Febrile illness fever
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Imperial College London
Eligibility
Age
No minimum to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients admitted to clinical ward or presenting to the emergency room of one of the participating hospitals presenting with fever or clinical suspicion of infection in whom the attending clinician determines the need for blood sampling.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who do not give consent
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| DIAMONDS SEARCH We will discover and validate RNA-based biomarkers that distinguish children and adults with infectious and inflammatory conditions. DIAMONDS PILOT DEMONSTRATION Practicality of personalised molecular signature diagnosis in clinical departments. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| DIAMONDS SEARCH We will collect detailed resource-use data on patients presenting to healthcare services with infectious and inflammatory illness. We will capture detailed information on the clinical presentation, patient management and final outcome, and we will correlate this information with biomarker findings. DIAMONDS PILOT DEMONSTRATION 1. Demonstrate the practical utility of a prototype PMSD device in a real clinical setting, and its robustness (sensitivity, specificity, predictive value). 2. Demonstrate the potential clinical impact of a PMSD device on time to diagnosis, accuracy of diagnosis, resource use, or inappropriate antibiotic use in the patients recruited. 3. Gather pilot data to support the introduction of PMSD testing as part of clinical care in European countries. WP9 will use these data to model the impact of PMSD on replacement of current diagnostics, decision-making for initial treatment, and admission, thus calculating patient and societal benefits. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed