Study/Projects by Year (2014)

Salud al Dia

Post Date: 
2014-11-01
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Countries: 
United States
This initiative is intended to address healthcare disparities among Latino children in Baltimore by increasing engagement of limited English proficiency (LEP) Latino parents in primary healthcare. Specifically, we are looking at whether using in-person and technology-based support interventions...

Predictive Val. of TB-symptom Screen in HIV-infected & -uninfected Pregnant Women in Pune, India. Substudy: Studying Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Suppressed Immunity in Pregnancy & Studying Relationship between Diet, Gut Microbiome, & Inflammation

Post Date: 
2014-10-28
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
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Countries: 
India
This is a substudy of PRACHITi (PRegnancy And CHanges In Tuberculosis), meaning “wisdom” in Marathi. Pregnancy is a state of relative immunosuppression in order to protect the fetus from being rejected. It has also been shown that the Th-1 helper cell response, which is normally necessary for...

Predictive Value of TB-symptom Screen in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected Pregnant Women in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2014-10-28
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
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Countries: 
India
This is a cross sectional observational study will be conducted at BJGMC to establish what the predictive value of the WHO TB symptom screen is in pregnant women in India. We hypothesize that the WHO TB symptom screen will have a higher positive predictive value (PPV) in HIV-seronegative pregnant...

miLINC: MDR-TB South Africa - Patient Linkage to and Retention in Care

Post Date: 
2014-10-06
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Countries: 
South Africa
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of death among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in southern Africa. Drug-resistant TB remains a growing threat to public health despite advances made in diagnosis and...

Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection and Th1 Immune Response in Pregnant Women in India

Post Date: 
2014-09-01
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
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Countries: 
India
This study was terminated April 16, 2018. Tuberculosis (TB) disease is a major cause of mortality among Indian women of reproductive age; approximately 20-50% of women in India are latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Due to immune changes of pregnancy, women are particularly at...

TB and Pregnancy Impact of Immune Changes of HIV and Stages of Pregnancy on Tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2014-09-01
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
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Countries: 
India
This is a cross sectional observational study known as PRACHITi (PRegnancy And CHanges In Tuberculosis), Purpose: TB is a leading cause of maternal mortality, especially among HIV-infected women. Women are most likely to develop active TB during and immediately after pregnancy. The immunologic...

TBM Kids Substudy: Assessment of Neurocognitive Functions in Children with Tuberculosis Meningitis and Healthy Control Children Using the Mullen Scale of Early Learning Attending a Tertiary Care Public Hospital in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2014-09-01
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
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Countries: 
India
Objectives: The aim of the present study is to examine the neurological deficit in TBM kids and for that we need to assess, feasibility of the MSEL in our set up an Indian population of healthy children and children with meningitis in particular TB meningitis(TBM). The primary objective of the...

Evaluating Demand Generation (Stylish Man) for HIV/Family Planning Services, Rakai, Uganda

Post Date: 
2014-08-01
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Countries: 
Uganda
Dr. Larry Chang is co-investigator of this effort to test a novel approach to promoting HIV services in Rakai, Uganda. The Stylish Man Program, attempts to “demedicalize” HIV prevention and care in a public health campaign designed to normalize HIV care as part of self care for African men. The...

ACTG 5279: Phase III Clinical Trial of Ultra-Short-Course Rifapentine/Isoniazid for the Prevention of Active Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Individuals with Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Post Date: 
2014-06-30
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
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Countries: 
India
Dr. Amita Gupta is Protocol Co-Vice Chair for this multinational clinical trial being conducted in Botswana, Brazil, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and India by the Baltimore-Washington-India Clinical Trials Unit,...

A5279: Phase III Clinical Trial of Ultra-Short-Course Rifapentine/Isoniazid for the Prevention of Active Tuberculosis in HIV-infected Individuals with Latent Tuberculosis Infection

Post Date: 
2014-06-30
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
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Countries: 
India
This study ended April 27, 2015. Dr. Amita Gupta is Protocol Co-Vice Chair for this multinational clinical trial being conducted in Botswana, Brazil, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and India by the Baltimore-...

Evaluation of Longitudinal Blood Culture Isolates from BJ Medical College in Pune, India, 2003-2013

Post Date: 
2014-06-16
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
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Countries: 
India
This study was terminated July 31, 2014. Antibiotic resistance is a serious global problem and is caused by multiple factors which have led to difficulty in the management of life-threatening, multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacterial bloodstream infections. The knowledge of antibiotic resistance...

Optimizing Treatment to Improve TBM Outcomes in Children

Post Date: 
2014-05-01
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
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Countries: 
India
This study is being conducted in India and Malawi. Primary Objectives To characterize the pharmacokinetics (PK) (plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)) of rifampicin given at model-derived optimal daily doses and levofloxacin in children ages 6 months to 12 years of age with TBM To assess the...

P1078: A Phase IV Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety of Immediate (Antepartum-Initiated) Versus Deferred (Postpartum-Initiated) Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Among HIV-Infected Women in High TB Incidence Settings

Post Date: 
2014-04-01
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
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Countries: 
India
Dr. Amita Gupta is Protocol Chair for this multinational clinical trial being conducted in Botswana, Haiti, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, and in India by the Baltimore-Washington-India Clinical Trials Unit, of which CCGHE is a member. Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the...

Screening for Gender Based-violence (GBV) and Feasibility and Acceptability of mHealth GBV Screening and Support Tools

Post Date: 
2014-03-26
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
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Countries: 
India
This study was terminated February 14, 2017. Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant public health issue in India, with estimates that over a third of women and girls are impacted at some point in their lifetime. This pilot qualitative study examined the feasibility of enhancing GBV prevention...

Pulmonary and Functional Status of Patients with Pulmonary Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Post-treatment in Lima, Peru

Post Date: 
2014-01-01
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Countries: 
Peru
To conduct a longitudinal study evaluating the hypothesis that pulmonary function and functional status (functional capacity and quality of life) is reduced among individuals previously treated for pulmonary tuberculosis compared to those without a history of tuberculosis.