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Surveillance of Fungal Infections During Construction Activity

Sponsor
University Hospital Inselspital, Berne (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT00473252
Collaborator
(none)
340
Enrollment
1
Location
38
Duration (Months)
8.9
Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Fungal infections in immunocompromised patients occuring during construction activities in hospitals have repeatedly been reported.

However, the question of a causal relation between construction activities and infections has never been addressed systematically and prospectively.

To answer this question, we will monitor our immunosuppressed patients' health status, as well as fine dust and aspergillus spore contents in the air during a three year construction activity period in our hospital.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase

    Study Design

    Study Type:
    Observational
    Actual Enrollment :
    340 participants
    Observational Model:
    Cohort
    Time Perspective:
    Prospective
    Study Start Date :
    May 1, 2006
    Actual Primary Completion Date :
    Jul 1, 2009
    Actual Study Completion Date :
    Jul 1, 2009

    Arms and Interventions

    Arm Intervention/Treatment
    Hemodialysis patients
    Renal transplant patients

    Outcome Measures

    Primary Outcome Measures

      Eligibility Criteria

      Criteria

      Ages Eligible for Study:
      16 Years and Older
      Sexes Eligible for Study:
      All
      Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
      No
      Inclusion Criteria:

      • Kidney transplantation

      • Chronic hemodialysis treatment

      Contacts and Locations

      Locations

      Site City State Country Postal Code
      1 Dept. Nephrology & Hypertension, Univ. Hospital Bern Bern Switzerland 3010

      Sponsors and Collaborators

      • University Hospital Inselspital, Berne

      Investigators

      • Study Director: Andreas Pasch, MD, University of Bern

      Study Documents (Full-Text)

      None provided.

      More Information

      Publications

      None provided.
      Responsible Party:
      , ,
      ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
      NCT00473252
      Other Study ID Numbers:
      • BE003
      First Posted:
      May 15, 2007
      Last Update Posted:
      May 20, 2011
      Last Verified:
      May 1, 2011
      Keywords provided by , ,
      aspergillus infections
      immunosuppression
      kidney transplantation
      hemodialysis
      galactomannan test
      fine dust
      construction activity
      airborne aspergillus spores
      Additional relevant MeSH terms:
      Aspergillosis

      Study Results

      No Results Posted as of May 20, 2011