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Diagnostic PCR Panel in Children With Acute Gastrointestinal Symptoms

NCT07280624 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 526

Last updated 2025-12-12

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Summary

This investigator-initiated randomized controlled trial compares the clinical impact of real time PCR of fecal samples in children with acute gastrointestinal symptoms at a pediatric emergency room. Specifically, the trial compares immediate testing of fecal samples using a multiplex PCR panel to a a control group with delayed test results.

Conditions

  • Gastroenteritis Acute
  • Gastrointestinal Symptoms
  • Abdominal Pain/ Discomfort
  • Vomiting in Infants and/or Children

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Multiplex PCR gastrointestinal panel

Intervention includes a rapid use of multiplex PCR panel for gastrointestinal pathogens of fecal samples from children with acute gastrointestinal symptoms evaluated at a pediatric emergency room

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oulu University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oulu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Terhi S Ruuska-Loewald, MD, PhD · Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-15
Primary Completion
2027-12-15
Completion
2028-02-15

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