Point-of-care Triage Test for Active Tuberculosis

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

900 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-11-05

Study Completion Date

2024-03-31

Brief Summary

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Background:

Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial lung infection leaving 3.6 million people undiagnosed each year. Thirty percent of infected people do not receive treatment due to failure to receive diagnostic testing or being lost to follow-up between testing and availability of results.

Objective:

To refine and field-validate a point-of-care (POC) finger stick blood test for use worldwide to triage for active TB.

Eligibility:

Persons aged 12 - 70 years with symptoms suggestive of TB disease

Study design:

Participants will be screened with:

Medical history Physical exam HIV test, diabetes screening Blood (finger stick and venous), sputum and urine collection Chest X-ray TB positive participants will receive treatment from the National TB Program at Community Health Centres and clinics.

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Detailed Description

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This study aims to make widely available an inexpensive, easy to use point-of-care finger stick test to triage patients presenting with signs and symptoms consistent with active TB. From previous experience in EDCTP-funded studies, approximately 30% of such patients test positive for TB, with the vast majority having respiratory illnesses other than active TB, including acute upper or lower respiratory tract infections or exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The proposed finger stick test is designed, with the aim of use, as a TB rule out test such that resources required for further testing can be used with more efficiency.

The majority (60%) of suspected TB cases are seen at public health facilities, however many facilities in high TB prevalence areas still do not have access to efficient TB diagnostic services due to logistical and financial constraints that plague these settings. Currently available diagnostics include radiological and microbiological testing, though each has drawbacks for use in primary care facilities.

The TriageTB consortium will be evaluating combinations of biomarkers in samples from African and Non-African individuals suspected of having TB in order to identify the optimal biomarker signature for global identification of patients with high likelihood of TB. A device has been developed, which measures a combination of biomarkers in finger stick capillary blood and has been validated in the laboratory setting. Previous EDCTP-funded projects identified a promising 6-marker biosignature which has been shown to have potential for being reduced to a 3- or 4- marker signature. The 3-marker signature has the added benefit of potential for treatment monitoring applications. A triage test as proposed here would significantly speed up and streamline diagnostic approaches in resource-limited settings.

Conditions

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Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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FIND cohort

Evaluation of biomarkers in serum samples from 500 people with suspected TB from non-African countries provided by FIND diagnostic biorepository.

No interventions assigned to this group

Phase 1

Evaluate the basic 3-marker multi-biomarker test (MBT) signature in 150 participants across three African sites. This will be used to lock down the final MBT signature to be used in the next phase of testing.

Multi-biomarker point-of-care test

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Lateral flow device containing a combination of markers which have been shown to be associated with active tuberculosis.

Phase 2

Enrolment of 750 participants across three African sites using the locked down MBT signature from phase 1.

Multi-biomarker point-of-care test

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Lateral flow device containing a combination of markers which have been shown to be associated with active tuberculosis.

Interventions

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Multi-biomarker point-of-care test

Lateral flow device containing a combination of markers which have been shown to be associated with active tuberculosis.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 12 to 70 years.
2. Symptoms suggestive of TB disease: cough for ≥ two weeks plus at least one of the following: fever, malaise, weight loss, night sweats, haemoptysis, chest pain or loss of appetite.
3. Participants aged ≥18 years-old: Willing to give informed consent to take part in the study, including

1. Willingness to undergo HIV testing and be willing to have their HIV infection status disclosed to the study field workers.
2. Willingness to have study samples stored indefinitely.
4. Participants aged ≥12 and \<18 years:

1. Accompanied by a parent or legal guardian/caregiver/representative who is willing to provide informed consent for study procedures as above, and
2. The child is willing to give informed assent for study procedures as above and the attending research staff member is satisfied that the participant understands the study satisfactorily.

Participants who had previous TB, extra-pulmonary TB in addition to pulmonary TB, drug resistance detected on GeneXpert® Ultra or culture, or other concomitant diseases will not be excluded from enrolment. People living with, and without, HIV will be enrolled.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Stable permanent residence in study area for less than 3 months; no permanent address or planned relocation in the next six months.
2. Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
3. Hb \< 9g/l.
4. Current systemic steroid use or immune suppression therapy in the past four weeks.
5. On TB treatment or Isoniazid Preventive Treatment (IPT) currently or in the last ninety days.
6. Known quinolone or aminoglycoside antibiotic use reported in the past 60 days.
7. Participants aged ≥18 years-old: Unable to provide informed consent (eg due to mental impairment), or are deemed by the attending research staff member as unable to complete study procedures (eg. due to substance abuse affecting the participant's level of function).
8. Participants aged ≥12 and \<18 years:

1. Either the parent/guardian is willing to give informed consent or the participant is unwilling to give informed assent.
2. Both the parent/guardian and the child are willing to provide consent and assent, but in the attending researcher's opinion there is a problem with the validity of the consent (eg. because of suspected mental impairment) or with completion of study procedures (eg. because of substance abuse of parent or child).

Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No