A prospective (sero-)epidemiological study on contact transmission and chemoprophylaxis in leprosy

Erasmus Medical Centre (The Netherlands)0 个研究点目标入组 20,000 人开始时间: 2005年12月19日最近更新: 2015年1月13日

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•Patients should give consent for approaching their contacts for the trial.
•Inclusion criteria for contacts:
•1. Those living in the same house
•2. Those living in a house sharing the same kitchen
•3. First neighbours
•4. Close business or social contacts, including other relatives. To be included into this category one has to be in contact with the patient on a daily base (five or more days a week) and during several hours a day.
•5. Second neighbours
•All divided into spouse, child, parent, sibling, other relative, relative-in-law, non-relative.

•Exclusion criteria for contacts:
•1. Any contact who refuses to be included
•2. Any contact being pregnant
•3. Any contact currently on tuberculosis (TB) or leprosy treatment (however, released from treatment [RFT] patients should be included)
•4. Any contact below 5 years of age
•5. Any contact suffering from jaundice
•6. Any contact living only temporarily in the area
•7. Any contact found to suffer from leprosy at the initial survey
•8. Any contact already enrolled in the study via the contact

发起方

Erasmus Medical Centre (The Netherlands)