The Clinical Utility of QuantiFERON in the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis

NCT ID: NCT00982969

Last Updated: 2010-07-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-06-30

Study Completion Date

2010-04-30

Brief Summary

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The investigators will evaluate the usefulness of QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube (QFT) in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in young adults group, highly clinically suspected tuberculosis.

Detailed Description

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Investigators will enroll prospectively all clinically and radiologically suspected tuberculosis patients from 20 to 29 years old who visited the Armed Forces Capital Hospital. Investigators will perform QFT and tuberculin skin test. Diagnosis of tuberculosis will be made by World Health Organization guideline and the physician will not know the QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube results before the diagnosis and anti-tuberculosis medication. Investigators will evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis among young adults.

Conditions

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Tuberculosis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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TB suspected

Soldiers who are clinically suspected with tuberculosis

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All clinically and radiologically suspected TB patients from 20 to 29 years old who visited the Armed Forces Capital Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

* Soldiers who do not agree with study protocol
Eligible Sex

MALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Republic of Korea

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Armed Forces Capital Hospital

Locations

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Armed Forces Capital Hospital

Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

References

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Lee JE, Kim HJ, Lee SW. The clinical utility of tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assay in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis among young adults: a prospective observational study. BMC Infect Dis. 2011 Apr 18;11:96. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-96.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21501477 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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QFTinROKmilitary

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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