Clinical trials: Tuberculosis in Children
Tuberculosis Infection, Latent, Tuberculosis Active
SCAF-TB - Saving Children and Their Families From Tuberculosis: Implementation Research to Improve TB Preventive Treatment Initiation and Completion Rates Among Contact Persons in Tajikistan and Tanzania
The SCAF-TB study aims to evaluate how the WHO-endorsed SIILTIBCY skin test can be best implemented to test close contacts for tuberculosis infection (TBI) in Tajikistan and Tanzania, either facility-based or home-based delivered…
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis Infection, Latent, Tuberculosis Active, TPT
- Trial name
- SCAF-TB (NCT07714707)
- Testing
- CY-TB Patch, Audiblehealth DX
- Where
- 2 sites in Tajikistan, Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 880 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
Tuberculosis, HIV
Evaluation of an Innovative Tuberculosis Diagnostic Test
Diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB)in young children is a challenge due to atypical non-specific symptoms, difficulty to expectorate mucus, paucibacillary nature of pulmonary TB and low sensitivity of available diagnostic tools.
- Trial name
- PROMISE-TB (NCT02573623)
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis Infection
Tuberculosis In Children Visiting Friends and Relatives
In countries with a low incidence of Tuberculosis (TB), the incidence remains higher among the immigrant population than among the autochthonous population beyond the first years after arrival in the host country.
- Trial name
- NCT04236765
- Testing
- TB infection-screening benefiting group
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 492 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
Tuberculosis
PPD Size and Mycobacteria Tuberculosis ELISPOT in Children Who Have Received BCG in Neonate Period
To investigate the size of PPD and TB specific ELISPOT among children between 3m/o and 15 y/o . Calculate the normal range of age specific PPD size in children who recieved BCG at new-born period.
- Trial name
- NCT00172783
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Tuberculosis Infection, Tuberculosis
BCG Revaccination in Children and Adolescents
Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine is one of the most used vaccines of the world, to reduce the risks of natural tuberculous infection.
- Trial name
- BRiC (NCT05330884)
- Testing
- BCG vaccine, Oral Chemoprophylaxis
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 9,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tuberculosis Research Centre, India
Maternal and Child Health
Impact of Vitamin D Supplementation on Fetomaternal Outcomes in LTBI Pregnant Females
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to see the effect of vitamin D supplementation on fetomaternal outcomes in pregnant females with Latent Tuberculosis infection The main question[s] it aims to answer are: If Vitamin…
- Trial name
- RCT (NCT06354621)
- Testing
- Vitamin-D supplementation
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the Punjab
Latent Tuberculosis, HIV Infections
Improving Latent Tuberculosis (TB) Diagnosis in Thai Children
The study is a prospective study to improve the diagnosis and management of latent TB in HIV-infected and HIV uninfected children in Thailand.
- Trial name
- TB Px (NCT00947609)
- Where
- 2 sites in Thailand
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEARCH Research Foundation
TB - Tuberculosis
Start Taking Action for Tuberculosis in Kids
Start4Kids: Evaluating the performance, feasibility, acceptability and cost effectiveness of computer-aided detection (CAD) of chest X-ray (CXR) and concurrent testing using novel diagnostics and non-sputum specimens for…
- Trial name
- Start4Kids (NCT07248423)
- Testing
- Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, Truenat, MTB, Truenat MTB Plus
- Volunteers
- 7,920 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Tuberculosis, Diagnostics
Rapid Research in Diagnostics Development for TB Network (R2D2 Kids) and Assessing Diagnostics At POC for TB in Children (ADAPT for Kids)
Every year there are an estimated 230,000 childhood deaths from TB. There is an urgent need for novel tests for TB diagnosis in children under 15 years.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Diagnostics, Global Health
- Trial name
- NCT05989802
- Testing
- Oral swab molecular testing, Automated Cough Sound Analysis, Automated Lung Sound Analysis
- Where
- 3 sites in Mozambique, South Africa and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Diagnosing Tuberculosis in HIV Infected Children in Peru
Tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality among AIDS patients in the developing world. The diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV infected children is complicated by inefficient and expensive tuberculosis tests and vague diagnostic…
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, HIV Infections
- Trial name
- NCT00054769
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 760 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Latent Tuberculosis
Vitamin D Supplementation in TB Prevention
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of acquiring latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in school age children in Mongolia.
- Trial name
- NCT02276755
- Testing
- Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3)
- Where
- Mongolia
- Volunteers
- 8,851 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Tuberculosis, Polio
Mobile Phone SMS Messages and Automated Calls in Improving Vaccine Coverage Among Children in Pakistan
Routine childhood immunization (RCI) in Pakistan is well below the recommended coverage of 90% with rates as low as 16% in certain regions (Pakistan DHS 2012-3).
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Polio, Diphtheria, Pertussis
- Trial name
- NCT03341195
- Testing
- SMS messages and automated calls
- Volunteers
- 3,850 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Tuberculosis, HIV
Interferon-Gamma Release Assays in Tuberculosis (TB) - HIV Co-infected Children
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease affecting the lungs that is caused by a germ spread by coughing. TB infection is currently diagnosed by a skin test that has limited accuracy.
- Trial name
- NCT00604617
- Testing
- Interferon-Gamma Release Assay, RT-23
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 564 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Interferon-gamma Release Tests
IGRA and Mantoux Response in Children With Suspected Latent or Active TB Infection
The aim of this project is to analyze the potential contribution of IGRA test QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube test (QTF-GIT, Cellestis Limited, Carnegie, Victoria, Australia) in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB - active or latent)…
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Interferon-gamma Release Tests, Tuberculin Test
- Trial name
- TBTubercolar (NCT02653404)
- Testing
- IGRA test (QTF-GIT)
- Where
- 3 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Siena
COVID-19
INTEGrating Ag-RDTs for COVID-19 in MNCH,HIV and TB Services in Cameroon and Kenya
Integration of antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDT) for COVID-19 into services that provide care for vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, children, people with HIV infection, and patients with tuberculosis…
- Trial name
- INTEGRATE (NCT05382130)
- Testing
- Test all
- Where
- 2 sites in Cameroon, Kenya
- Volunteers
- 152,082 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Tuberculosis
A Study of MVA85A in Healthy Children and Infants
This study is designed to evaluate the safety of the TB vaccine MVA85A in healthy children and infants in South Africa. A single vaccination with MVA85A has been shown to be safe and highly immunogenic in a wide range of subjects…
- Trial name
- NCT00679159
- Testing
- MVA85A, Prevenar
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Vitamin A Supplementation for Modulation of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Immune Responses in Latent Tuberculosis
In populations with high prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), malnutrition (PEM) may influence incident rates of TB.
- Trial name
- NCT00558480
- Testing
- Vitamin A
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia
Tuberculosis
Epidemiological Study In Tuberculosis-Endemic Urban Area in Senegal
A cross-sectional childhood M. tuberculosis infection survey of age-specific rates (defined by positivity to the test QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus) will be conducted in Senegal to collect information on the local TB endemic to inform…
- Trial name
- MTBVAC-EPI (NCT03767946)
- Testing
- Quantiferon Gold Plus Test
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biomedical Research Center EPLS
HIV, Tuberculosis
Sustainable East Africa Research in Community Health
The SEARCH study aims to test evidenced-based innovative community based interventions that lead to the elimination of HIV in rural communities in East Africa using a multi-disease approach.
- Conditions
- HIV, Tuberculosis, Hypertension, Diabetes
- Trial name
- SEARCH (NCT01864603)
- Testing
- Universal ART in a streamlined care model, Annual Community Health Campaigns, Targeted PrEP and Targeted testing interventions
- Where
- 3 sites in Kenya, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 150,395 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
TB - Tuberculosis, Household Contact
Introduction of Dispersible 3HP Formulations for TB Preventive Treatment in Children: a Multi-country Evaluation
The WHO has recommended TB preventive therapy (TPT) for children living with HIV (CLHIV) and household contacts of people living with TB, however, the scale-up and implementation of TPT has been sub-optimal globally particularly…
- Conditions
- TB - Tuberculosis, Household Contact, HIV, Children, Only
- Trial name
- NCT06511180
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Aurum Institute NPC