NCT01363765View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Xpert MTB/Rif, a New Tool for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Two Municipalities in Brazil

PHASE4CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

34,758

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 29, 2012

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2012

Study Completion Date

October 31, 2012

Conditions
Tuberculosis
Interventions
OTHER

Xpert MTB/Rif

Automatized RT-PCR for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the agent of TB, in sputum samples

OTHER

Smear microscopy

Sputum smears arriving in the laboratory during the observation period will be submitted to the classic routine smear staining. This would be the non-intervention (control) arm.

Trial Locations (1)

22000

Laboratories of Rio de Janeiro Health Department, Rio de Janeiro

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

OTHER

lead

Ataulpho de Paiva Foundation

OTHER

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