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CompletedNCT01034059Updated Dec 17, 2009

Assessment of sTREM-1 as a Diagnostic Marker in Patients With Neutropenic Fever

An observational study in Neutropenic Fever, sponsored by National Taiwan University Hospital. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 84 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2009-12-17.

Sponsored by National Taiwan University Hospital · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
75
Ages
18 Years to 84 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) was an established biomarker useful for infection in non-neutropenic patients. In this study, we tested sTREM-1 in the patients with neutropenic fever. Pro-calcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) were also measured. We planned to investigate and explore the role of sTREM-1 in early diagnosis of infection in patients with neutropenic fever.

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Patients with hematological malignancies developed neutropenia after chemotherapy. We checked the serum level of sTREM-1 in patients with neutropenic fever. Those patients were classified to 2 groups: documented infection or low likelihood of infection. Their sTREM-1 level was measured and was compared with other biomarker such as CRP and procalcitonin. The value of sTREM-1 for diagnosis of infection in patients with neutropenic fever was thus evaluated.

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Conditions studied

  • Neutropenic Fever
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In context

Febrile Neutropenia

151 studies on the registry are indexed under Febrile Neutropenia; 33 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 75 is below the median of 131 across 56 observational studies indexed under Febrile Neutropenia.

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Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 2,563 studies on the registry; 569 are open to participants now.

Of its 11 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (18%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 84 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients with hematological malignancy developing neutropenic fever after chemotherapy

Inclusion criteria

  • chemotherapy-related neutropenia (granulocytes \< 0.5 × 109/l or leukocytes \< 1 × 109/l) and fever (body temperature > 38.0°C over a 6 hour observation period or body temperature ≥ 38.5°C once.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • prolonged fever before presenting for admission,
  • antibiotics therapy in the past 72 hours,
  • more than two sites of infectious focus,
  • concomitant solid organ malignancy and blast in hemogram.
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
75 participants (actual)
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna
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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 17, 2009, 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
NCT01034059
Lead sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital
First posted
Dec 17, 2009
Start date
Oct 2008
Primary completion
Jun 2009
Completion
Jun 2009
Last update
Dec 17, 2009

Study contacts

Szu-Chun Hsu, MD
principal investigator · Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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