Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01619267
Role of New Diagnostic Tool in Device (ICD / PM) Associated Infections
Device Associated Infections - Role of New Diagnostic Tools
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 103 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Deutsches Herzzentrum Muenchen · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Infections related to implantable pacemakers or cardioverters defibrillators are sometimes difficult to be diagnosed. Diificulties in the diagnosis include a low sensitivity of standard markers of inflammation such as C-reactive protein or white blood cell count and the diagnosis is mainly based on the clinical presentation. The observational DIRT-study evaluates if new biomarkers may be more suitable to support a diagnosis of device associated infections than the currently available ones.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-03-01
- Completion
- 2013-04-01
- First posted
- 2012-06-14
- Last updated
- 2017-04-10
Locations
4 sites across 3 countries: Croatia, Germany, Italy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01619267. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.