Paradoxical Tuberculosis Reactions in Patients Without HIV Infection
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Conditions studied: Tuberculosis
In brief
Background: Most people with tuberculosis (TB) feel better after starting treatment. But for some people, the opposite happens. They may feel better at first, but then suddenly get worse. This is a paradoxical reaction. Researchers want to better understand what causes this reaction and what happens after someone has it. Objective: To learn about paradoxical reactions to TB treatment. Eligibility: Adults 18 and older diagnosed with confirmed or suspected TB and currently on treatment for at least 2 weeks, with or without signs/symptoms of a paradoxical inflammatory reaction. Design: Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. They will give blood and urine samples. Eligible participants will visit either the NIH Clinical Center or the Mexico Clinic sites 3 times over 6 to 18 months. Each visit will take 7 hours to complete; visits may be scheduled over more than 1 day. Participants may have more visits if their TB symptoms change. Participants will give blood, urine, and sputum samples. They will have adverse event assessments. They will have 2 to 3 positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans. PET/CT scans make pictures of the inside of the body. For this, participants will lie on a table that slides into a donut-shaped scanner. They will get a small amount of radioactive dye through an IV, which is a small plastic tube placed in a vein in the arm using a needle. Participants may have optional apheresis at the NIH site only. For this, blood is taken from a needle in one arm. White blood cells are separated from the rest of the blood. The rest of the blood is returned through a needle in the other arm.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04052022
- Run by
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- People needed
- 140
- Starts
- 2019-12-20
- Expected to finish
- 2029-04-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-30
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- Individuals in either group who meet any of the following criteria will be excluded from study participation:
- HIV infection. (Individuals with HIV infection may be eligible for a separate study exclusively evaluating persons living with HIV.)
- Pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Uncontrolled psychiatric disease, substance use, or inappropriate conduct unsuitable for a research study.
- Malignancy requiring imminent or ongoing treatment including radiation, chemotherapy, or immunotherapy.
- Debilitating or chronic conditions that would limit ability to participate in the study.
- Emergent or urgent clinical conditions not due to studied disease of interest requiring immediate treatment that would be unsuitable for a research study. These patients would be transferred to an emergency room and able to rescreen when condition has been stabilized.
Where it is running
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center — Bethesda, Maryland, United States (enrolling)
- Mexican Emerging Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network (LaRed) — Alcaldia Tlalpan, Mexico (enrolling)
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