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临床试验/ISRCTN18065452
ISRCTN18065452进行中(未招募)4 期

Azithromycin and cefixime combination versus azithromycin alone for the out-patient treatment of clinically suspected or confirmed uncomplicated typhoid fever in South Asia; a randomized controlled trial (ACT-South Asia Trial)

niversity of Oxford0 个研究点目标入组 1,500 人开始时间: 2023年7月6日最近更新:
适应症

试验速览

阶段
4 期
状态
进行中(未招募)
入组人数
1,500

研究概览

简要总结

2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35097222/ (added 03/07/2023)

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional

入排标准

性别
All

入选标准

  • 1. A history of fever at presentation for >48 hours and a documented fever(=37.5oC (axillary))
  • 2. Aged =2 years (and =10 kg) to 65 years old
  • 3. No clear focus of infection on initial clinical evaluation
  • 4. Malaria RDT negative; dengue NS1 RDT negative; scrub typhus RDT negative; CRP rapid test =10 mg/L. Able to take oral treatment ( Exception case if any Of RDT is positive or CRP< 10, but blood/stool culture positive case).
  • 5. Able to attend for follow-up and can be contacted by telephone
  • 6. Written fully informed consent to participate in the study including assent for children in addition to parental/legal guardian consent

排除标准

  • 1. History of fever for >14 days
  • 2. Pregnant or positive pregnancy test or breast-feeding
  • 3. Presence of clinical symptoms or signs indicating a focal infection such as pneumonia; urinary infection, meningitis, eschar
  • 4. Obtundation, haemodynamic shock, visible jaundice, gastrointestinal bleeding or any signs of severe disease that may require immediate hospitalization
  • 5. Being treated for TB or HIV or severe acute malnutrition
  • 6. Patients with cardiac disease
  • 7. Patient requiring intravenous antibiotics for any reason
  • 8. Previous history of hypersensitivity to any of the treatment options
  • 9. Either of the trial drugs are contraindicated for any reason (e.g. drug interactions)
  • 10. Has received azithromycin or cefixime in the last 5 days
  • 11. Receiving another antimicrobial and responding clinically to the treatment as judged by the attending clinician.
  • 12. Being on another drug (for example certain kinds of anti-depressants, or anticonvulsants) that may also cause prolonged QT interval
  • 13. COVID-19 PCR/antigen positive

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