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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01317654

Acronym

Enrollment

340

Registered

2011-03-17

Start date

2006-04-30

Completion date

2008-04-30

Last updated

2011-09-15

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Conditions

Tuberculosis Meningitis

Keywords

Tuberculosis meningitis

Brief 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.

Interventions

OTHERObservation

Collection of mortality data at 5 years post trial

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

1 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients were alive at the end of the dexamethasone study (n=340) will be eligible to participate in this long-term follow-up study Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Patients without informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Survival	5 years

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Neurological disability	5 years
Tuberculosis relapse rate	5 years

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 27, 2026