Influences of the huge earthquake-associated disaster on the clinical symptoms and radiographic findings in patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM)

Influences of the huge earthquake-associated disaster on the clinical symptoms and radiographic findings in patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) - Influences of the huge earthquake-associated disaster on the clinical symptoms and radiographic findings in patients with non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM)

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000021724

Enrollment

100

Registered

2016-03-31

Start date

2011-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM)

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patientsdiagnozed as NTM whom M. avium or M.intercellurare was identified from sputum culture Patients lived in Japan at 11th March, 2011.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Coexistence of other major pulmonary diseases such as asthma, bronchiectasis, pulmonary fibrosis, tuberculosis, and pulmonary cancer diagnosed by imaging modalities and/or laboratory findings. Asthma is excluded based on clinical history and/or laboratory findings, including levels of IgE and/or eosinophils in blood and/or sputum, but not based on reversibility of airflow limitation. (2)patients with cancers (3)patients with other serious complocations (4) Those who are considered as inappropriate subjects for any reasons.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
clinical symptoms and radiographic findings[0020]before and after the disaster	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
association between stress disoder scores and NTM features after disasters	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactShinji Teramoto

Hitachinaka General Hospital Department of pulmonary medicine

shinjit-tky@umin.ac.jp029-354-5111

Outcome results