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UnknownNCT02391675

The Hasselt APPendicitis Immunology and Environmental Cohort STudy

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
308 (actual)
Sponsor
Hasselt University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
5 Years – 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

Summary

The Hasselt Appendicitis Immunology and Environmental Study (HAPPIEST) aims at characterizing factors that influence the development and severity of acute appendicitis. In a cohort of 300 patients and 300 controls, environmental factors as well as genetic make-up of the innate immune system, focusing mainly on pattern recognition, will be analyzed in order to gain insight in their relative importance in the pathology of appendicitis. Furthermore, populations of micro-organisms present in the gut of patients will be characterized, and the interaction between relevant micro-organisms and the innate immune system will be analyzed.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2012-06-01
Primary completion
2018-10-01
Completion
2018-10-01
First posted
2015-03-18
Last updated
2018-05-22

Locations

2 sites across 2 countries: Belgium, Netherlands

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02391675. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.