Status:

RECRUITING

Same Day Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary TB (TB Serositis and TB Meningitis).

Lead Sponsor:

University of Cape Town

Collaborating Sponsors:

European Union

Zambart

Conditions:

Tuberculosis, Extrapulmonary

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) accounts for nearly 30% of TB cases in HIV endemic settings, such as South Africa. The diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB is complicated by the poor performance of Gene Xpert and ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female participants 18 years and over attending health care facility with symptoms of TB.
  • Serosal or CSF fluid sample provided to NHLS with sufficient volume to perform SOC tests + 1ml.
  • Patients in whom extrapulmonary TB is part of the treating clinicians' differential diagnosis.

Exclusion

  • Volunteers who refuse to sign informed consent and/or provide clinical details (Proxy consent will be obtained for participants who are incapacitated, with a follow up consent when they have recovered their capacity to consent)
  • Patients with current significant history of substance or alcohol abuse that may impact study visits.
  • Patients who are unable to communicate by telephone or who do not have a current active traceable contact number.
  • Patients not willing to undergo an HIV test.
  • Patients whose fluid sample volumes are insufficient to perform standard of care testing in addition to IRISA-TB
  • Positive sputum GXP within 2 weeks prior to serosal fluid or CSF sampling.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 16 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

2160 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06135818

Start Date

March 16 2021

End Date

May 31 2026

Last Update

November 18 2023

Active Locations (4)

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University of KwaZulu-Natal

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

2

University of Cape Town Lung Institute

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

3

Zambart

Lusaka, Zambia

4

Biomedical Research and Training Institute

Harare, Zimbabwe