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
Active Locations (1)
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Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Taichung, Taiwan, China, 407