Patients on Dialysis Clinical Trial
Official title:
Comparing Consistency of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus and QuantiFERON-TB Gold for Latent Tuberculosis in Dialysis Population
In patients receiving long term dialysis, using new generation of QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus can have less result variability in inter-experiment and serial follow up in comparing with QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 200 |
Est. completion date | May 2018 |
Est. primary completion date | May 2018 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | 20 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Age ? 20 years - Receiving long term dialysis Exclusion Criteria: - Having tuberculosis previously |
Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective
Country | Name | City | State |
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Taiwan | National Taiwan University Hospital | Taipei | Select... |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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National Taiwan University Hospital |
Taiwan,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | percentage of positive QFT | Compare the results of QFT-plus and QFT-GIT | 1 week | No |
Primary | percentage of positive QFT change | Compare the change of the QFT-plus and QFT-GIT report by serial follow up | 1 week and 1 year | No |
Secondary | percentage of occurrence of active TB | anticipated 2 years | 2 year | No |