Research on Key Interventional Technologies for Controlling the Epidemic in High-prevalence Areas of Tuberculosis in Guangxi, China
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Tuberculosis (TB)
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 15 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Screening
- Participants needed
- 72,000 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto · Other
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About This Trial
The goal of this study is to find out if using mobile vans with advanced technology can help reduce tuberculosis (TB) in rural Guangxi, China. The study will also examine how practical and cost-effective this approach is. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Does this new screening method lower the number of TB cases among high-risk groups? and 2) Is this method practical and acceptable fo…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* all residents who are elderly (i.e., aged 65 and above)
* all residents who are aged 15 to 64 with one of the following conditions: being patients previously treated for TB or close contacts of a patient with a TB patient diagnosed within the last three years; having been clin…
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