Clinical trials: Tuberculosis in Children
Tuberculosis
BRIGHT-Child TB: Short-Course Treatment for Non-Severe Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Children
The goal of this Phase II, multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of short-course treatment regimens for children with non-severe, drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Trial name
- NCT07893444
- Testing
- 4-month FDC-based regimen, 3-month BDCZ regimen, Standard 6-month treatment regimen
- Where
- 13 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- Huashan Hospital
Tuberculosis, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Evaluation of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in Stools and Urine to Improve Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Children
Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in children is challenging in low and middle-income countries where access to TB culture and X-ray is limited. More than half cases of childhood TB remain undiagnosed every year.
- Trial name
- NCT06239337
- Testing
- Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in stools and urine
- Where
- 2 sites in Guinea-Bissau, South Sudan
- Volunteers
- 563 people
- Sponsor
- Medecins Sans Frontieres, Spain
Tuberculosis Infection
Tuberculosis In Children Visiting Friends and Relatives
In countries with a low incidence of Tuberculosis (TB), the incidence remains higher among the immigrant population than among the autochthonous population beyond the first years after arrival in the host country.
- Trial name
- NCT04236765
- Testing
- TB infection-screening benefiting group
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 492 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Mutua de Terrassa
Tuberculosis
Urine Colorimetry for Tuberculosis Pharmacokinetics Evaluation in Children and Adults
The purpose of the study is to generate receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) curves for urine colorimetry to identify tuberculosis (TB) patients (children and adults) with low drug anti-TB drug exposures, which will define the…
- Trial name
- PEE-TB (NCT05283967)
- Testing
- urine colorimetric assay
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Latent Tuberculosis, HIV Infections
Improving Latent Tuberculosis (TB) Diagnosis in Thai Children
The study is a prospective study to improve the diagnosis and management of latent TB in HIV-infected and HIV uninfected children in Thailand.
- Trial name
- TB Px (NCT00947609)
- Where
- 2 sites in Thailand
- Volunteers
- 158 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEARCH Research Foundation
Tuberculosis
A Study of MVA85A in Healthy Children and Infants
This study is designed to evaluate the safety of the TB vaccine MVA85A in healthy children and infants in South Africa. A single vaccination with MVA85A has been shown to be safe and highly immunogenic in a wide range of subjects…
- Trial name
- NCT00679159
- Testing
- MVA85A, Prevenar
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 168 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Rifampin Versus Isoniazid for the Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children (P4v9)
Tuberculosis (TB) is spread by airborne transmission from adults with active contiguous TB to children, especially those living in the same household.
- Trial name
- NCT00170209
- Testing
- Isoniazid, Rifampin
- Where
- 9 sites in Australia, Benin and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 844 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Tuberculosis
Impact of Nursing Interventions on Adherence to Treatment With Anti-tuberculosis Drugs in Children and Adolescents
This study evaluates the efficacy of nursing interventions on adherence to antituberculosis medication in a paediatric cohort (aged 0-18 years) and identifies the risk factors for non-compliance.
- Trial name
- NCT03230409
- Testing
- Leaflet written in the patient's/family mother tongue, A follow-up telephone call, Eidus-Hamilton Test
- Volunteers
- 359 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Sant Joan de Deu
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis
Pharmacokinetics of Atazanavir in Special Populations
The lack of data relating to the DDI between ATV and RIF is a major limitation to the use of ATV in patients who require treatment for TB.
- Trial name
- VirTUAL WP5 (NCT03923231)
- Testing
- Atazanavir 300mg/ Ritonavir 100 mg once daily, Atazanavir 250 mg / ritonavir 80 mg
- Where
- 4 sites in South Africa, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of Liverpool
Tuberculosis
A Study of Daily Rifapentine Combined With Isoniazid (1HP) for Tuberculosis Prevention in Children Less Than 13 Years of Age With and Without HIV
This study aims to find the proposed dose of Rifapentine (RPT) taken once daily with Isoniazid (INH) for 28 days to prevent tuberculosis (TB).
- Trial name
- NCT07124559
- Testing
- Rifapentine, Isoniazid, Dolutegravir
- Where
- 11 sites in Botswana, Haiti and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Latent Tuberculosis
Vitamin D Supplementation in TB Prevention
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of acquiring latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in school age children in Mongolia.
- Trial name
- NCT02276755
- Testing
- Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3)
- Where
- Mongolia
- Volunteers
- 8,851 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Tuberculosis, Meningeal
Optimizing Treatment to Improve TBM Outcomes in Children
In this open-labeled, randomized clinical trial, the Investigator will assess the safety and pharmacokinetics (PK) of model-optimized doses of rifampicin (RIF) with or without levofloxacin (LEVO) given to children as part of…
- Trial name
- TBM-KIDS (NCT02958709)
- Testing
- High-dose: RIF, INH, PZA, EMB, High dose: RIF, INH, PZA, LEVO, Standard of care: RIF, INH, PZA, EMB
- Where
- 3 sites in India, Malawi
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Tuberculosis
Evaluation of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Children From 6 Months to 15 Years With Presumptive Tuberculosis
Diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in children is particularly challenging in low and middle-income countries (LMIC), and a high number of children remain undiagnosed and untreated.
- Trial name
- NCT05364593
- Where
- 2 sites in Guinea-Bissau, South Sudan
- Volunteers
- 576 people
- Sponsor
- Medecins Sans Frontieres, Spain
Tuberculosis, HIV
Interferon-Gamma Release Assays in Tuberculosis (TB) - HIV Co-infected Children
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease affecting the lungs that is caused by a germ spread by coughing. TB infection is currently diagnosed by a skin test that has limited accuracy.
- Trial name
- NCT00604617
- Testing
- Interferon-Gamma Release Assay, RT-23
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 564 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis Immunity in Children
The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how immunity to tuberculosis (TB) is maintained in children. When children get tuberculosis, it is more likely to spread to other parts of the body than when adults…
- Trial name
- NCT00170638
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Tuberculosis, Polio
Mobile Phone SMS Messages and Automated Calls in Improving Vaccine Coverage Among Children in Pakistan
Routine childhood immunization (RCI) in Pakistan is well below the recommended coverage of 90% with rates as low as 16% in certain regions (Pakistan DHS 2012-3).
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Polio, Diphtheria, Pertussis
- Trial name
- NCT03341195
- Testing
- SMS messages and automated calls
- Volunteers
- 3,850 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Tuberculosis, Diagnoses Disease
Evaluating a New Stool Based qPCR for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children and People Living With HIV
Stool4TB aims to evaluate an innovative stool-based qPCR diagnostic platform (with the capacity to become a POC diagnostic tool) in the high TB and HIV burden settings of Mozambique, Eswatini and Uganda, under the hypothesis that…
- Trial name
- Stool4TB (NCT05047315)
- Where
- 3 sites in Eswatini, Mozambique and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 1,967 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Clinical Trial
Evaluation of Pharmacokinetics and Safety Tolerability of Higher Doses of Rifampic
Tuberculosis in children is a major public health problem and it contributes 10% of the total TB cases worldwide. TB treatment outcomes in children are challenged by insufficient consideration of the relationships between doses…
- Trial name
- HighRif C (NCT04437836)
- Testing
- Evaluation of high dose rifampicin in children
- Where
- 4 sites in Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute
Tuberculosis Infection, Tuberculosis
BCG Revaccination in Children and Adolescents
Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine is one of the most used vaccines of the world, to reduce the risks of natural tuberculous infection.
- Trial name
- BRiC (NCT05330884)
- Testing
- BCG vaccine, Oral Chemoprophylaxis
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 9,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tuberculosis Research Centre, India
Tuberculosis Infection, Latent, Tuberculosis Active
SCAF-TB - Saving Children and Their Families From Tuberculosis: Implementation Research to Improve TB Preventive Treatment Initiation and Completion Rates Among Contact Persons in Tajikistan and Tanzania
The SCAF-TB study aims to evaluate how the WHO-endorsed SIILTIBCY skin test can be best implemented to test close contacts for tuberculosis infection (TBI) in Tajikistan and Tanzania, either facility-based or home-based delivered…
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis Infection, Latent, Tuberculosis Active, TPT
- Trial name
- SCAF-TB (NCT07714707)
- Testing
- CY-TB Patch, Audiblehealth DX
- Where
- 2 sites in Tajikistan, Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 880 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation