Evaluation of the Use of a Urin Test Strip to Determine the Spread of Schistosoma Infections in Areas Where Schistosomiasis Infections Are Low in Kenya - Tabular View

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

April 19, 2007

Last Updated Date

October 30, 2007

Start Date ^ICMJE

April 2006

Primary Completion Date

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Change History

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Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

Evaluation of the Use of a Urin Test Strip to Determine the Spread of Schistosoma Infections in Areas Where Schistosomiasis Infections Are Low in Kenya

Official Title ^ICMJE

Evaluation of Applicability of Urine Based Schistosomiasis Test Strip in the Epidemiologic Mapping and Sampling of Schistosoma Mansoni Infection in Low Endemic Areas of Kenya

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of a urine test strip in diagnose schistosoma mansoni in areas of Kenya where the rate of infections are low.

The hypothesis is that the urine strip test is a superior tool to the conventional parasitological tools used to diagnose schistosomiasis mansoni infections in area where there is low transmission

Detailed Description

The study will compare the use of the urine test strip with the conventional method used and with a "golden standard" methode, in an area of Kenya where the infection transmission is low. Furthermore will the urine test strip be evaluatied in its ability to monitor the intensity of infections in school children before and after they are been treated for the infections.

A total of 1100 school children in the age between 10 and 18 years will be included in the study. Children have to submitt a stool and a urine sample on three consecutive days. Children who are found to be infected with the schistosomiasis parasite will be offered treatment.

Study Phase

Study Type ^ICMJE

Observational

Study Design ^ICMJE

Other

Condition ^ICMJE

Schistosomiasis Mansoni
Circulating Cathodic Antigen Urine Based Dipstick

Intervention ^ICMJE

Study Arms / Comparison Groups

Publications *

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Completed

Enrollment ^ICMJE

1100

Completion Date

November 2006

Primary Completion Date

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

Children in the age between 10 and 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

Children younger then 10 years of age and children whos parent/guardians did not give informed consents for their participation in the study

Gender

Both

Ages

10 Years to 18 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Contacts ^ICMJE

Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects

Location Countries ^ICMJE

Kenya

Administrative Information

NCT ID ^ICMJE

NCT00463307

Responsible Party

Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

SRP-KY-JK-06

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development

Collaborators ^ICMJE

Investigators ^ICMJE

Principal Investigator:

Hussein J Kihara, mr

Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Kenya

Information Provided By

DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development

Verification Date

October 2007

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