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UnknownNCT03662828

Epidemiological Description of the Kaposi's Disease in France's Southeast

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
100 (estimated)
Sponsor
Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of the Kaposi's disease in France's southeast on 10 years (from 2007 to 2017)

Detailed description

Kaposi's disease is a multifocal disease with cutaneous expression in more than 95% of cases. There are 4 forms : Mediterranean, Endemic (Sub-Saharan Africa), iatrogenic and epidemic (HIV) The physiological hypotheses to explain the disease are not clear. A proliferation of immunity cells in blood vessels and also an undetermined role of the human herpes virus 8 (HHV-8) could be involved. The treatment is complex and not standardized. There are a lot of different treatments. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and described the characteristics and the treatment of the Kaposi's disease in the France's southeast on 10 years, from 2007 to 2017.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2018-08-01
Primary completion
2020-08-01
Completion
2020-08-01
First posted
2018-09-10
Last updated
2019-05-14

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: France

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03662828. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.