Status:
COMPLETED
Screening of Children in Household Contact With Adult TB Patients in Mbarara Hospital, Uganda
Lead Sponsor:
Epicentre
Collaborating Sponsors:
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands
Conditions:
Tuberculosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-5 years
Brief Summary
The proposed study aims to establish a pilot program through a prospective cohort study offering routine contact tracing, investigation and prophylaxis for LTBI, and treatment of TB disease to childre...
Detailed Description
Because children with tuberculosis (TB) are usually smear-negative and therefore less infectious, they are generally not considered a public health risk. Up to 70% of children living in the same house...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Any child who has lived in the same household with the index case continuously for at least 2 weeks within the 3-month period immediately preceding the diagnosis of smear- positive or culture-positive TB in the index case.
- Informed consent signed by the parent or legal guardian
- Living within a 2-hour radius of Mbarara town
Exclusion
- Child currently receiving anti-tuberculosis treatment
- Child has received a full course of anti-TB treatment within the last 6 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2012
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
281 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01492595
Start Date
April 1 2012
End Date
April 1 2014
Last Update
March 2 2016
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