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MelioidosisPREMELNCT02089152

A Single-blind Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Behaviour Change Trial to Determine Effectiveness of Prevention Programme of Melioidosis in Diabetics in Ubon Ratchathani, Northeast Thailand

A study testing An educational programme for prevention of melioidosis in people with Melioidosis, run by University of Oxford at 1 site in Thailand.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Study hypothesis: Prevention programme for melioidosis can reduce incidences of overall hospitalization due to infectious diseases and due to culture-confirmed melioidosis in diabetic population in northeast Thailand This study is a prospective single-blind multicentre stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Melioidosis
What is being tested?
An educational programme for prevention of melioidosis
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
9,075 participants
Where
1 siteThailand
Study dates
1 Apr 2014to 31 Dec 2019
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Male or female (Include pregnant women) , aged from 18 to 65 years old
  • Diagnosed of diabetes according to American Diabetes Association 2013 as following
  • Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) ≥ 126 mg/dl or
  • HbA1C ≥ 6.5% or
  • 2 hour plasma glucose (PG) ≥ 200 mg/dl during an OGTT or
  • Classic symptoms of hyperglycaemia with a random PG ≥ 200 mg/dl
  • Oriented and conversed normally
  • Willingness to participate in the study, and written, informed consent obtained from patient

Who cannot join

  • Confused or unable to communicate
  • Diagnosed of melioidosis and has not completed oral-eradicative treatment for melioidosis

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Thailand1 site
  • Sappasithiprasong Hospital

    Ubon Ratchathani, 34000

Other trials in Thailand

About this study

Study hypothesis:

Prevention programme for melioidosis can reduce incidences of overall hospitalization due to infectious diseases and due to culture-confirmed melioidosis in diabetic population in northeast Thailand

This study is a prospective single-blind multicentre stepped wedge cluster randomized controlled behaviour change trial in 9,000 diabetics in Ubon Ratchathani, northeast Thailand.

Read the detailed description

Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by soil-dwelling Gram-negative bacilli Burkholderia pseudomallei. The disease is highly endemic in northeast Thailand. Diabetes mellitus is the major underlying risk factor for melioidosis, occurring in more than 50% of all culture-proven melioidosis patients. The annual incidence of melioidosis in diabetes in northeast Thailand is currently 244 per 100,000, and the overall case fatality rate is about 40%. The number of people dying from melioidosis is now comparable to deaths from tuberculosis, and exceeds those from malaria, diarrheal illnesses and measles combined. Melioidosis is potentially preventable since infection occurs as a direct result of exposure to B. pseudomallei in the environment. Nonetheless, most of Thai people have never heard of melioidosis, there is currently no vaccine for melioidosis, and formal prevention guideline are lacking worldwide.

The investigators recently developed new guidelines for the prevention of melioidosis in Thailand; including avoidance of direct contact with soil or environmental water and use of protective gear if contact is necessary, consumption of bottled or boiled water only, and avoidance of direct contact with heavy rain and dust clouds.

The investigators aim to conduct a clinical trial to determine effectiveness of the proposed prevention programme of melioidosis. The investigators also predict that the prevention programme of melioidosis will also prevent other common infectious diseases with have similar routes of infection, such as leptospirosis and acute diarrhea. The outcome of the RCT will be crucial evidence for the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) Thailand for their consideration of policy changes for the prevention of melioidosis countrywide.

The funder: Wellcome Trust. Grant reference number: 101103/Z/13/Z

Result:

Pubmed link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34170931/

PLoS NTD link: https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0009060

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009060

MedRxiv: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.18.20248448v1

Conditions
Melioidosis
Being tested
An educational programme for prevention of melioidosis
Keywords
Diabetes, Melioidosis, stepped wedge trial, behaviour change, Education program
Medical subject headings
Melioidosis, Diabetes Mellitus

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • An educational programme for prevention of melioidosisOther

    The intervention will be randomly implemented at 10, 10 and 10 diabetic clinics at the end of years 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The education will be conducted using small group education, in which 20 to 25 participants at a time will attend group sessions conducted by the study team.

Study groups in NCT02089152
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Cluster AOtherGeneral education for prevention of diabetic complications in year 1, Melioidosis prevention education in years 2, 3 and 4.
Receives: Other: An educational programme for prevention of melioidosis
Cluster BOtherGeneral education for prevention of diabetic complications in year 1 and 2, Melioidosis prevention education in year 3 and 4.
Receives: Other: An educational programme for prevention of melioidosis
Cluster COtherGeneral education for prevention of diabetic complications in year 1, 2 and 3, Melioidosis prevention education in year 4.
Receives: Other: An educational programme for prevention of melioidosis

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Overall hospital admissions due to infectious diseases

    Infectious diseases will be determined by International Classification of Disease 10 (ICD10) defined by attending physicians.

    Measured: Up to 4 years

  2. Culture-confirmed melioidosis

    Culture-confirmed melioidosis is defined as presentation with clinical features of melioidosis in association with cultures from any clinical specimen positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei.

    Measured: Up to 4 years

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Overall mortality

    Overall mortality is defined as death from all causes.

    Measured: Up to 4 years

  2. Overall melioidosis

    Overall melioidosis is defined as a combination of culture confirmed melioidosis and clinical melioidosis. Clinical melioidosis is defined as presentation with clinical features of melioidosis in association with cultures from all clinical specimens negative for Burkholderia pseudomallei.

    Measured: Up to 4 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted17 Mar 2014 (estimated)
  2. Study start1 Apr 2014
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2018
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2019

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
9,075 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02089152
Sponsor's protocol ID
MICRO1307
Acronym
PREMEL
Status last verified
Sep 2019
First submitted
13 Mar 2014
Last updated
21 Jul 2021
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Limmathurotsakul D, Wongratanacheewin S, Teerawattanasook N, Wongsuvan G, Chaisuksant S, Chetchotisakd P, Chaowagul W, Day NP, Peacock SJ. Increasing incidence of human melioidosis in Northeast Thailand. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun;82(6):1113-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0038.

    PubMed 20519609
  • Limmathurotsakul D, Peacock SJ. Melioidosis: a clinical overview. Br Med Bull. 2011;99:125-39. doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldr007. Epub 2011 May 9.

    PubMed 21558159
  • Currie BJ, Dance DA, Cheng AC. The global distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei and melioidosis: an update. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Dec;102 Suppl 1:S1-4. doi: 10.1016/S0035-9203(08)70002-6.

    PubMed 19121666
  • Limmathurotsakul D, Dance DA, Wuthiekanun V, Kaestli M, Mayo M, Warner J, Wagner DM, Tuanyok A, Wertheim H, Yoke Cheng T, Mukhopadhyay C, Puthucheary S, Day NP, Steinmetz I, Currie BJ, Peacock SJ. Systematic review and consensus guidelines for environmental sampling of Burkholderia pseudomallei. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(3):e2105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002105. Epub 2013 Mar 21.

    PubMed 23556010
  • Suputtamongkol Y, Hall AJ, Dance DA, Chaowagul W, Rajchanuvong A, Smith MD, White NJ. The epidemiology of melioidosis in Ubon Ratchatani, northeast Thailand. Int J Epidemiol. 1994 Oct;23(5):1082-90. doi: 10.1093/ije/23.5.1082.

    PubMed 7860160
  • Faa AG, Holt PJ. Melioidosis in the Torres Strait islands of far North Queensland. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. 2002;26(2):279-83. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2002.26.26.

    PubMed 12206383
  • Limmathurotsakul D, Kanoksil M, Wuthiekanun V, Kitphati R, deStavola B, Day NP, Peacock SJ. Activities of daily living associated with acquisition of melioidosis in northeast Thailand: a matched case-control study. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(2):e2072. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002072. Epub 2013 Feb 21.

    PubMed 23437412
  • Limmathurotsakul D, Wongsuvan G, Aanensen D, Ngamwilai S, Saiprom N, Rongkard P, Thaipadungpanit J, Kanoksil M, Chantratita N, Day NP, Peacock SJ. Melioidosis caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei in drinking water, Thailand, 2012. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb;20(2):265-8. doi: 10.3201/eid2002.121891.

    PubMed 24447771
  • Wongsuvan N, Malasit M, Hongsuwan M, et al. Defining beliefs and environmental contraints on prevention of melioidosis in northeast Thailand. 2013. (manuscript under preparation)

  • Limmathurosakul D, Lubell Y, Day N, Peacock N. Modelling the cost-effectiveness of strategies to prevent melioidosis in northeast Thailand. 2013. (manuscript under preparation)

  • Chaowagul W, White NJ, Dance DA, Wattanagoon Y, Naigowit P, Davis TM, Looareesuwan S, Pitakwatchara N. Melioidosis: a major cause of community-acquired septicemia in northeastern Thailand. J Infect Dis. 1989 May;159(5):890-9. doi: 10.1093/infdis/159.5.890.

    PubMed 2708842
  • Leelarasamee A, Bovornkitti S. Melioidosis: review and update. Rev Infect Dis. 1989 May-Jun;11(3):413-25. doi: 10.1093/clinids/11.3.413.

    PubMed 2665001
  • Michie S, Richardson M, Johnston M, Abraham C, Francis J, Hardeman W, Eccles MP, Cane J, Wood CE. The behavior change technique taxonomy (v1) of 93 hierarchically clustered techniques: building an international consensus for the reporting of behavior change interventions. Ann Behav Med. 2013 Aug;46(1):81-95. doi: 10.1007/s12160-013-9486-6.

    PubMed 23512568
  • Cheng AC, Currie BJ, Dance DAB, Funnell SGP, Limmathurotsakul D, Simpson AJH, Peacock SJ. Clinical definitions of melioidosis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Mar;88(3):411-413. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0555.

    PubMed 23468355
  • Moulton LH, Golub JE, Durovni B, Cavalcante SC, Pacheco AG, Saraceni V, King B, Chaisson RE. Statistical design of THRio: a phased implementation clinic-randomized study of a tuberculosis preventive therapy intervention. Clin Trials. 2007;4(2):190-9. doi: 10.1177/1740774507076937.

    PubMed 17456522

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing An educational programme for prevention of melioidosis in people with Melioidosis, run by University of Oxford at 1 site in Thailand.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 8 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Jul 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Thailand. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Overall hospital admissions due to infectious diseases (time frame: Up to 4 years). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02089152, which also lists 18 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Jul 2021; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 30 Oct 2026.

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