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CompletedNCT00641992Updated Mar 24, 2008

Prognosis of Failure Treatment of Amebic Liver Abscess

An observational study in Amebic Liver Abscess, sponsored by Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí. Completed at 2 sites in Mexico. Open to participants aged 16 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2008-03-24.

Sponsored by Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
40
Ages
16 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Amebic liver abscess is the most frequent extra-intestinal form of the amoebiasis; actually the factors for predicting failure in the medical treatment are not clear. We conducted trial for determining the clinical value of paraclinical factor in this issue.

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Conditions studied

  • Amebic Liver Abscess

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Keywords

  • amebic liver abscess
  • failure
  • prognosis
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In context

Abscess

149 studies on the registry are indexed under Abscess; 32 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is below the median of 109 across 39 observational studies indexed under Abscess.

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Lead sponsor

Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí is the lead sponsor of 40 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
16 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

sequential patients with clinical, ultrasonographic and serologic diagnosis (ELISA) of amebic liver abscess

Inclusion criteria

  1. Clinical, ultrasonographic and serologic diagnosis (ELISA) of amebic liver abscess.
  2. Both genders
  3. Older 15 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Clinically suspected piogenous liver abscess
  2. Positive hemoculture
  3. Negative ELISA for amoebic antigens
  4. Immunosupresion (HIV)
  5. Abdominal or biliary surgery antecedents
  6. Abdominal neoplasia antecedents
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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Groups and cohorts

  • 1

    Response to medical treatment

  • 2

    Failure to medical treatment (surgery or percutaneous resolution)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Failure of medical treatment

    Time frame: Day 4

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Department of Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán".
    Mexico DF, Mexico
  • Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
    San Luis Potosi, 78210, Mexico
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 24, 2008, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00641992
Lead sponsor
Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosí
Collaborators
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto"
First posted
Mar 24, 2008
Start date
May 1999
Primary completion
Apr 2000
Completion
Apr 2000
Last update
Mar 24, 2008

Study contacts

Martín Sánchez-Aguilar 1, MSc
principal investigator · 1. Department of Experimental Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
Onofre Morán-Mendoza, PhD
study director · Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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