Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Swiss Children

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Conditions studied: Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

In brief

1. The primary objective is to improve the sensitivity of novel immunodiagnostic tests for detection of TB disease in children. 2. The secondary objective is to determine biomarkers that discriminate children with TB infection and disease.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03044509

Run by

University Children's Hospital Basel

People needed

190

Starts

2017-05-12

Expected to finish

2028-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-09-19

Who can join

Age: any, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• all children / adolescents < 18 years of age undergoing evaluation for TB exposure, infection or disease.

You may not qualify if…

• children / adolescents with TB infection or disease who have already been started on anti-mycobacterial treatment, children who have been treated for TB previously.

Where it is running

• Kantonspital Aarau — Aarau, Switzerland (enrolling)
• Nina Vaezipour — Basel, Switzerland (enrolling)
• Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona — Bellinzona, Switzerland (enrolling)
• Inselspital Bern — Bern, Switzerland (enrolling)
• Hôpital des enfants - HUG — Geneva, Switzerland (enrolling)
• Kinserspital Luzern — Lucerne, Switzerland (enrolling)
• Kinderspital St Gallen — Sankt Gallen, Switzerland (enrolling)
• Kinderklinik Zürich — Zurich, Switzerland (enrolling)

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