NCT01317654

Study Of The Long Term Outcome Of Tuberculous Meningitis In Vietnamese Adults Treated With Adjunctive Dexamethasone

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 340 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Year – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

All patients who were alive at the end of the dexamethasone treatment trial conducted by Oxford University CLinical Research Unit from 2001-2005 (n=340) will be eligible to participate in this long-term follow-up study. All eligible and consenting patients will undergo an assesment consisting of a simple questionnaire, a clinical examination and a blood test. Data collected will focus on survival, neurological disability and tuberculosis relapse. Data will be collected in individual case record forms and entered into a computer database.

Conditions

• Tuberculosis Meningitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Observation	Collection of mortality data at 5 years post trial

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-04-01
• Primary completion: 2008-04-01
• Completion: 2008-04-01
• First posted: 2011-03-17
• Last updated: 2011-09-15