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An Assessment of Rapid Streptococcal Tests in Community Clinics in Israel

NCT00535093 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 7000

Last updated 2010-05-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There is a large over-use of antibiotics in family medicine, especially in upper respiratory tract infections.

This study is designed to determine if the use of rapid Streptococcal tests in primary care clinics can lower the rate of antibiotic use while not missing bacterial infections.

Conditions

  • Pharyngitis
  • Streptococcus Pyogenes Infection
  • Streptococcus Pyogenes Identification

Interventions

DEVICE

rapid streptococcal testing

Each patient will have both RST and standard throat culture performed. Final diagnosis and treatment will be determined by throat culture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dept of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    collaborator OTHER

  • Meir Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ian N Miskin, MD · Clalit Health Services, Jerusalem district

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2009-07-31
Completion
2009-07-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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