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PLEASE5+ - Long-term outcomes and quality of life of patients with symptoms attributed to Lyme borreliosis

Conditions
Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease
Lyme borreliosis
tick-borne disease
Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome
Registration Number
NL-OMON21558
Lead Sponsor
Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
280
Inclusion Criteria

Subjects who have been randomized into the PLEASE study and not have subsequently withdrawn informed consent for the PLEASE or PLEASE5+ study are eligible. Inclusion criteria for PLEASE were: persistent symptoms that were attributed to Lyme borreliosis, either temporally related within 4 months to a physician-confirmed episode of erythema migrans or otherwise proven symptomatic Lyme borreliosis manifestation (by positive biopsy, PCR, culture, or intrathecal antibody production); or with a positive B. burgdorferi IgG or IgM immunoblot.

Exclusion Criteria

Subjects who have withdrawn informed consent to PLEASE participation, have not consented to receive PLEASE5+ study information, or who do not provide written informed consent to PLEASE5+ participation are excluded, as well as subjects who have died.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The health-related quality of life 5-8 years after participation in the randomized controlled trial on the effect of prolonged antibiotic treatment on persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme borreliosis (PLEASE).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- long-term impact of persistent symptoms attributed to Lyme borreliosis on (ability to) work and social costs;<br>- reported use of medical or complementary interventions or support after PLEASE participation, and their association with the course of symptoms, quality of life and ability to work.
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