Urinary Tract Infections in Older Persons Admitted to a Psychogeriatric Ward

Urinary Tract Infections Clinical Trial

— UTI_UCP  

Official title:

Optimizing and Validating the Clinical Algorithm for Diagnosing Urinary Tract Infections in Older Persons Admitted to a Psychogeriatric Ward

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02368847
• Other study ID #: UTI_UCP
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 9, 2015
• Last updated: February 17, 2015
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: December 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2015
• Source: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Contact: Katrien Latour, MSc
• Phone: 003226425762
• Email: katrien.latour[@]kuleuven.be
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Belgium: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Urinary tract infections are one of the most common types of infections in older persons. The general aim of this study is to improve the epidemiological knowledge and develop a better diagnostic algorithm for urinary tract infections in older institutionalized individuals in order to reduce excessive prescribing of antibiotics and prevent antimicrobial resistance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: December 2015
• Est. primary completion date: August 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Older (65+ years) persons admitted to a gerontopsychiatric ward

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients not understanding Dutch or not willing to participate (no informed consent)

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Infection
• Urinary Tract Infections

Intervention

Device:
• Diagnostic tests
C Reactive Protein (CRP) measurement on capillary blood using a point-of-care test to determine C Reactive Protein level in the blood
• Diagnostic tests
Uricult dipslide: Easy-to-perform bacterial culture test for dectecting urinary tract infections in point of care settings

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Serious infection	To verify if the elderly has a serious infection, the research team will combine test results (dipstick, dipslide and CRP measurement) with signs/symptoms reported in the patient questionnaire.	2 months	No
Secondary	Reliability of the uricult dipslide in a population of institutionalized older patients	To verify the reliability of the uricult dipslide, a comparison will be made between the result of a dipslide read after 48h at room temperature, a dipslide incubated for 24h at +/- 35° Celsius and a urine culture test performed in a microbiology lab	2 months	No