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

• Conditions: Fever of Unknown Origin

• Registration Number: NCT05254522
• Lead Sponsor: Fadoi Foundation, Italy

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-09-19
• Status Verified: 2022-02
• Study First Submitted: 2022-02-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-02-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-02-15
• Study First Posted: 2022-02-24
• Last Update Posted: 2022-02-24
• Primary Completion: 2022-12
• Study Completion: 2022-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

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 & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To describe FUO cases collected	6 moths	To describe clinical evolution of classical FUO cases recording clinical data observed, diagnostic methods used.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

ASUI di Trieste; 🇮🇹 Trieste, Italy