Clinical Trials for Tuberculosis

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov — U.S. National Library of Medicine — A database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world (U.S. National Library of Medicine, public domain).

This page lists clinical trials related to Tuberculosis from the ClinicalTrials.gov database.

Trial Summary

• Total studies: 50
• Recruiting: 13
• Active, not recruiting: 6
• Completed: 14
• Other: 17

Results are refreshed periodically and may not reflect the most current information available from ClinicalTrials.gov.

Recruiting Trials

NCT01212003 — Training Protocol on the Natural History of Tuberculosis

Background:

- Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that affects numerous people worldwide. Researchers are interested in actively recruiting individuals with TB for research and treatment studies.

Objectives:

- To collect blood and other samples to study the natural history of tuberculosis.

Eligibility:

- Individuals 2 years of age and older who have either active or latent tuberc…

NCT02354014 — Pharmacokinetic Study to Evaluate Anti-mycobacterial Activity of TMC207 in Combination With Background Regimen (BR) of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Medications for Treatment of Children/Adolescents With Pulmonary MDR-TB

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (explores what the body does to the drug), and anti-mycobacterial activity of bedaquiline (TMC207) in children and adolescents (0 months to less than [<] 18 years of age) diagnosed with confirmed or probable pulmonary multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), in combination With a Background Regimen (BR) of …

NCT04145258 — Intensified Tuberculosis Treatment to Reduce the Mortality of Patients With Tuberculous Meningitis

INTENSE-TBM is randomized controlled, phase III, multicenter, 2 x 2 factorial plan superiority trial assessing the efficacity of two interventions to reduce mortality from tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in adolescents and adults with or without HIV-infection in sub-Saharan Africa:

• Intensified TBM treatment with high-dose rifampicin and linezolid, compared to WHO standard TBM treatment.
• Aspir…

NCT05473520 — Doxycycline Host-directed Therapy to Improve Lung Function and Decrease Tissue Destruction in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a global pandemic that despite successful treatment and bacterial eradication can cause chronic ill health, such as pulmonary impairment after tuberculosis (PIAT) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). A recent Phase 2b double-blind randomised-controlled clinical trial shows that adjunctive doxycycline therapy is safe, accelerates resolution of inflammation, suppresses tissue da…

NCT06221488 — Testing Health Workers At Risk to Advance Our Understanding of TB Infection

It has been estimated that 1.7 billion people have tuberculosis (TB) infection; yet current tests are unable to predict which people are at highest risk of developing TB disease, which can be life-threatening. THWART-TB is a prospective longitudinal cohort study of health workers (HWs) in Cape Town, South Africa, where our preliminary data reveals HWs have a high annual TB infection risk (34%)….

NCT06192160 — Trial of Novel Regimens for the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

A5409/RAD-TB is an adaptive Phase 2 randomized, controlled, open-label, dose-ranging, platform protocol to evaluate the safety and efficacy of multidrug regimens for the treatment of adults with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).

A5409 hypothesizes that novel regimens for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis will result in superior early efficacy, as determined by longitudinal my…

NCT05730283 — Prevention of Ototoxicity in NTM Patients Treated With IV Amikacin

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of the study drug, ORC-13361, in preventing hearing loss in patients with NTM infection who are undergoing treatment with IV amikacin therapy. The main question this study aims to answer is:

• Is ORC-13661 effective for preventing or lessening hearing loss induced by amikacin treatment?
• Is ORC-13661 effective for preventing or less…

NCT07638670 — Effect of Mycobacterial Infection on Immune Status

This study, titled “Effect of Mycobacterial Infection on Immune Status” (EMIIS), investigates the immune-driven mechanisms of mycobacterial infections, focusing on the dynamic immune characteristics of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections, and tuberculous pleurisy. Mycobacterial infections (including the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and …

NCT07387601 — Effect of Peer-led Educational Intervention on Treatment Outcomes Among Adults With Drug-susceptible Pulmonary Tuberculosis in South Omo and Ari Zone, Southern Ethiopia

The study might come up with valuable findings to address poor treatment outcome, poor quality of life, disability score and depressive symptoms. The findings may also be decreased health professional workload. The findings would be supportive evidences for policy makers, program managers, to clinician as well as the patients themselves and for other researchers. The study may help to promote a…

NCT07525427 — Bactericidal Activity of TBD09 in Combination With Other Drugs in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if TBD09 in combination with other active agents in adults with drug sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis has potential to be safe and effective.

NCT07517445 — Bactericidal Activity and Safety of Nicotinamide in Combination With Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, and Linezolid in Drug-susceptible Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The purpose of this study is to determine if nicotinamide in combination with bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid, is safe and effective in treating drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis.

NCT06893757 — Prospective Cohort of People Starting Treatment for Tuberculosis Disease in France (FrenchTB)

The French Tuberculosis Cohort is a prospective, national, multicenter, low-intervention study including subjects aged 18 years and older with tuberculosis disease for which inpatient treatment is initiated. The goal of this observational study is to follow-up and anti-tuberculosis treatment will be provided according to current French recommendations. Participants will provide sociodemographic…

NCT03159364 — Antigen-specific Cytotoxic T Cells in the Treatment of Opportunistic Infections

Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) or Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection results in significant morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients. HSCT patients often face opportunistic infections due to the immunosuppressive state during transplantation. Antimicrobial drugs are usually used for prophylactic purposes and for treatment after early detectable infections. Unfor…

Active, Not Recruiting

NCT00814827 — Mycobacterial and Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Negative Thai and Taiwanese Patients Associated With Autoantibodies to Interferon-gamma

Opportunistic infections are caused by bacteria, mycobacteria, fungi or viruses that do not normally cause infections in people with healthy immune systems. Some of these infections can cause public health concerns, especially in areas with limited access to treatment. People who acquire opportunistic infections usually have diseases that affect their immune systems, such as human immunodeficie…

NCT04975737 — Study of the Safety and Efficacy of the Subunit Recombinant Tuberculosis Vaccine GamTBvac

This study is a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled Phase III trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the GamTBvac recombinant subunit tuberculosis vaccine for the prevention of active non-HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis.

The study is divided into three stages. A total of 9,500 volunteers are planned to be enrolled in the study.

Stage 1: A total of 35…

NCT03828201 — Efficacy and Tolerability of Bedaquiline, Delamanid, Levofloxacin, Linezolid, and Clofazimine to Treat MDR-TB

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is tuberculosis (TB) that is resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most important anti-TB drugs. It occurs in 3.6% of newly diagnosed TB patients in the world and 17% of patients who have been previously treated. In 2017, approximately 600,000 people were estimated to have acquired MDR-TB. However, only 25% of persons with MDR-TB were …

NCT04230395 — Alcohol Reduction Among People With TB and HIV in India

The highest incidence of tuberculosis disease (TB) in the world is in India, accounting for 27% of all new cases globally, with approximately 86,000 among persons with HIV (PWH). Unhealthy alcohol use can worsen the health of people who have Tuberculosis (TB), HIV and people who have both TB and HIV. Behavioral interventions that 1) target alcohol use and 2) are integrated into TB and TB/HIV an…

NCT06058299 — Phase 2 Trial Assessing TBAJ876 or Bedaquiline, With Pretomanid and Linezolid in Adults With Drug-sensitive Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate 3 dose levels of TBAJ876 for 8 weeks in combination with pretomanid and linezolid, compared to 8 weeks of Isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol (2HRZE), in adult participants with newly diagnosed, smear-positive, pulmonary drug sensitive tuberculosis (DS-TB).

The main questions the trial aims to answer are:

• What is the optimal dose…

NCT07069387 — Pharmacist-led Digital Interventions to Improve Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence

The gold standard for tuberculosis (TB) treatment support requires directly observed therapy (DOT), which means a trained health worker observes the patient swallow each dose of medication every day for 2 months. Despite the practice of DOT in Malaysia, 1 in 20 patients are loss-to-follow-up and non-adherent to treatment. Sub-optimal adherence due to poor treatment acceptability and social desi…

Not Yet Recruiting

NCT07631897 — Comparative Trial Between Ainuovirine(ANV)/Lamivudine(3TC)/Tenofovir(TDF) and Efavirenz(EFV)/Lamivudine/Tenofovir Regimens

This is a prospective, multicenter, open-label, parallel-controlled study. The primary objective is to prospectively explore and compare the virological efficacy of Ainuovirine/Lamivudine/Tenofovir and Efavirenz/Lamivudine/Tenofovir regimens combined with rifampicin and isoniazid-based anti-tuberculosis therapy in HIV-infected patients with active tuberculosis.

Participants are divided into tw…

NCT07677904 — Tuberculosis Clinical Registry in Europe

The TBnet registry is a multinational, prospective tuberculosis registry established by the Tuberculosis Network European Trialsgroup (TBnet e.V.) to collect and analyze long-term data from TB patients across Europe. Its purpose is to centralize data on TB epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to improve care, support research, and ultimately help eliminate TB. The registry capture…

NCT07628140 — Kulindana: Community-friendly Delivery and Monitoring of TPT to Improve Uptake and Reduce TB Transmission

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if differentiated service delivery (DSD) of TB preventive therapy (TPT) improves uptake and completion of TPT in two populations: household contacts (HHC) of index TB patients and people living with HIV (PWH). The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Is community-based and multi-month dispensing of short-course TPT with minimal clinic and laborato…

NCT07672405 — Sorfequiline-based Regimens in Adults With Newly Diagnosed Drug-sensitive Pulmonary TB

The goal of this interventional trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the loading dose regimen 200/100SPaL-4/13 weeks, and the 100SPaL -17 weeks regimen in adults with newly diagnosed, drug-sensitive, smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis.

Participants (18-65 years) will be randomised 1:1, stratified by country and disease severity, to receive either :

1. a sorfequiline loading-dose…

NCT07668479 — Rifapentine-Based Shorter Regimens for Tuberculosis and TB Infection in Kazakhstan

RIFA-REAL is a prospective observational longitudinal study evaluating the safety, feasibility, and effectiveness of rifapentine-based shorter treatment regimens for drug-susceptible tuberculosis (DS-TB) and tuberculosis infection (TBI) under routine programmatic conditions in Kazakhstan.

The study enrolls three cohorts: patients with DS-TB receiving the 4-month isoniazid-rifapentine-moxifloxa…

NCT07124559 — A Study of Daily Rifapentine Combined With Isoniazid (1HP) for Tuberculosis Prevention in Children Less Than 13 Years of Age With and Without HIV

This study aims to find the proposed dose of Rifapentine (RPT) taken once daily with Isoniazid (INH) for 28 days to prevent tuberculosis (TB). The study will take place at multiple locations and children under 13 years old will be divided into two groups: one group will include children without HIV, and the other group will include children with HIV who are on antiretroviral treatment. Up to 14…

NCT07600775 — A Clinical Trial of MK-8527 and Rifampin in Adult Participants With Latent Tuberculosis Infection (MK-8527-019)

Researchers are studying MK-8527, a new medicine for preventing HIV-1 (human immunodeficiency virus type 1) infection and want to learn if MK-8527 can be given together with rifampin. Rifampin is commonly used to treat people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI).

The main goal of this study is to learn what happens to MK-8527 in the body over time when given with and without the medicatio…

NCT07227779 — B-PaLMZ for TB Meningitis

This two-stage study will compare consented research participants with tuberculous meningitis receiving BPaLMZ to controls receiving SOC of rifampicin (R), isoniazid (H), pyrazinamide (Z), and ethambutol (E), known as RHZE.

NCT07631377 — The LalelaLung Study: Digital Stethoscope Clinical Evaluation

Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children under five years of age worldwide, and most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. In these settings, frontline health workers diagnose pneumonia using the World Health Organization’s Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines, which rely mainly on counting how fast a child is breathing and chec…

NCT07595042 — A Trial of Stratified Patient-Centered Treatment Regimens for Active TB (SPECTRA-TB)

The A5414 study will evaluate whether treatment for drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) can be tailored according to a participant’s risk of an unfavorable outcome. Participants will be assigned to lower-risk or higher-risk groups using baseline characteristics and then randomized within each group to receive either standard TB treatment or an investigational rifapentine- and moxifloxa…

NCT07647107 — A Phase I Study of Lipovaxin Tuberculosis Vaccine in Adult Healthy Populations

A Phase I, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial to Evaluate Safety and Immunogenicity of Lipovaxin Tuberculosis Vaccine (Bio Farma) in Healthy Populations Aged 18-40 Years in Indonesia

NCT07656012 — Re-evaluating the Duration in Children of TB Treatment

Current tuberculosis (TB) treatment is effective (works well), but it takes a long time to cure TB. This study will evaluate if TB treatment with a higher dose of rifampicin, one of the TB medicines, and shorter TB treatment duration is as effective and safe as the standard, TB treatment (with the usual rifampicin dose and usual duration). This study hopes to find a better shorter treatment tha…

NCT07675954 — A 6-Month MDR-END Plus Regimen for Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis

This is a phase 3, open-label, randomized clinical trial in adults and adolescents aged 15 years or older who need treatment for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa.

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a 6-month MDR-END Plus regimen works as well as current standard of care (SoC) treatment for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis. The trial will also learn whether th…

NCT07687121 — Shaping a Community-based Pathway to Improve TB Surveillance Among African and Hindustan Immigrants Experiencing Vulnerabilities

This two-phase, mixed-methods approach project aims to develop a community-based, participatory, and co-created TB/TB infection (TBI) screening care pathway for African and Hindustan immigrants, who often face socioeconomic vulnerabilities and barriers to healthcare access, including TB/TBI screening. The first phase involves the co-design of a TB/TBI screening care pathway through four themati…

Enrolling by Invitation

NCT06751706 — Detection of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Blood of TB Patients and Their Contacts in Uganda

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a major human pathogen, responsible for an estimated 10.6 million cases of active tuberculosis (TB) and 1.6 million deaths in 2021. Most adult cases of active TB arise from progression of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), whose global prevalence is estimated at 23%. Preventive therapy (e.g. a 6-month course of the anti-TB drug isoniazid) is effective in r…

Completed Trials

NCT00164450 — TBTC Study 26 PK: Rifapentine Pharmacokinetics in Children During Treatment of Latent TB Infection

Compared to adults, children appear to require higher weight-based doses of rifapentine to acheive comparable drug levels. TBTC Study 26, a study of the effectiveness and tolerability of weekly rifapentine/isoniazid for three months versus daily isoniazid for nine months for the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection, has been amended to include children ages 2-11 based on an initial single…

NCT00664313 — TBTC Study 30: Safety and Tolerability of Low Dose Linezolid in MDR TB

This study evaluated the safety and tolerability of low-dose linezolid (600 mg once daily) administered for 16 weeks as part of an optimized background regimen for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

NCT01150721 — Comparing Expectorated and Induced Sputum and Pharyngeal Swabs for Cultures, AFB Smears, and Cytokines in Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection

Background:

- Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection is a respiratory infection that is sometimes difficult to diagnose. Proper diagnosis depends on accurate collection of respiratory secretions, but these secretions may be contaminated by bacteria present in the mouth at the time of collection. In addition, some individuals may have difficulty providing respiratory secretions, beca…

NCT07671508 — Prophylaxis of Complications of Basic Therapy Using Naderin in Socially Significant Diseases

This interventional study evaluated the efficacy of Naderin (sodium nucleinate) for the prophylaxis of complications during basic therapy and medical rehabilitation in patients with socially significant diseases, including malignant neoplasms, tuberculosis, and hepatitis C. The study assessed the immunocorrective effects of Naderin on hematological parameters, the incidence of infectious compli…

NCT03266003 — An Evaluation of Traditional Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) and Electronic DOT for TB Treatment

This study is a U.S.-based, 1 site (with 4 clinical settings), randomized controlled trial (with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative) that will be implemented to evaluate traditional directly observed therapy (DOT) and electronic forms of DOT (eDOT) for tuberculosis (TB) treatment. The trial will assess whether eDOT that…

NCT03141060 — Evaluating the Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Tolerability of Delamanid in Combination With Optimized Multidrug Background Regimen (OBR) for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Children With MDR-TB With and Without HIV

This Phase I/II study evaluated the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of the anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug delamanid (DLM) in combination with an optimized multidrug background regimen (OBR) for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in children with MDR-TB with and without HIV.

NCT03733093 — PREVAIL VIII: A CoHOrt Clinical, Viral, and ImmuNOlogic Monitoring Study of People Living With Retroviral Infection in Liberia (HONOR)

Background:

There are many people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Liberia. Most experts consider HIV an epidemic there. Researchers want to collect health data from Liberians with HIV over several years. This may help HIV prevention and treatment programs in Liberia.

Objective:

To learn more about how HIV affects people in Liberia.

Eligibility:

People with HIV i…

NCT05030701 — Toxicity of Treatments for Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Cancer Patients or Not

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasingly common and have a poor prognosis: 5-year mortality can reach 40 to 50%, depending on the type of mycobacteria and the immune system of the host involved. Cancer patients are at higher risk of infectious morbidity and mortality, which may be due to disease-related immune dysfunction, immunosuppressive effects of chemotherapy, or long-term place…

NCT04926922 — PREVAIL VIIIa: Evaluation of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening Methods in People Living With Retroviral Infection in Liberia

Background:

Tuberculosis (TB) is a health threat for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). People living with HIV are more likely than others to develop active TB. Also, TB makes HIV progress faster. TB is a leading cause of death among people in the West African country of Liberia. Researchers want to find an effective testing method for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) t…

NCT05221502 — Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of 4-month Regimen of OPC-167832, Delamanid and Bedaquiline in Participants With Drug-Susceptible Pulmonary TB

This trial will assess the safety and efficacy of OPC-167832 combined with delamanid and bedaquiline in participants with drug-susceptible tuberculosis (DS-TB) administered for 17 weeks compared to rifampin, isoniazid, ethambutol, pyrazinamide (RHEZ) administered for 26 weeks.

NCT05382312 — Early Bactericidal Activity, Safety & Tolerability of Oral GSK3036656 in a Dual Combination With Novel and Established Antitubercular Agents, or Standard of Care in Adults With Rifampicin Susceptible Pulmonary Tuberculosis

This study measured the early bactericidal activity (EBA), safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of GSK3036656 in combination with either delamanid, bedaquiline or BTZ-043 and delamanid in combination with bedaquiline or standard of care, for 14 days, in participants with newly diagnosed sputum smear positive drug-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis. Participants reverted to the standard treat…

NCT05413551 — Point-of-care Pharmacogenomic Testing to Optimize Isoniazid Dosing for Tuberculosis Prevention

This trial is designed to determine whether modifying the dose of isoniazid for individuals according to their n-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) genotype could increase the probability of achieving equivalence of area-under-the-curve.

NCT06054334 — Relevance of Isoniazid Dosage in Adults Treated for Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is the third leading infectious killer. In 2021, an estimated 10,6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis worldwide. Drug resistance emerges with the increase of antibiotherapy use. Among the four antimicrobial drugs used for tuberculosis, isoniazid is a first line treatment. It has a bactericidal activity against the tuberculosis complex. Nevertheless, the hepatic metabolism of…

NCT06739915 — Targeted Universal TB Testing With Simultaneous TPT Prescribing Among People Living With HIV in South Africa

Background: In 2023, the South African Department of Health introduced targeted universal TB testing (TUTT) at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation (irrespective of the presence of TB symptoms). Guidelines regarding TPT initiation in the setting of TUTT are conflicting - recommending either (1) delaying TPT initiation for all patients until a negative TB test result is returned or (2) delayi…

Other (Terminated)

NCT04311502 — Clofazimine- and Rifapentine-Containing Treatment Shortening Regimens in Drug-Susceptible Tuberculosis: The CLO-FAST Study

The purpose of this study was to compare a 3-month rifapentine (RPT)/clofazimine (CFZ)-containing regimen with a CFZ loading dose with the 6-month standard of care (SOC) regimen for drug-susceptible (DS) tuberculosis (TB).

NCT05327803 — Study of Epetraborole in Patients With Treatment-refractory MAC Lung Disease

This is a pivotal Phase 2/3, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of epetraborole + OBR (Optimized Background Regimen) versus placebo + OBR in patients with treatment-refractory MAC lung disease. This study will enroll adult patients with treatment-refractory MAC lung disease who meet all eligibility criteria (including clinical, radiographic, and microbiological criteria).