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TuberculosisNCT03794284

Multiplex PCR -Microarray-based Assay in the Detection of Mycobacterium

An observational study of Tuberculosis and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Pneumonia, run by Chinese University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

Official record
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Trial summary

The study will use the VereMTB tool for rapid diagnosis of TB or non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) pulmonary infections in hospitalised patients, with positive results in acid-fast bacilli smears, which are emerging in many regions of the world. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
VereMTB
How many people
46 participants
Where
1 siteHong Kong
Study dates
28 Feb 2019to 31 Jul 2022
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients admitted to the Prince of Wales Hospital with suspected pulmonary TB with positive AFB smears will be identified by Infectious Diseases physicians and recruited accordingly.

Who may be able to join

  • Age 18 or older
  • One or more symptoms compatible with mycobacterial pulmonary infections, including fever, cough, sputum production,hemoptysis dyspnea, chest pain and weight loss
  • One or more sputum samples with positive AFB smear

Who cannot join

  • Receiving anti-mycobacterial treatment for more than one week
  • Refusal to consent

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Hong Kong1 site

  • Prince of Wales Hospital

    Shatin

Other trials in Hong Kong

About this study

Official title: Performance of a Multiplex PCR -Microarray-based Assay in the Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Non-tuberculous Mycobacterium Species in Smear-positive Pulmonary Clinical Specimens

The study will use the VereMTB tool for rapid diagnosis of TB or non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) pulmonary infections in hospitalised patients, with positive results in acid-fast bacilli smears, which are emerging in many regions of the world.

Read the detailed description

Delay in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis was common in hospitalised patients all around the world, and was associated with poorer outcomes, including respiratory failure and mortality. Rapid and accurate tools for diagnosis of TB is of great importance in initial treatment and for better treatment outcomes. Other than TB, non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) pulmonary infections are emerging in many regions of the world. These bacterium are more common to be found in respiratory specimens than MTB. With similar clinical presentation of NTM pulmonary infections and pulmonary TB, misdiagnosis of NTM pulmonary infections to pulmonary TB would lead to unnecessary intake of anti-TB medications and delay of the initiation of corresponding treatment.

This test aims to detect MTB as well differentiate the NTM species involved in pulmonary infections simultaneously using VereMTB.

Being tested
VereMTB
Medical subject headings
Tuberculosis

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • VereMTBDiagnostic test

    At least 2 mL of patient's expectorated or induced sputum would be collected for VereMTB assay and their clinical data would be retrieved for analysis use.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. diagnostic test correlation

    Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value, will be calculated to determine accuracy of VereMTB, in diagnosing MTB and NTM

    Measured: 6 months from the date of first recruitment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted7 Jan 2019
  2. Study start28 Feb 2019
  3. Primary completion31 Jul 2022
  4. Study completion31 Jul 2022

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case only
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
46 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03794284
Sponsor's protocol ID
VereMTB_v2_24_10_2018
Status last verified
Aug 2022
First submitted
3 Jan 2019
Last updated
9 Aug 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • GBD Tuberculosis Collaborators. The global burden of tuberculosis: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018 Mar;18(3):261-284. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30703-X. Epub 2017 Dec 7.

    PubMed 29223583

  • Lui G, Wong RY, Li F, Lee MK, Lai RW, Li TC, Kam JK, Lee N. High mortality in adults hospitalized for active tuberculosis in a low HIV prevalence setting. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 18;9(3):e92077. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092077. eCollection 2014.

    PubMed 24642794

  • Bhurayanontachai R, Maneenil K. Factors influencing development and mortality of acute respiratory failure in hospitalized patient with active pulmonary tuberculosis: a 10-year retrospective review. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Jul;8(7):1721-30. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.06.22.

    PubMed 27499962

  • Namkoong H, Kurashima A, Morimoto K, Hoshino Y, Hasegawa N, Ato M, Mitarai S. Epidemiology of Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Jun;22(6):1116-7. doi: 10.3201/eid2206.151086. No abstract available.

    PubMed 27191735

  • Kim HS, Lee Y, Lee S, Kim YA, Sun YK. Recent trends in clinically significant nontuberculous Mycobacteria isolates at a Korean general hospital. Ann Lab Med. 2014 Jan;34(1):56-9. doi: 10.3343/alm.2014.34.1.56. Epub 2013 Dec 6.

    PubMed 24422197

  • Chien JY, Lai CC, Sheng WH, Yu CJ, Hsueh PR. Pulmonary infection and colonization with nontuberculous mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000-2012. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Aug;20(8):1382-5. doi: 10.3201/eid2008.131673.

    PubMed 25062534

  • Lan R, Yang C, Lan L, Ou J, Qiao K, Liu F, Gao Q. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolates from HIV-infected patients in Guangxi, China. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 Dec;15(12):1669-75. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0036.

    PubMed 22118176

  • McCarthy KD, Cain KP, Winthrop KL, Udomsantisuk N, Lan NT, Sar B, Kimerling ME, Kanara N, Lynen L, Monkongdee P, Tasaneeyapan T, Varma JK. Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in patients with HIV in Southeast Asia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 May 1;185(9):981-8. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201107-1327OC. Epub 2012 Feb 16.

    PubMed 22345581

  • Cabibbe AM, Miotto P, Moure R, Alcaide F, Feuerriegel S, Pozzi G, Nikolayevskyy V, Drobniewski F, Niemann S, Reither K, Cirillo DM; TM-REST Consortium; TB-CHILD Consortium. Lab-on-Chip-Based Platform for Fast Molecular Diagnosis of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Dec;53(12):3876-80. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01824-15. Epub 2015 Aug 5.

    PubMed 26246486

  • Lazzeri E, Santoro F, Oggioni MR, Iannelli F, Pozzi G. Novel primer-probe sets for detection and identification of mycobacteria by PCR-microarray assay. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Nov;50(11):3777-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02300-12. Epub 2012 Sep 12.

    PubMed 22972818

  • Hoefsloot W, van Ingen J, Andrejak C, Angeby K, Bauriaud R, Bemer P, Beylis N, Boeree MJ, Cacho J, Chihota V, Chimara E, Churchyard G, Cias R, Daza R, Daley CL, Dekhuijzen PN, Domingo D, Drobniewski F, Esteban J, Fauville-Dufaux M, Folkvardsen DB, Gibbons N, Gomez-Mampaso E, Gonzalez R, Hoffmann H, Hsueh PR, Indra A, Jagielski T, Jamieson F, Jankovic M, Jong E, Keane J, Koh WJ, Lange B, Leao S, Macedo R, Mannsaker T, Marras TK, Maugein J, Milburn HJ, Mlinko T, Morcillo N, Morimoto K, Papaventsis D, Palenque E, Paez-Pena M, Piersimoni C, Polanova M, Rastogi N, Richter E, Ruiz-Serrano MJ, Silva A, da Silva MP, Simsek H, van Soolingen D, Szabo N, Thomson R, Tortola Fernandez T, Tortoli E, Totten SE, Tyrrell G, Vasankari T, Villar M, Walkiewicz R, Winthrop KL, Wagner D; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Network European Trials Group. The geographic diversity of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from pulmonary samples: an NTM-NET collaborative study. Eur Respir J. 2013 Dec;42(6):1604-13. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00149212. Epub 2013 Apr 18.

    PubMed 23598956

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Tuberculosis and Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterial Pneumonia, run by Chinese University of Hong Kong at 1 site in Hong Kong.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Aug 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Hong Kong. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

diagnostic test correlation (time frame: 6 months from the date of first recruitment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03794284, which also lists 11 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Aug 2022.

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