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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. The central objective is to evaluate different Typhoid Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) that are commercially available internationally for detecting antigens or antibodies to Salmonella Typhi and use Blood culture as standard for comparison. The end point will be to determine estimates of sensitivity and specificity for each test, with 95% confidence interval, using blood culture as reference.


Clinical Trial 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 over 10.9 million new cases worldwide and 116.8 thousand death in 2017. South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa are the most affected areas of the world. Typhoid fever is common in areas with inadequate sanitation and hygiene. In routine practice, diagnosis of typhoid fever is rarely confirmed as diagnostic tests are unavailable or have limited diagnostic accuracy. Blood culture is the commonest reference standard test but has a lower sensitivity. Alternatives to those methods exist but their performance is poor. The Widal test is still used but as it is based on cross-reactive antigens, it lacks sensitivity and specificity. Clinician often use rapid diagnostic tests to diagnose typhoid. A number of typhoid fever RDTs are commercially available but performance data are not available or not consistent from a study to another. This prospective, multicentre, cross-sectional study will be carried out in 3 hospitals of Nairobi, Kenya. 2000 clinically suspected typhoid cases will be enrolled in this study, blood culture as well as serum for RDT will be received. All typhoid positive and equal typhoid negative serum will be tested for investigational RDTs. This collaborative study between Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) will systematically compare different point of care typhoid tests currently available in the market against the same set of reference standard. The knowledge gained from this trial may benefit health providers' by providing information on diagnostic accuracy of current typhoid test and to decide on utility of these commercial tests. The result obtained from this trial will also be made available to help inform Ministry of Health in Kenya and the World Health Organization (WHO) Essential Diagnostic list (EDL) and stakeholder decision making more broadly. ;


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NCT number NCT04673487
Study type Observational
Source Kenya Medical Research Institute
Contact Robert S Onsare, PhD
Phone +254722337004
Email robert.s.onsare@gmail.com
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase
Start date January 2021
Completion date December 2021

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