A 6-month Follow-up Study of Patients With Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome

Tongji Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06011902

RESORT

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a multi-center, retrospective clinical study to analyze the clinical features, laboratory indicators, imaging changes, treatment options and long-term prognosis in patients with sever fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome. All hospitalized patients with sever fever with thrombocytopenia diagnosed between 2016 and 2022 were included from the electronic medical record system of 8 centers, and demographics, hospitalization information, clinical information, laboratory or imaging examinations, treatment options, and outcomes were collected.

Enrollment: 1,500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age and gender are not limited;
• Hospitalized patients diagnosed with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome have at least one of the following laboratory test results: serum severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome bunyavirus (SFTSV)-specific IgM antibody positive or IgG antibody level increased more than 4 times; or positive for SFTSV RNA; or positive for SFTSV nucleic acid detected by real-time fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR; or SFTSV isolated from case specimens.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who were found to be positive for other tick-borne pathogens by PCR analysis of blood samples in the acute phase;
• It is difficult to conduct outpatient follow-up due to mental disorders, dementia, combined diseases such as osteoarthropathy, stroke, pulmonary embolism, etc. that lead to inability to move freely;
• No outpatient follow-up visit after discharge, and repeated confirmation by phone call still unable to get in touch;
• Due to living in other places, nursing homes, welfare homes, unable to participate in outpatient follow-up after making an appointment by phone;
• Currently participating in clinical trials of other drugs or medical devices;
• The researchers think it is not suitable for inclusion.