NCT00982969

The Clinical Utility of QuantiFERON in the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis

The Clinical Utility of QuantiFERON in the Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis Among Young Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Republic of Korea · Other Government
• Sex: Male
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators will evaluate the usefulness of QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube (QFT) in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in young adults group, highly clinically suspected tuberculosis.

Detailed description

Investigators will enroll prospectively all clinically and radiologically suspected tuberculosis patients from 20 to 29 years old who visited the Armed Forces Capital Hospital. Investigators will perform QFT and tuberculin skin test. Diagnosis of tuberculosis will be made by World Health Organization guideline and the physician will not know the QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube results before the diagnosis and anti-tuberculosis medication. Investigators will evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube in the diagnosis of active tuberculosis among young adults.

Conditions

• Tuberculosis

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2009-10-01
• Completion: 2010-04-01
• First posted: 2009-09-23
• Last updated: 2010-07-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea