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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2016
Main ID:  ISRCTN15705625
Date of registration: 30/09/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: College of Health Sciences, Makerere University
Public title: The role of isoniazid medication in preventing progression to active tuberculosis disease in persons with latent tuberculosis: The effect on the body’s immune system
Scientific title: The effect of isoniazid preventive therapy on immune responses of household contacts with latent tuberculosis infection
Date of first enrolment: 01/05/2011
Target sample size: 145
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN15705625
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Redomised controlled trial nested within a cohort study (Treatment)  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Uganda
Contacts
Name: Irene    Andia-Biraro
Address:  Department of Internal Medicine School of Medicine College of Health Sciences Makerere University P. O. Box 7072 041 Kampala Uganda
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Household contacts exposed to patients with sputum smear positive tuberculosis that are:
1. Above the age of 5 years
2. HIV negative
3. Tested positive on both the tuberculin skin test and the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube® test (Cellestis GmbH (Europe), Hannover, Germany; QFN)

Exclusion criteria: Household contacts excluded if they have:
1. Signs and symptoms of active tuberculosis
2. Liver disease
3. Epilepsy


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Latent tuberculosis infection
Infections and Infestations
Tuberculosis
Intervention(s)
Household contacts that were eligible for the study were randomized to receive either isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) and monthly visits or monthly visits only. Household contacts in the IPT arm were offered self-administerd isoniazid (5mg/kg to a max of 300mg) plus pyridoxine 25mg daily for six months.
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Net cytokine responses measured from Quantiferon supernatants using an 11-analyte Bio-Plex human cytokine bead array consisting of IFN-?, IL-2, TNF-a, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, IL-10, IL-17a, IL-17f, IL-21, and IL-22, among the household contacts at the end of six-months follow up
2. Mtb specific antibody concentrations to purified protein derivative (PPD), culture filtrate protein 10 (CFP-10), early secreted antigenic target 6 (ESAT-6) antigens using an in-house IgG ELISA assay, among the household contacts at the end of six-months follow up
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. The spontaneous cytokine responses measured from Quantiferon supernatants using an 11-analyte Bio-Plex human cytokine bead array consisting of IFN-?, IL-2, TNF-a, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, IL-10, IL-17a, IL-17f, IL-21, and IL-22 at the end of six-months follow up
2. Any side effects due to IPT found during clinical assessment at each monthly clinic visit or reported as they occur
3. Any changes in TST and QFN test reactions between baseline and at the end of six-months follow up
4. Incidence of active TB acquired during the course of the six-months follow up
Secondary ID(s)
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Wellcome Trust Strategic Award through the Makerere University-Uganda Virus Research Institute Infection and Immunity Research Training Programme (MUII), Seventh Framework Programme
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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