All Studies/Projects

Optimal Algorithmic Diagnosis of Genital TB among HIV-infected and Uninfected Infertile Women

Post Date: 
2016-05-26
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated March 2020. It was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. There is a lack of a set protocol universally for diagnosis of genital TB, and for Indian hospitals, India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP) also...

Whole Genome Sequencing and Trek Sensititre Testing of Stored Isolates of Drug-resistant Tuberculosis from a Clinical Cohort at Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai

Post Date: 
2016-05-02
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
Hinduja Hospital
Among HIV-positive TB patients presenting to Médecins San Frontières (MSF) clinics in Mumbai, 78% carried MDR-TB strains, with nearly half also found to have additional drug resistance. A previously published cohort of 202 patients cared for at these MSF clinics have enrolled in a cross-sectional...

Barriers to Early Treatment Initiation in Childhood Tuberculosis in High Incidence Setting

Post Date: 
2016-04-21
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated October 25, 2019. Funded by the Fogarty International Center and led by PI Dr. Chhaya Tukaram Valvi, the aim of this study is to evaluate the time to treatment initiation and barriers to early treatment initiation in childhood tuberculosis. TB diagnosis in children is...

Comparison of Available Purified-protein Derivative (PPD) Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) Antigen Solutions in Detecting Latent Tuberculosis Infection in India

Post Date: 
2016-04-21
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
This study is conducted by the Cohort for Tuberculosis Research by the Indo-US Medical Partnership (C-TRIUMPH) under the Regional Prospective Observational Research for Tuberculosis (RePORT) Network, an international TB consortium. Given the worldwide shortage of PPD TST...

Barriers to Implementation of Isoniazid Preventive Treatment (IPT) in Pediatric Contacts of Sputum Positive Adults with Tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2016-03-24
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated January 3, 2019. It was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Young children infected with M.tuberculosis can rapidly progress to pulmonary and extrapulmonary disease with high rates of mortality and morbidity. Studies...

The Human Virome in Health and Disease

Post Date: 
2016-02-21
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated in September 2020. This study is part of the Antimicrobial Resistance study referenced below, Some samples were used from the Cohort for Tuberculosis Research by the Indo-US Medical Partnership (C-TRIUMPH), under the Regional Prospective Observational Research for...

Whole Genome Sequencing of Clinical Isolates from Patients with Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in India 

Post Date: 
2015-11-12
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated August 9, 2019. Comparative genomic analysis using whole genome sequencing (WGS) offers an opportunity to understand the specific mutations associated with drug resistance and the phenotypic behavior of TB. As treatment programs incorporate more molecular diagnostics such...

Smallpox Comes Back to Life in Microbe Hunters

Post Date: 
2015-10-22
Baltimore, MD—The world may have been declared free of smallpox in 1980, but the eradication campaign was revived Tuesday in a multimedia presentation at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus. The event featured a screening of the film Microbe Hunters: Smallpox , by the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical...

Identifying Strategies to Optimize Prevention, Diagnosis, and Care of Tuberculosis in Health Care Workers of Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune, India

Post Date: 
2015-10-01
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated July 25, 2019. The BJGMC-JHU Fogarty program has identified tuberculosis in health care workers (HCW) as the program's most significant priority. Between June 2011 and December 2013, a total of 47 TB cases were identified among HCW's at the BJGMC Sassoon General Hospital...

Residual Respiratory Impairment Following Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2015-09-13
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
This study is conducted by the Cohort for Tuberculosis Research by the Indo-US Medical Partnership (C-TRIUMPH) under the Regional Prospective Observational Research for Tuberculosis (RePORT) Network, an international TB consortium. Many TB patients have...

A5300/IMPAACT2003: Study of MDR TB Cases and Their Household Contacts: Operational Feasibility to Inform PHOENIx Trial Design

Post Date: 
2015-09-01
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This clinical trial was terminated July 18, 2017. It was a study conducted under both the AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG) and the the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network, and funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Dr...

Prevalence Survey of Risk Factors for Tuberculosis and Non-communicable Diseases in an HIV-positive Population in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2015-08-17
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study is conducted under the TREAT Asia Network and funded by amfAR. The primary objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of risk factors for tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases (NCDs)--coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus--...

RePORT: C-TRIUMPH: Substudy on Understanding of Tuberculosis Infection and Preventive Therapy among Skin-Test Positive Household Contacts of Tuberculosis Cases

Post Date: 
2015-08-13
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was conducted from June 2015–May 2018. It is both relevant and important to gauge awareness of IPT (Isoniazieas an option for preventing TB among those who are tuberculin skin test (TST) positive, given India’s vast TB-infected population pool that are at risk for progressing to active...

A5290: A Randomized, Phase 2b Study of a Double-Dose Lopinavir/Ritonavir-Based Antiretroviral Regimen with Rifampin-Based Tuberculosis Treatment versus a Standard-Dose Lopinavir/Ritonavir-Based Antiretroviral Regimen with Rifabutin-Based Tuberculosis...

Post Date: 
2015-07-07
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated February 23, 2016; it was conducted under the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) and funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.. Full Title: A5290, A Randomized, Phase 2b Study of a Double-Dose Lopinavir/Ritonavir-Based Antiretroviral Regimen with Rifampin-Based...

Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Pune, India: Substudy on Community Health-Seeking Behavior Among Patients Admitted with Acute Febrile Illness

Post Date: 
2015-05-28
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Objectives: To describe the patterns of health-care seeking behavior and prior outpatient care among patients admitted with acute febrile illness to Sassoon Hospital To determine the effects of outpatient behaviors and prior treatments on the antimicrobial resistance patterns of stool colonizing...

Barriers for Intervention to Prevent Occupationally Acquired Tuberculosis in Healthcare Workers

Post Date: 
2015-05-21
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated April 20, 2017; it was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Observational study to assess the current status of implementation of interventions for preventing occupationally acquired TB in HCW. Identify the barriers to...

Maternal Inflammation, Diet and Gut Microbiome in HIV: Impact on Infant Outcomes

Post Date: 
2015-05-07
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
This study was conducted from May 2015–May 2018. Led by Dr. Rupak Shivakoti, the primary objective was to determine the feasibility and operational logistics of collecting stool for microbiome analysis, detailed nutritional assessment using a food-frequency questionnaire for dietary intake and...

Risk of Tuberculosis among Health Care Workers and Trainees in a Tertiary-care Hospital in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2015-04-15
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated April 24, 2018. It was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. A retrospective study of health care workers (HCWs) was conducted by investigators of the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical and Sassoon General Hospitals (BJMC-SGH) in...

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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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated July 17, 2017. 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...

Inflammation in HIV-infected Pregnant Women: Relationship with Diet, Gut Microbiome and Preterm Birth

Post Date: 
2014-10-28
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
This study was terminated May 7, 2018. P regnancy 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 overcoming TB infection, is suppressed in pregnancy. Thus,...

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