Staging tuberculosis with an integrative approach to guide clinical management
Studies how to stage tuberculosis using a combined approach, in people with the infection.
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Registry title: Design of an Integrative Algorithm for Staging Tuberculosis
Key facts
- Where
- Badalona, Barcelona, and Esplugues de Llobregat, SpainSee the 5 sites
Where in Spain
- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i PujolBadalona, SpainTaking people
- Hospital del MarBarcelona, SpainTaking people
- Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron-DrassanesBarcelona, SpainTaking people
- Servicios Clínicos de BarcelonaBarcelona, SpainTaking people
- Hospital Sant Joan De DeuEsplugues de Llobregat, SpainTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Fundació Institut Germans Trias i Pujol
- Trial code
- NCT03691883
- Record updated
- 27 December 2024
- Original description
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.Read full original descriptionShow less
Design of an Integrative Algorithm for Staging Tuberculosis to Improve Clinical Management.
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.
Inclusion: 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: Not consenting to data/samples donation.