Clinical trials: Tuberculosis in Children, active
Tuberculosis
Re-evaluating the Duration in Children of TB Treatment
Current tuberculosis (TB) treatment is effective (works well), but it takes a long time to cure TB. This study will evaluate if TB treatment with a higher dose of rifampicin, one of the TB medicines, and shorter TB treatment…
- Trial name
- REDUCE TB (NCT07656012)
- Testing
- Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Trachea Diseases, Tracheal Stenosis
Feasibility of Tracheobronchial Reconstruction Using Allogenic Aortic Patch in Children
Feasibility and safety of repairing tracheal and bronchial defects in infants and children using cryopreserved donor aortic patches.
- Conditions
- Trachea Diseases, Tracheal Stenosis, Tuberculosis; Tracheitis, Airway Disease
- Trial name
- NCT07240259
- Testing
- Cryopreserved aorta
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- National Taiwan University Hospital
Tuberculosis, Diagnostics
Rapid Research in Diagnostics Development for TB Network (R2D2 Kids) and Assessing Diagnostics At POC for TB in Children (ADAPT for Kids)
Every year there are an estimated 230,000 childhood deaths from TB. There is an urgent need for novel tests for TB diagnosis in children under 15 years.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Diagnostics, Global Health
- Trial name
- NCT05989802
- Testing
- Oral swab molecular testing, Automated Cough Sound Analysis, Automated Lung Sound Analysis
- Where
- 3 sites in Mozambique, South Africa and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Shortened Regimen for Drug-susceptible TB in Children
While drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB) disease in children currently requires four to six months of treatment, most children may be able to be cured with a shorter treatment of more powerful drugs.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Tuberculosis, Lymph Node, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Trial name
- SMILE-TB (NCT06253715)
- Testing
- Isoniazid, Rifampin, Pyrazinamide
- Where
- 9 sites in India, Indonesia and 5 more
- Volunteers
- 860 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Tuberculosis
Effects of the Active Cycle of Breathing Technique With and Without Balloon Blowing Therapy in Tuberculosis
The study design will be a randomized controlled trial. The data will be collected from Gulab Devi Teaching Hospital, Lahore. 34 kids aged 8 to 14 years will be randomly assigned either to an experimental group or a control…
- Trial name
- NCT07484490
- Testing
- Active cycle of breathing with Balloon therapy, Active Cycle of breathing
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
TB - Tuberculosis
Start Taking Action for Tuberculosis in Kids
Start4Kids: Evaluating the performance, feasibility, acceptability and cost effectiveness of computer-aided detection (CAD) of chest X-ray (CXR) and concurrent testing using novel diagnostics and non-sputum specimens for…
- Trial name
- Start4Kids (NCT07248423)
- Testing
- Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, Truenat, MTB, Truenat MTB Plus
- Volunteers
- 7,920 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Tuberculosis in Children, Chronic Lung Disease
Paediatric Post-TB Pulmonary Rehab Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a home-based pulmonary rehabilitation program is feasible and acceptable for children ages 6-15 who have recently completed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis in Children, Chronic Lung Disease, Post Tuberculosis
- Trial name
- PPT Rehab (NCT07097961)
- Testing
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Swiss Children
1. The primary objective is to improve the sensitivity of novel immunodiagnostic tests for detection of TB disease in children. 2.
- Trial name
- CITRUS (NCT03044509)
- Testing
- Secreted cytokine assay, Intracellular cytokine assay
- Where
- 8 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 190 people
- Sponsor
- University Children's Hospital Basel
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, Child Health
The DECIDE-TB Trial; Validation of Treatment Decision Algorithms for Childhood Tuberculosis
The Decide-TB project aims to generate evidence for the implementation of a comprehensive Treatment Decision Algorithms (TDA) based approach for TB in children living in high TB burden and resource-limited countries, at District…
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Child Health, HIV, Severe Acute Malnutrition
- Trial name
- DTB (NCT06593080)
- Testing
- The comprehensive TDA based approach
- Where
- 29 sites in Zambia
- Volunteers
- 30,240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chishala Chabala
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)
Tuberculosis
Diagnostic Innovations for Pediatric Tuberculosis in Bolivia
Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose diagnostic challenges in low- and middle-income countries with high rates of TB disease, due to the well-described impact of paucibacillary disease in children, and current TB culture…
- Trial name
- NCT06113861
- Testing
- Quantiferon Gold, HIV serology, Respiratory secretion culture (sputum or gastric aspirate_
- Where
- Bolivia
- Volunteers
- 1,220 people
- Sponsor
- Tulane University
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
Tuberculosis Infection, Household Contacts
Window Prophylaxis for Pediatric Tuberculosis Prevention Trial
The goal of this cluster-randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) administered during the "window period" to prevent new Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in…
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis Infection, Household Contacts, Children, Adolescent
- Trial name
- TB-WIN (NCT07086820)
- Testing
- Tuberculosis window prophylaxis with weekly rifapentine and isoniazid for 12 weeks, Standard of care tuberculosis prophylaxis with weekly rifapentine and isoniazid for 12 weeks
- Where
- 13 sites in Chile
- Volunteers
- 647 people
- Sponsor
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Tuberculosis
Population Pharmacokinetics of Anti-tuberculosis Drugs in Children With Tuberculosis
This study is based on the hypothesis that the pharmacokinetics of anti-tuberculosis drugs in TB children are different from adults.
- Trial name
- NCT03625739
- Testing
- anti-tuberculosis drug
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- Beijing Children's Hospital
Tuberculosis
A Home-Based Approach to Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment Management
Background: Tuberculosis (TB), though preventable and curable, remains a major public health concern worldwide. While elimination of tuberculosis infection (TBI) is critical to TB elimination, TBI continues to represent a…
- Trial name
- NCT07479030
- Testing
- A home-based approach to TB preventive treatment management
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,300 people
- Sponsor
- Dilla University