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CompletedNCT02858687Updated Apr 21, 2023

Improving the Diagnosis of Tonsillitis in Emergency Rooms

An interventional study of Nasopharyngeal swab in Tonsillitis, sponsored by Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille. Completed at 1 site in France. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-04-21.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 years 5 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Feb 2013, registered Aug 2016).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
312
Allocation
Not applicable
Sex
All
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Study summary

A point-of-care laboratory (POC) was set at North Hospital, Marseille, France for the diagnosis in less than two hours of tonsillitis caused by known pathogens, close to the reception of Emergency service. In this instance 30% of patients have no etiological diagnosis after the POC tonsillitis tests . This lab has discovered over 200 new species of bacteria in humans, including vector bacteria and opened the field of large Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA ) viruses. Also, the laboratory of emerging viruses discovered many Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) viruses transmitted by arthropods. Based on this collection of new pathogens described in POC laboratory, this study proposes to expand the etiological diagnosis strategy of tonsillitis after POC tests.

The objective of this study is to implement a new diagnosis strategy relying on the hypothesis that a second pharyngeal swab would improve the etiological diagnosis of tonsillitis of at least 5%.

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Conditions studied

  • Tonsillitis

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In context

Tonsillitis

103 studies on the registry are indexed under Tonsillitis; 12 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 312 is above the median of 100 across 87 interventional studies indexed under Tonsillitis.

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Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille is the lead sponsor of 702 studies on the registry; 139 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patient admitted at hospital for tonsillitis requiring, for the emergency physician, a microbiological examination with a "POC tonsillitis kit."
  • Patient who has freely signed the informed written consent
  • Patient affiliated to a social security scheme

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant woman, parturient or nursing
  • Adult patient under guardianship
  • Patient deprived of liberty under court order
  • Patient refusing or unable to sign the form.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
312 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Patients with clinical diagnosis of tonsillitis

    Other: Nasopharyngeal swab

Interventions

  • OtherNasopharyngeal swab
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Percentage of patients admitted for tonsillitis with a confirmed etiological diagnosis of tonsillitis

    Time frame: 1 day

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Study locations

1 site
  • Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille
    Marseille, 13354, France
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Feb 2013 to primary completion in Feb 2019, 71 months.

Of 29 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Tonsillitis, half reached primary completion within 20 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 49. This study's 71 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 29 studies reached it within 20 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 49.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Aug 1, 2016
First posted
Aug 8, 2016
StartActual
Feb 26, 2013
Primary completionActual
Feb 8, 2019
CompletionActual
Oct 27, 2022
Last update
Apr 21, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 21, 2023, 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
NCT02858687
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 8, 2016
Start date
Feb 26, 2013
Primary completion
Feb 8, 2019
Completion
Oct 27, 2022
Last update
Apr 21, 2023

Study contacts

Catherine GEINDRE
study director · Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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