Design of an Integrative Algorithm for Staging Tuberculosis (STAGE-TB)

Fundació Institut Germans Trias i Pujol

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Tuberculosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03691883

STAGE-TB

Details and patient eligibility

About

Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease that affects 10 million people, 300 in the city of Barcelona, every year. With serious consequences at public health level, it is associated with other diseases, and generated and influenced by many social and psychological factors. This study aims to stage tuberculosis disease by an integrative approach.

Full description

Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease that affects 10 million people, there are 300 new cases 300 in the city of Barcelona, every year. Tuberculosis has serious consequences at public health level. It is associated with other diseases, and generated and influenced by many social and psychological factors. This study aims to stage tuberculosis disease by a novel integrative approach.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• TB diagnosis (all forms), microbiologically confirmed (by AFB+, GenXpert+ or Culture+)
• Clinical management of the patients being done at Servicios Clínicos, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron-Drassanes or Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol.

Exclusion criteria

• Not consenting to data/samples donation

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

TB patients

Description:

TB patients diagnosed and followed-up in Barcelona, at the following Hospitals/Clinics: Servicios Clínicos, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron-Drassanes, Hospital del Mar.