Intestinal Parasites in Inhabitants of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province in Poland

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Disease; Intestinal Disease, Parasitic
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Tests for diagnosis of intestinal parasitic diseases

• Registration Number: NCT03490435
• Lead Sponsor: Nicolaus Copernicus University

Brief Summary

The goal of the proposed study is to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic diseases in adults and children. These invasions are included to "dirty hand diseases" (per os invasions), therefore it applies mainly preschool children.

Detailed Description

It is estimated that 75% of the world's population is infected with parasites and although parasitic diseases are mostly observed in the poor tropical and subtropical countries, there are also many diseases caused by parasites in Poland. In Poland, particular attention is paid to the following parasitic diseases closely related to the digestive system: giardiasis, taeniasis (including cysticercosis), ascariasis, cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, trichinosis, echinococcosis.

Symptoms of such invasions may include: allergic rhinitis of unknown origin, chronic fatigue or food intolerance. Moreover, many of them are asymptotic, therefore the study group will consist of both healthy people and individuals with undiagnosed diseases or/and chronic symptoms.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-02-17
• Study First Submitted: 2018-03-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-03-30
• Study First Posted: 2018-04-06
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-31
• Study Completion: 2019-12-31
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-25
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy and ailing individuals
• men and females
• adults and children

Exclusion Criteria

• the participants were not be: incapacitated persons, soldiers, prisoners and persons dependent in any way from the investigators

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Study participants	Tests for diagnosis of intestinal parasitic diseases	Both healthy and ailing individuals, both sex, including adults and children.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intestinal parasites	1 day (single evaluation of current samples)	The fecal samples will be assessed qualitavely in terms of life forms of parasites present in human intestine, i.e.: eggs and larvas of flukes, tapeworms and nematodes, as well as protozoa trophozoites and cysts.
Giardia antigen test	1 day (single evalutaion of all samples through study completion)	Stool test for Giardia lamblia antigen (ELISA kit)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Chair of Medical Biology, Collegium Medicum of Nicolaus Copernicus University; 🇵🇱 Bydgoszcz, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland