Swiss Study on Spider Bites

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01355744

Acronym

SSSB

Enrollment

Registered

2011-05-18

Start date

2011-06-30

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2013-10-07

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

Conditions

Spider Bite

Keywords

humans, insect bites

Brief summary

About spider bites in Middle Europe, there are published only a dozen cases. The investigators suspect that they may be much more frequent than reflected by the literature analysis (but much less dangerous than thought by people). From June 1st 2011 to November 30st 2012 the investigators collect clinical data on patients treated for spider bites in Switzerland.

Detailed description

Inclusion criteria: Every human treated for suspected spider bite in Switzerland willing to participate this study.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* adult or child treated for a suspected spider bite in Switzerland

Exclusion criteria

* unwillingness to participate to the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Clinical follow up of bite lesions.	14 days (or more if necessary)	Clinical evolutions of actual spider bite lesions in humans are observed.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Time spread of spider bites	18 months	Frequencies of spider bites over the study period of 18 months are observed.
Causative animals	18 months	To determine spider species causing bites in Switzerland by sending spider specimens to an expert arachnologist.

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results