The Role of High Resolution-Computed Tomography (CT) in Tuberculosis (TB) Outbreak Investigation

This study has been completed.
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Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Republic of Korea
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00889759
First received: April 28, 2009
Last updated: September 22, 2009
Last verified: September 2009

April 28, 2009
September 22, 2009
December 2007
January 2009   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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The Role of High Resolution-Computed Tomography (CT) in Tuberculosis (TB) Outbreak Investigation
The Role of Addition of High Resolution-CT in Outbreak Investigation of Tuberculosis

The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of high-resolution computed tomography of the chest (HRCT) in the investigation of an outbreak of TB that developed in the South Korean army.

Outbreak investigation including tuberculin skin test (TST), QuantiFERON® TB Gold In-Tube (QFT), and simple chest radiography (CXR) will be performed. For participants with any abnormal findings in these tests, HRCT will be carried out. Active pulmonary TB is diagnosed based on sputum studies or HRCT findings. In addition, participants with positive results both in TST and QTF will be treated as having a latent TB infection (LTBI). TST and QTF were repeated in participants with positive result in one of these tests. CXR will be repeated in all participants at 3 and 6 months of follow-up.

Observational
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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Non-Probability Sample

A military unit in South Korean Army

Tuberculosis
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Completed
92
April 2009
January 2009   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All soldiers who assigned to the military battery where a tuberculosis outbreak occurred

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Soldiers who could not complete study
Male
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NCT00889759
TBoutbreak
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Sei Won Lee/Division chief of pulmonology, Armed Forces Capital Hospital
Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Republic of Korea
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Principal Investigator: Jae-Joon Yim, MD Seoul National University Hospital
Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Republic of Korea
September 2009

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