QuantiFERON Change During Anti-tuberculosis Medication

NCT ID: NCT01038830

Last Updated: 2010-06-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-05-31

Study Completion Date

2010-05-31

Brief Summary

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The aim of this study is to evaluate the change of QuantiFERON-TB gold in tube assay (QFT) during the treatment of active tuberculosis.

Detailed Description

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Patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis are enrolled and, QFTs are performed for each subjects before treatment and 1, 3, 6 months after treatment. Investigators check the level of interferon-gamma, and reversion and conversion of this test.

Conditions

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Tuberculosis Interferon-gamma Release Assay

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All subjects with active tuberculosis

Exclusion Criteria

* Subjects who cannot complete study
* Subjects who have taken anti-tuberculosis medication for more than a month before visit of our hospital
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

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

Other Identifiers

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QFTchange

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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