Mpox Paediatric and Adolescent Clinical Study

Study profile

Description

The VERDI Mpox Paediatric and Adolescent Clinical Study (or “Paediatric Registry”) established a standardised data collection system to describe the presentation, clinical course, and outcomes of laboratory-confirmed mpox infection in infants, children, and adolescents. Data submission was open globally, subject to local ethical and regulatory approvals. All data was collected as part of routine clinical care.

Sponsor: Fondazione Penta ETS

Countries involved: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, USA

Sample size: 1108 children

Metadata collected

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Demographics
Date of birth
Age at contact
Sex
Gender
Ethnic group
Locality (of registration/ health care setting)
Locality of residence
Health status and exposures
Height
Weight
Date of anthropometrics
HIV status, timing of HIV diagnosis✅ o
HIV treatment
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
HIV-related lab tests (HIV RNA, CD4)
Other co-morbid conditions / co-infections
Medications for other chronic conditions
Current smoker
Risk factors for mpox acquisition
°diagnosis date not available
Mpox/other infections presentation, symptoms, medications, hospitalisation
Date of symptom onset✅ °°
Signs and symptoms
Lesion assessment
Lesion resolution
Outpatient facility presentation dates✅ °°
Hospitalisation dates✅ °°
ICU admission
Procedures and dates✅ °°°
Complications
Medications (type, dates / duration)
Medical management
Imaging findings*
Severe disease indicators
°° dates are not collected but timing is measured as year/week or in relation to presentation; °°° procedures dates not available
Mpox/ other infections outcomes, death
Outcome at discharge from care
Sequelae
Date of / age at death
Cause of death✅ #
Place of death (i.e., setting)✅ #
# subset only (maternal record)
Vaccines
Mpox / orthopoxvirus vaccine doses and dates
Vaccine administration route
Vaccine history✅ #
# subset only (maternal record)
Pregnancy & birth
Pregnancy dates, length of gestation
Number of foetuses
Maternal age at delivery
Pregnancy complications
Pregnancy outcome
Medications in pregnancy
Vaccines in pregnancy
Parity / gravidity
Smoking
Mpox testing in pregnancy
Mode of delivery
Sex of baby
Infant anthropometrics at birth
Congenital anomalies
Mpox/ other infections diagnostics
Sample type
Sample date
Type of PCR test
PCR test date
PCR result pos / neg
PCR Ct value
Type of serology test
Serology test date
Serology result
Other lab tests
Mpox/ other infections sample collection / storage
Sample type collected
Sample collection date
Sample collection time
Sample processing
Sample quality
Consent to use research sample
Consent to share research sample