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Rapid Flu Tests in Travelers With Fever

NCT00821626 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 93

Last updated 2020-04-02

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Summary

Influenza is a frequent cause of fever in returning travelers. Usually diagnosis rests on the clinical picture. Rapid flu tests are becoming increasingly popular, although their sensitivity and specificity are suboptimal. The objective of this study is to evaluate if rapid flu tests influence the medical management of returning travelers with fever, a population at intermediate risk for influenza infections.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

BD Directigen EZ Flu A+B

Naso-pharyngeal swab and rapid flu test

OTHER

Control

No rapid flu test

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Lausanne Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Serge de Valliere, MD · Medical Outpatient Clinic, University Hospital of Lausanne

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2015-05-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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