Early diagnosis of coeliac disease in the Preventive Youth Health Care Centres in the Netherlands.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- autoimmune diseaseGlutenintolerance10025477
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON52929
- Lead Sponsor
- eids Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 5436
Inclusion Criteria
age 12 months to 4 years,
not diagnosed with CD,
not on a GFD,
one or more CD-associated symptoms are presented,
parents have a sufficient knowledge of Dutch language,
informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
no informed consent,
asymptomatic children,
insufficient knowledge of Dutch language and/or inability to understand the
information provided, children on a GFD
children who are already diagnosed with CD
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Number of children with one or more CD-associated symptoms identified with CD<br /><br>at the YHCC by active case finding (n).<br /><br>Number of children with a positive POC test in which the diagnosis of CD is<br /><br>confirmed (n).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Children already diagnosed with CD prior to the study (n)<br /><br>Time investment by medical and nursing staff at the YHCCs (sec)<br /><br>Costs of the investigational strategy (time, materials) (¤)<br /><br>Cost-effectiveness of the investigational strategy<br /><br>Acceptance of active case finding by the Dutch population</p><br>