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Immune Status of Elderly Population Admitted in an Acute Geriatric Unit

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Aging
Interventions
Other: Blood test and clinical test
Registration Number
NCT00823589
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Brief Summary

Ageing is associated with vulnerability against infections leading to increased morbidity with risk of death. Innate and adaptive immunities are altered with ageing responsible of deficits in immune response against pathogens and after vaccination, and favouring the elderly vulnerability against a new pathogen with increased bacterial, viral, and fungal infections.

If immunity has been widely studied in immunosenescence, there are few prospective, comparative studies with elderly ill patients. Moreover among these studies, pathologies are not well defined.

The main objective of our project is to compare the immune state of elderly hospitalised subjects in an acute geriatric unit to the immune state of elderly healthy subjects selected with strict criteria, in order to precise the impact of polypathology and of various pathologies on immunity state.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
78
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subject of 75 or more years old, female or male
  • Subject admitted in the service of short stay gériatrique of the hospital Holy Marguerite, whatever is the motive for admittance
  • Subject not being under supervision(guardianship), nor guardianship
  • Subject benefiting from a benefit system
  • Subject having given its assent of participation or for which the reliable person gave her assent in the case of vulnerable person
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subject of less than 75 years old
  • Subject refusing to participate in the study or for whom(which) the reliable person refuses the participation of the subject

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
pathological groupBlood test and clinical testpathological group
healthy agedBlood test and clinical testhealthy aged
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
compare the immune state of elderly hospitalised subjects in an acute geriatric unit to the immune state of elderly healthy subjects2 years
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

HOPITAL DE SAINTE MARGUERITE Service de Gériatrie Sud

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Marseille, Paca, France

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