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Doing this study to see whether on concentrating the gastric aspirate via centrifugation improves the detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in suspected children using CBNAAT test.

Efficacy of Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test using centrifuged gastric aspirate in diagnosis of suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis in children. - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/08/056611
Enrollment
106
Registered
2023-08-17
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-08-21

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: J99- Respiratory disorders in diseasesclassified elsewhere

Interventions

Intervention1: NIL: NIL Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL

Sponsors

Department of Pediatrics Maulana Azad Medical College
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: persistent fever without a known cause and_or unremitting cough more than 2 weeks and_or weight loss pf 5% or no weight gain in past 3 months and_or history of contact with infectious TB cases

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: children who are on antitubercular therapy for more than 7 days or who can expectorate sputum

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test positives as a proportion of suspected/culture confirmed cases of pulmonary tuberculosis on centrifuged Gastric aspirateTimepoint: On the day of OPD visit—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Sensitivity, specificity, PPV & NPV of CBNAAT on centrifuged Gastric aspirate as compare to Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube Culture.Timepoint: On the day of OPD visit;Sensitivity, specificity, PPV & NPV of CBNAAT on uncentrifuged Gastric aspirate as compare to Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube Culture.Timepoint: On the day of OPD visit—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Mohd Asif

Department of Pediatrics Maulana Azad Medical College

doctoranuragagarwal@gmail.com9810409625

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026