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Screening of Children in Household Contact With Adult TB Patients in Mbarara Hospital, Uganda

NCT01492595 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 281

Last updated 2016-03-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The proposed study aims to establish a pilot program through a prospective cohort study offering routine contact tracing, investigation and prophylaxis for LTBI, and treatment of TB disease to children \<5 years living in the same household as adults diagnosed with smear/culture-positive pulmonary TB in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mbarara University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands

    collaborator OTHER

  • Epicentre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julius Kiwanuka, MD · Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2014-04-30
Completion
2014-04-30

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