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UTI_UCP: Urinary Tract Infections in Older Persons Admitted to a Psychogeriatric Ward

Sponsor
KU Leuven (Other)
Overall Status
Unknown status
CT.gov ID
NCT02368847
Collaborator
(none)
120
Enrollment
1
Arm
9
Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Urinary tract infections are one of the most common types of infections in older persons. The general aim of this study is to improve the epidemiological knowledge and develop a better diagnostic algorithm for urinary tract infections in older institutionalized individuals in order to reduce excessive prescribing of antibiotics and prevent antimicrobial resistance.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Device: Diagnostic tests
  • Device: Diagnostic tests
 N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
120 participants
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention Model:
Single Group Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Diagnostic
Official Title:
Optimizing and Validating the Clinical Algorithm for Diagnosing Urinary Tract Infections in Older Persons Admitted to a Psychogeriatric Ward
Study Start Date :
Mar 1, 2015
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Aug 1, 2015
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Dec 1, 2015

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Other: Diagnostic tests

For any patient with a suspected urinary tract infection during the course of the study a basic questionnaire will have to be filled out and diagnostic tests (urine sample for culture, dipstick assay for the detection of nitrites and leukocyte- esterase and a POC CRP test) will have to be perform.

Device: Diagnostic tests
C Reactive Protein (CRP) measurement on capillary blood using a point-of-care test to determine C Reactive Protein level in the blood

Device: Diagnostic tests
Uricult dipslide: Easy-to-perform bacterial culture test for dectecting urinary tract infections in point of care settings

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Serious infection [2 months]

    To verify if the elderly has a serious infection, the research team will combine test results (dipstick, dipslide and CRP measurement) with signs/symptoms reported in the patient questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Reliability of the uricult dipslide in a population of institutionalized older patients [2 months]

    To verify the reliability of the uricult dipslide, a comparison will be made between the result of a dipslide read after 48h at room temperature, a dipslide incubated for 24h at +/- 35° Celsius and a urine culture test performed in a microbiology lab

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
65 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Older (65+ years) persons admitted to a gerontopsychiatric ward
Exclusion Criteria:
  • Patients not understanding Dutch or not willing to participate (no informed consent)

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • KU Leuven

Investigators

  • Study Director: Jan De Lepeleire, PhD, KU Leuven

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Latour Katrien, Research Assistant, KU Leuven
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT02368847
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • UTI_UCP
First Posted:
Feb 23, 2015
Last Update Posted:
Feb 23, 2015
Last Verified:
Feb 1, 2015
Keywords provided by Latour Katrien, Research Assistant, KU Leuven
Aged
Psychiatric Hospitals
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Infections
Communicable Diseases
Urinary Tract Infections

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 23, 2015