Use of Mobile Phones for Thermal Imaging of the Chest to Save Lives of Children With Pneumonia in Nagpur, India

Infections - Bacterial Clinical Trial

Official title:

Use of Mobile Phones for Thermal Imaging of the Chest to Save Lives of Children With Pneumonia in Nagpur, India

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02381431
• Other study ID #: 2015P000265
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 2, 2015
• Last updated: January 12, 2017
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: July 2016

Study information

• Verified date: January 2017
• Source: Massachusetts General Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to see if thermal images can be used instead of a chest x-ray to diagnose bacterial pneumonia in children with signs and symptoms of pneumonia in Nagpur, India. More specifically, the objectives of the study are: 1) to determine if thermal imaging, using a commercial thermal camera can accurately detect the presence of bacterial pneumonia in children receiving a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia; 2) to evaluate the use of thermal imaging to monitor the course and resolution of pneumonia in children diagnosed with pneumonia; and 3) to determine if thermal imaging can accurately diagnose sites of infection that are suspected to be related to the pneumonia.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 75
• Est. completion date: July 2016
• Est. primary completion date: July 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or younger

• patient at DAGA Memorial Hospital, Nagpur, India

• had chest x-ray within last 24 hours

• consent obtained from one parent

• assent obtained if child is 8 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• thermal image cannot be done within 24 hours of chest x-ray

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Infections - Bacterial
• Pneumonia
• Pneumonia - Bacterial

Intervention

Device:
• FLIR ONE

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
India	DAGA Memorial Hospital	Nagpur	Maharashtra

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Massachusetts General Hospital	Lata Medical Research Foundation, Nagpur

Country where clinical trial is conducted

India, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia	Thermal imaging will be used and compared to the chest x-ray taken within 24 hours to see if bacterial pneumonia is present	24 hours
Secondary	diagnosis of additional site of infection possibly related to bacterial pneumonia	Thermal imaging will be used to image other potential sites of infection suspected of being related to the bacterial pneumonia if suspected by physician	within same hospital stay