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Accuracy of fecal cytomegalovirus (CMV) polymerase chain reaction in diagnosis of CMV colitis

Phase 2
Recruiting
Conditions
CMV colitis
Stool CMV PCR&#44
dignostic test of CMV colitis&#44
tissue CMV PCR&#44
cytomegalovirus
Registration Number
TCTR20201120002
Lead Sponsor
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
123
Inclusion Criteria

1. Age > 18 year old
2. Patients who meet one of criteria in both 2.1 and 2.2
2.1)Patients at risk of CMV infection
- HIV infection
- Post organ transplant
- Hematologic malignancy
- Immunosuppressive agents
- Chemotherapeutic agents
- Advanced age with multiple co-morbidities
- Critically ill-patients
2.2) Patients present with symptoms suspicious CMV clolitis
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- LGIH
- Ileus
- Bowel perforation

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who cannot proceed colonoscopy

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Accuracy of stool CMV PCR in diagnosis of CMV colitis compared with tissue pathology at dignosis of CMV colitits Senstovity, specificity, accuracy of stool CMV PCR
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Correlation of quantitative stool CMV PCR and serum CMV viral load with tissue pathology at diagnosis of CMV colitis quantitative stool CMV PCR, serum CMV viral load,Association of quantitative stool CMV PCR to mortality rate, surgical rate, curative rate after diagnosis of CMV colitis to complete treatment quantitative stool CMV PCR, mortality rate, surgical rate, curative rate
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