Fever of Unknown Orgin Registry in Internal Medicine Unit and Infectious Disease Units (FUO)

February 15, 2022 updated by: Fadoi Foundation, Italy
This registry has the aim to collect epidemiological and clinical data of classical FUO cases in Italian Internal medicine Dept. and in Italian Infection diseases Dept.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Detailed Description

In particular this registry intends to record clinical data observed, diagnostic methods used and the clinical evolution of classical FUO cases

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

100

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

      • Trieste, Italy
        • Recruiting
        • ASUI di Trieste
        • Contact:
          • VERENA ZERBATO
        • Principal Investigator:
          • ROBERTO LUZZATI

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients (in- or out-patients) with classical FUO hospitalised in Internal Medicine Dept. and in Infectious Diseases Dept.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • • fever (temperature > 38.3° C) found in several occasions of a duration exceeding 3, unable to make a diagnosis after a period of 3 days of hospitalization or after 3 out-patients visits in Internal Medicine Dept. or Infection Diseases Dept.

    • signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • • immunocompromised patients

    • patients in treatment with steroidi (prednisone > 0,5 mg/Kg/die per > 4 weeks), anti-TNF, ciclofosfamide, tacrolimus, everolimus, sirolimus, azatioprina, ciclosporina, micofenolato, metotrexate
    • neutropenic patients with less than 500 neutrofili/µL
    • HIV positive patients
    • nocosomial fever.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
To describe FUO cases collected
Time Frame: 6 moths
To describe clinical evolution of classical FUO cases recording clinical data observed, diagnostic methods used.
6 moths

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

September 19, 2019

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 1, 2022

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 9, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 15, 2022

First Posted (ACTUAL)

February 24, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

February 24, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 15, 2022

Last Verified

February 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Fever of Unknown Origin

Clinical Trials on not aplicable since it is a Registry

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