TB-CAPT EXULTANT - HIV

Summary

The overall aim of this study is to assess the potential of an expanded TB testing strategy to increase the number of HIV-positive patients with microbiologically diagnosed TB who are started on treatment in adult wards of sub-Saharan Africa.

Conditions

• Tuberculosis
• HIV Coinfection
• Diagnoses Disease

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Concentrated urine with Xpert Ultra

Molecular TB diagnostic test on urine

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Stool with Xpert Ultra

Molecular TB diagnostic test on stool

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich

  collaborator OTHER

• Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Mozambique

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Ifakara Health Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• Ospedale San Raffaele

  collaborator OTHER

• Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• African Society for Laboratory Medicine

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Heidelberg University

  collaborator OTHER

• Barcelona Institute for Global Health

  collaborator OTHER

• Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Switzerland

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Alberto García-Basteiro, MD · Barcelona Institute for Global Health

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-09-05

Primary Completion

2024-12-31

Completion

2024-12-31

Countries

• Mozambique
• Tanzania

Study Locations