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Clinical Diagnostic Performance Evaluation of a Measles Rapid Test in Senegal

Not Applicable
Conditions
Measles
Paediatrics
Registration Number
PACTR202308652843585
Lead Sponsor
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
850
Inclusion Criteria

Patients (all ages) presenting to participating health centres:
- For whom confirmatory diagnostic testing is currently indicated as per the national surveillance protocol
- With clinical signs and symptoms consistent with the WHO suspected measles case definition including: History of fever, or observed fever (>37.5C) at presentation and a (non-vesicular) maculopapular rash; or clinically suspected measles
- = 28 days after the onset of a rash
- Who if <18 years of age, have written, informed consent from their legal guardian (and verbally assent if more than 7 years old)
- Who if more than 18 years, give written, informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- Withdrawal of consent or assent as described above, at any time.
- Unsuccessful venous blood sampling after a maximum of 3 attempts, or a serum sample is no longer available for any reason.
- Clinical signs or symptoms requiring immediate referral/transfer of the patient to another site or centre, and/or for whom participation would involve a delay of urgent clinical interventions or investigations
- Clinical signs or symptoms that may be exacerbated by blood draw or upper respiratory sampling (e.g. stridor or severe respiratory distress)
- Prior recruitment to the study

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sensitivity and specificity of the RDT using capillary blood, serum and oral fluid, compared to the current laboratory reference standard using anti-measles IgM in serum by Enzyme Immuno Assay (EIA) and/or RT PCR of throat swabs or oral fluid, with 95% exact (Clopper Pearson) confidence intervals
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Inter-reader agreement of the RDT for measles case confirmation by healthcare workers under field conditions
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