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Study of the feasibility of mHealth skin screening tools to improve skin NTD detection at community level in Senegal

Study of the feasibility of mHealth skin screening tools to improve skin NTD detection at community level in Senegal

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00034297
Enrollment
800
Registered
2024-06-06
Start date
2024-08-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-02-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) identification A30.9

Interventions

Group 1: Quantitative: All patients seen in the dermatology department of the regional hospital of Thiès (Senegal) for a skin NTD (Neglected Tropical Disease) who agree to participate in the study wil

Sponsors

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Universitäts Klinikum Heidelberg
Lead Sponsor
Service de dermatologie - Centre hospitalier régional de Thiès
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
1 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Visible NTD skin lesion on a non-identifiable part of the body (i.e. not on the face, fingers, next to unique identifiable scarring etc.)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Performance of the WHO Skin NTDs App measured by precision, sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and area under the curve of the AI algorithm (using the diagnosis given by dermatologists as gold standard).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Qualitative insights on potential use-cases and intervention prototypes for the WHO Skin NTDs App in the Senegalese setting.

Countries

Senegal

Contacts

Public ContactTill Bärnighausen

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Universitäts Klinikum Heidelberg

till.baernighausen@uni-heidelberg.de+49 6221 5656

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026