Trials / Unknown
UnknownNCT04244500
Burden of Influenza at Emergency Department (ED) Level in European Countries
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 2,500 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Rostock · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study plans to conduct enhanced influenza surveillance at a hospital emergency department level independent of underlying influenza-like symptoms.
Detailed description
Study objectives Primary: \- Measure the proportion of non-traumatic emergency department (ED) visits infected with influenza during the peak of the influenza season Secondary: * Describe the demographic and medical profile of influenza-related and non-influenza-related visits * Identify socio-demographic or other risk factors associated with ED visit outcome * Describe the influenza positivity rate among ED visits for different causes * Measure the proportion of influenza positive patients without classical ILI symptoms
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | swab sampling | Multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay for organisms of upper respiratory tract infections |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-01-27
- Primary completion
- 2020-04-01
- Completion
- 2020-08-01
- First posted
- 2020-01-28
- Last updated
- 2020-01-28
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04244500. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.