Active clinical trials for "Rotavirus Infections"

The purpose of this hospital based study is to estimate the proportion of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children < 5 years of age in Romania.

The purpose of this study is to prospectively determine the rotavirus VP7/VP4 genotypes associated with moderate to severe disease (requiring emergency room (ER) consult or hospitalization) in a large public hospital from Valparaiso and another from Santiago.

This is a proposal for a nested case-control study within an ongoing rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity clinical trial Karachi, Pakistan. The primary study aim is to compare the fecal microbiota composition and diversity of infants who do (control) and do not (case) demonstrate immune seroconversion to rotavirus vaccination. The infants will be matched for vaccination dose, age and breast-feeding practices.

This study aims to evaluate the serologic response to PCV-1 in the serum samples previously collected during initiation of vaccination series of Human Rotavirus (HRV) vaccine studies (1-2 months post Dose 2 of HRV vaccine or placebo). Additionally, pre-vaccination sera samples from any infants testing positive for PCV-1 antibodies at the post-vaccination time point will also be evaluated.

The main aim of this study is to investigate cases of rotavirus gastroenteritis in Belgian children with opportunity to receive Rotarix™ to monitor the potential occurrence of genetic drifts (point mutations) in the vaccine strain and the occurrence of genetic shifts (re-assortments) between vaccine and naturally circulating wild-type strains in Belgium population after the introduction of Rotarix™. The study will also detect if there is any alteration in rotavirus pathogenicity conferred by re-assortment and if the mutated vaccine strain is still efficacious in preventing rotavirus gastroenteritis.

This study aims to investigate whether a change in the pattern of hospitalisation was observed in paediatric wards over the last 6 years (June 2004 - May 2010), whether a change in staff workforce availability was observed in paediatric wards over the last 6 years (during a whole year or during specific time periods of the year) and if changes of any of the variables measured during the observation period could be linked to the introduction of rotavirus vaccination.

Rotavirus (RV) is the leading cause of severe gastroenteritis (GE) in young children. The cumulative risk of GE hospitalizations and hospital stays of < 24 hours is 1/25, which would amount to 13,600 Canadian children < 5 years. The incidence of nosocomial RV infections is an average of 8/10,000 patient-days in children < 5 years. An immunization program with a live-attenuated monovalent oral RV vaccine (RV1 - Rotarix® from GSK) will be implemented, free of charge, in the Province of Quebec in November 2011. To provide an accurate portrait of the disease and give critical information to the public health agencies as they struggle to control costs, we aim to evaluate the accuracy of surveillance for RV and other diseases with similar characteristics; estimate selection bias in passive laboratory-based surveillance; and estimate the agreement between surveillance time-series created from passive and active surveillance data sources.

Objectives To determine the burden and characteristics of rotavirus-associated hospitalizations among children under five years of age of northern Israel To identify potential risk factors of rotavirus infections associated with hospitalizations among Jewish and Arab children younger than five years of age. Methods: Study design: A two-year prospective study and a nested case control study will be carried out Collection of data: Questionnaires will be filled in with demographic characteristics of patients and data on the clinical manifestation of the diarrheal episode leading to hospitalization. Stool specimens will be systematically collected from all children hospitalized because of diarrheal diseases and examined for rotavirus and for bacterial and protozoan enteropathogens. Positive samples for rotavirus will be tested for G and P genotypes. For the nested case control study additional data will be obtained from parents' interviews on variables such as: parents' education, parents' age, parents' occupation, no. of siblings, age of siblings, breastfeeding etc. to identify potential risk factors for rotavirus diarrhea necessitating hospitalization. Data analysis: Methods of descriptive statistics / epidemiology will be applied to determine the characteristics of the burden of rotavirus-associated hospitalizations (the distribution of diarrhea associated hospitalizations by etiology, rates of rotavirus diarrheal diseases in Jewish and Arab children, age specific rates of rotavirus infections, the percentage of hospitalizations due to rotavirus diarrhea by month, etc. For the nested case control study, univariate analysis will be first performed using Student t test for continuous variables and chi square test for categorical variables to study the statistical significance of predictive factors of rotavirus diarrheal diseases necessitating hospitalization. Multivariate analysis using logistic regression models will be performed to study the independent effect of each variable. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% CI will be computed for each variable. Two tailed p < 0.05 will be considered significant.

This study is designed to estimate the changes in the etiology and epidemiology of acute gastroenteritis in children aged less than 18 years after the implementation of rotavirus vaccine in the Estonian national immunization program in July 2014.

The purpose of this study is to monitor diarrheal disease and observe changes after the introduction of the rota vaccine.