Biologic Markers Clinical Trial
— SPECIFYOfficial title:
Scoring Personalized Needs in Clostridium Difficile Infections for Fidaxomixin Therapy
Verified date | October 2017 |
Source | University of Athens |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Observational |
To develop a score that can predict early from diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) the risk for relapse and of unfavorable outcome. This score can be used in the future to identify patients will benefit from fidaxomicin treatment.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 150 |
Est. completion date | October 2017 |
Est. primary completion date | December 2016 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age equal to or more than 18 years 2. Both genders 3. Diarrhea defined as at least 3 episodes of unformed stools in the last 24 hours according to the Bristol stool chart 4. Presence of C.difficile in stool. This is defined as any stool sample positive for the presence of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) and for the presence of toxin A and/or B. Exclusion Criteria: 1. No exclusion criteria exist |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Greece | 1st Department of Internal Medicine, "G.Gennimatas" General hospital | Athens | |
Greece | 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Laikon General Hospital | Athens | |
Greece | 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Sismanogleion General Hospital | Athens | |
Greece | 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Sotiria General Hospital | Athens | |
Greece | 4th Department of Internal Medicine, ATTIKON University Hospital | Athens | |
Greece | 5th Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelismos Athens General Hospital | Athens | |
Greece | 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Thriassio General Hospital | Magoula | |
Greece | 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Thriasio General Hospital | Magoula | |
Greece | 2nd Department of Oncology, Mitera Hospital | Maroúsi | |
Greece | Department of Internal Medicine, Patras University Hospital | Pátra | |
Greece | Infections Unit Tzaneion General Hospital | Piraeus | |
Greece | 1st Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital | Thessaloniki |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University of Athens | Hellenic Sepsis Study Group |
Greece,
Rao K, Erb-Downward JR, Walk ST, Micic D, Falkowski N, Santhosh K, Mogle JA, Ring C, Young VB, Huffnagle GB, Aronoff DM. The systemic inflammatory response to Clostridium difficile infection. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 18;9(3):e92578. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092578. eCollection 2014. — View Citation
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Definition of prognostic biomarker | Patients with positive score and unfavorable outcome. Unfavorable outcome is defined as at least one of the following: a) number of patients with severe infection at disease onset; b) number of patients who progress into severe infection; c) number of patients with disease recurrence; and d) number of patients who die | 12 months |