12 hours
  • Able and willing to provide informed consent (and assent when required)

Exclusion

  • Unwillingness to participate in the study
  • Inability to provide the required volume of blood
  • Unwillingness to provide blood
  • Known non-infectious / Non typhoid Infectious causes of fever or other alternate diagnosis of fever

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

2000 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04673487

Start Date

January 1 2021

End Date

December 1 2021

Last Update

December 17 2020

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Kenya Medical Research Institute

Nairobi, Kenya, 254