Status:

UNKNOWN

Use TST and QFT-RD1 Test to Monitor the Tuberculous Infection in Patients, Close Contact People and Health Care Workers

Lead Sponsor:

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

ChungHwa Veterans house

Conditions:

Tuberculosis

Latent Tuberculosis

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Tuberculosis is still the most common infectious disease in Taiwan. The infants in Taiwan have been vaccinated at birth with BCG -Tokyo 171 strain since 1951. The BCG vaccination rate is 97% among fir...

Detailed Description

STUDY POPULATION AND METHODS Population The study population represented individuals screened for TB over a 6-month period ending in December 2004 as part of a number of community health outreach prog...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • people close contact with active tuberculosis patients including health care workers, people in the veterans home, and/or the close contact family or high risk area or county
  • low risk volunteers : the clerk and interns doctors initially in the hospital training

Exclusion

  • HIV

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

November 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00311220

Start Date

January 1 2004

End Date

November 1 2006

Last Update

April 5 2006

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Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Taichung, Taiwan, China, 407