Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00630071
Diagnostic Value of Procalcitonin in Patients With Acute Appendicitis
A Prospective Study Investigating the Diagnostic Value of Procalcitonin in Patients With Acute Appendicitis
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 103 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Ruhr University of Bochum · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 14 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The values of laboratory examinations which are useful for the diagnoses of acute appendicitis are white blood cell count (WBC), C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte blood sedimentation rate (ESR). Another laboratory value which has recently received considerable attention for the early diagnosis of bacterial infection and sepsis is pro-calcitonin (PCT). In recent studies it has been clearly shown that PCT is one of the most important biochemical indicators which closely correlates with the severity of inflammatory host response to microbial infections. Aim of this open, prospective study is therefore to investigate if PCT has an accurate diagnostic value for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-02-01
- Completion
- 2008-08-01
- First posted
- 2008-03-06
- Last updated
- 2012-10-16
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00630071. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.