Evaluation of the QuantiFERON-TB Test.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis
- Interventions
- Device: CST001
- Registration Number
- NCT02253537
- Lead Sponsor
- QIAGEN Gaithersburg, Inc
- Brief Summary
To compare the results of the investigational test to the currently approved QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test.
- Detailed Description
To compare the sensitivity of the CST001 assay to the QuantiFERON-TB Gold assay in patients with bacteriologically confirmed and untreated TB disease.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
- Clinical symptoms consistent with a high probability of having TB disease
- Receiving, or are likely to receive, therapy for active TB
- Confirmed tuberculosis by either AFB smear and culture testing, or Nucleic Acid Amplification methods and culture testing.
- Between 18 and 70 years of age.
- Taken therapy for active TB or latent TB for more than 14 days
- Culture confirmation of M. tuberculosis not obtained
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Symptomatic CST001 Patients with bacteriologically confirmed and untreated TB disease tested with CST001 assay.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of Participants With Clinical Signs/Symptoms Indicating TB With a Positive CST001 Assay Result as an Indication of Clinical Sensitivity At time of enrollment Subjects who have clinical signs/symptoms indicating TB and who are receiving or have to start the treatment for active TB were tested. Subjects who were presenting with symptoms suggestive of TB disease and who have a positive acid-fast bacillus (AFB) smear or have Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in a specimen detected by nucleic acid amplification (NAA) or MTB complex Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), and who have received treatment for no more than 14 days upon enrollment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Washington
🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States