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Diagnostic Innovations for Pediatric Tuberculosis in Bolivia

Recruitingn/aAges 2 Months - 14 YearsAllTulane University
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) continues to pose diagnostic challenges in low- and middle-income countries with high rates of TB disease, due to the well-described impact of paucibacillary disease in children, and current TB culture and polymerase-chain reaction tests are of limited usefulness due to cost, restricted availability, and poor sensitivity in specimens available from younger children. Our team of experts from Tulane, Johns Hopkins University, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, and Asociación Benéfica Prisma have confronted all of these challenges through more than 25 years of collaboration in Peru and Bolivia. Our goal is to directly address the challenges of TB in children by evaluating a new diagnostic approach developed by MPI Tony Hu at Tulane University using a CRISPR-mediated TB assay (CRISPR-TB) optimized to detect circulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell-free DNA (

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Children presenting for evaluation for symptomatic respiratory disease and suspicion of tuberculosis will be eligible for enrollment (inclusion criteria based on Bolivian Ministry of Health guidelines for suspect cases of tuberculosis in children Exclusion Criteria: * prior treatment for TB within the past year, * current treatment for prevention of TB, * weight \< 2.5 kg., or * clinical instability, * positive COVID-19 diagnostic test
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What it tests

  • Quantiferon Gold
  • HIV serology
  • Respiratory secretion culture (sputum or gastric aspirate_
  • Chest radiograph
  • Lung ultrasound
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Where

1 site
Hospital de Ninos "Mario Ortiz Suarez"
Santa Cruz, Bolivia
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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