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Despite being a key contributor to maternal mortality in high-burden regions, TB in pregnancy is a hugely neglected area of global public health. During pregnancy, the symptoms of TB are often overlooked and undiagnosed because they are vague, non-specific, and can be very similar to common complaints during pregnancy. Women with TB in pregnancy are at an increased risk of anemia and perinatal death. The DROP-TB project aims to expand the tuberculosis (TB) detection testing in pregnancy by creating a system where blood samples are collected from women at their local healthcare clinics instead of/or at national-level TB diagnostic centres where visits can require substantial travel and cost. Blood samples collected in specific RNA stabilizing tubes and on specific storing paper filters are collected from pregnant women with presumptive TB and transported to a central TB testing facility and analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). The DROP-TB method measures the mRNA expressions known to be markers of TB infection and disease. Based on veinous blood sampling, those signatures have showed high sensitivity (93%) and specificity (97%), can differentiate between active and latent infection, and performs well in the presence of other infections such as HIV. The DROP-TB program was specifically designed to increase the coverage of TB testing in pregnancy to improve health outcomes for women and their unborn children. The evidence generated from this program will demonstrate the feasibility of this program in providing TB diagnosis to women in rural and remote regions of LMIC with the example of Madagascar. Evidence will be presented to policy makers as a case to support the national scale up of the program in LMICs.


Clinical Trial Description

With this Grand Challenges Canada Transition to scale DROP-TB program, the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar will: 1. Conduct a validation trial of the DROP-TB screening program in rural Madagascar, enrolling 3,500 women with presumptive TB, of which ~1,229 will be pregnant women 2. Support the development of laboratory capacity to collect veinous, DBS and other samples for qPCR at the 101 TB testing centres participating in the trial and implement standard operating procedures for DROP-TB testing 3. Assess the implementation and cost of the shipping program to bring different type of blood samples from community-based centres to national health centres for testing. This is a cross -sectional study conducted on pregnant women suspected of having pulmonary TB (n = 1300), pregnant women without apparent pathology (controlled pregnant women), TB indemnity and without notion of tuberculous contact ( n = 50) and non -pregnant women were also free of TB and without a notion of tuberculous contact to control for tests (n = 50). The sample size was calculated in the hypothesis of a conservative situation by comparing confirmed tuberculous participants (positive gold standard diagnostic test) and non -tuberculous (negative gold standard diagnostic test). The blood signature measured on venous blood samples showed a sensitivity of 93% in pregnant women. If the acceptable sensitivity for the new testing method is estimated at 96% and the prevalence of pulmonary TB in pregnant women in peripheral health centers is 12% and a precision of ± 7 is desired %and an α risk of 5%, a potency of 80%, the required sample size is 1167 pregnant women of which 140 are bacteriologically confirmed as active TB and 1027 controls. Considering an enrollment or rejection rate of 20%, the total needed sample would be 1,400 pregnant women in the CDT functions in the regions of Madagascar. 1. Data collection: Clinical data as well as biological samples (blood and sputum samples) are collected at the inclusion, the samples are analyzed at the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar. The data collection is done on paper based questionnaire where the data of each patient is recorded. The results of biological tests, paraclinical investigations as well as their results are also be recorded for each participant with the help of this questionnaire. 2. Data entry: The data are collected and transferred to a single database (REDCap). The REDCap system is compliant with the FDA standard CRF-21 part 11 as a reliable tool that allows to improve data quality and guarantee traceability. The data is stored on an IPM's secure server. 3. Data management and quality control: Data management is carried out by the IPM's Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (EPI-RC) data management team which closely collaborate with the study coordinators. Access to this database is restricted and secure. The list of persons with access rights appears in the data management manual. The data manager of the study is responsible for the security and quality of the data. A list of errors and inconsistencies detected in the database are regularly sent to the field team to make corrections. This regular monitoring will allow to improve the quality of the database. The request for partial or total extraction of the database must be the subject of a manuscript request and must have the consent of the epidemiological coordinator and scientific managers of the project. 4. Statistical analyzes: The entire study data is grouped into a single database and cleaned prior to any statistical processing of the data. All statistical analyzes will be performed on the GraphPad PRism and R software (http://www.R-project.org/) by designated competent persons for each data category studied. 5. Management of Potential Unnecessary Events: All undesirable events, observed during the study will be recorded in an observation register, which is either their severity and the link with the study procedures. Events will be coded using the 10th International Classification of Diseases (CIM-10) http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse). 6. Quality assurance: Project investigators ensure the internal monitoring of the project at the study sites and are directly responsible for the collection, storage and transportation of the samples. Experienced laboratory technologists are in charge of manipulating and preparing samples for qPCR and DBS techniques at IPM. Investigators and coordinators ensure that: - the protocol is followed - the recruitment of participants is done according to the planned schedule; - Biological samples are labeled appropriately and consistently; - the data is coherent and collected, recorded and secured as indicated in the data management plan of the study The Coordinator and supervisors, recruited by the IPM, plan to visit the study sites regularly and is authorized to inspect the study documents so that patient confidentiality is maintained, in accordance with local regulations. The investigator cooperates with the coordinator so that any problems are identified during these control visits or resolved. IPM has specific quality controls and assurance procedures developed and maintained in its laboratories and research units. ;


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NCT number NCT04871230
Study type Observational
Source Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
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Status Completed
Phase
Start date October 27, 2021
Completion date September 30, 2022

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