Clinical trials: geneXpert
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Rifampicin Resistant Tuberculosis
GeneXpert Performance Evaluation for Linkage to Tuberculosis Care
The investigators' overall objective is to assess the effectiveness, implementation and costs of a streamlined TB diagnostic evaluation strategy based around rapid, onsite molecular testing.
- Trial name
- XPEL-TB (NCT03044158)
- Testing
- GeneXpert I, Process re-design, Performance Feedback
- Where
- 20 sites in Uganda
- Volunteers
- 10,644 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Herpes Simplex Virus
Identification of Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Shedding in the Female Genital Tract of Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women by GeneXpert PCR, Routine PCR, and Culture
PCR detection of HSV DNA shedding in the female genital tract using the GeneXpert system (Cepheid, Sunnyvale CA) will be compared with traditional (routine) PCR (pregnant and nonpregnant women) and with HSV culture (nonpregnant…
- Trial name
- NCT01878383
- Testing
- Genexpert assay
- Where
- 15 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12,550 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham