PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) Assay for Diagnosis of Sarcoptes Scabiei

Completed

Conditions studied: Scabies

In brief

The main objective of this study is to identify unique DNA sequences within the genome of human scabies that can be utilized to identify the parasite through PCR.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02254564

Run by

Seton Healthcare Family

People needed

17

Starts

2014-10-01

Expected to finish

2017-10-31

Last updated by the study team

2018-07-03

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 1. Male/Female of all ages whose standard clinical treatment produces one or more of the following:
• Slides from skin scrapings containing scabies mites, eggs, and/or fecal material
• Slides from skin scrapings of suspected tinea
• Slides from skin scrapings of demodex mites

You may not qualify if…

• 1. Patients who are clinically concerning for having both scabies and tinea/demodex folliculitis to avoid contamination of positive and negative controls in the same sample. Subjects or guardians who cannot understand and read English and so are unable to consent to participation.

Where it is running

• Seton Family of Hospitals- Trinity and Hays Clinic — Austin, Texas, United States
• University Medical Center Brackenridge and Paul Bass Clinic — Austin, Texas, United States
• University of Texas Physicians at Trinity — Austin, Texas, United States
• Seton Family of Hospitals- Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas and Specially for Children — Austin, Texas, United States
• Seton Family of Hospitals- Seton Luling Family Medicine Clinic and Lockhart Specialty Clinic — Lockhart, Texas, United States

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