Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers Using Ex-vivo Interferon-gamma Assay

NCT ID: NCT01007396

Last Updated: 2012-01-11

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

322 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-01-31

Study Completion Date

2009-12-31

Brief Summary

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The present study was to evaluate the usefulness of a whole-blood interferon-r release assays (IGRAs) as diagnostic tool of the latent tuberculosis infection for healthcare workers.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SCREENING

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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new healthcare workers

doctors and nurses who were newly hired in 2008 at the Samsung Medical Center

Group Type OTHER

1-step tuberculin skin test (TST) and blood sampling

Intervention Type OTHER

In only new healthcare workers, the 1-step TST and quantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test were performed.

Interventions

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1-step tuberculin skin test (TST) and blood sampling

In only new healthcare workers, the 1-step TST and quantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test were performed.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* doctors and nurses newly hired at Samsung Medical Center between February, 2008 and November, 2008.

Exclusion Criteria

* Non-applicable
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Samsung Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Won-Jung Koh

MD, PhD, Associated professor, school of medicine, sungkyunkwan university

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Won-Jung Koh, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Samsung Medical Center

Locations

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Samsung Medical Center

Seoul, , South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

Other Identifiers

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2007-09-019

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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