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| Name | Class |
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| Bristol-Myers Squibb | INDUSTRY |
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The purposes of this study
Study Assessment
The positive rates of QFT-G and TST as a screening test for LTBI
The agreement between QFT-G and TST as a screening test for LTBI
The correlation of the occurrence of active TB and two tests (QFT-G and TST)
3-1. The occurrence of active TB in accordance with results of TST
3-2. The occurrence of active TB in accordance with results of QFT-G
3-3. The difference in the occurrence of active TB in patients performed both QFT-G and TST compared with those performed only TST for detecting of LTBI who are candidates of TNF inhibitors (pilot study).
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The agreement between QuantiFERON-TB Gold(QFT-G) and tuberculin skin test(TST) as a screening test for latent tuberculosis infection(LTBI) | one year |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The correlation of the occurrence of active Tuberculosis and two tests (QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT-G) and tuberculosis skin test(TST)) | one year |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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1) Estimation of the positive rates and agreement between QFT-G and TST
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Sang-cheol Bae, director | Contact | 82-2-2290-8260 | scbae@hanyang.ac.kr |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Sang-cheol Bae, director | Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Disease | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Hanyang University Hospital for rheumatic disease | Recruiting | Seoul | Sung-dong Gu | 133-792 | South Korea |
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| ID | Term |
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| D012216 | Rheumatic Diseases |
| D001172 | Arthritis, Rheumatoid |
| D013167 | Spondylitis, Ankylosing |
| D014376 | Tuberculosis |
| D055985 | Latent Tuberculosis |
| ID | Term |
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| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D003240 | Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D017437 | Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases |
| D001168 | Arthritis |
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| D007592 | Joint Diseases |
| D001327 | Autoimmune Diseases |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
| D000089183 | Axial Spondyloarthritis |
| D025242 | Spondylarthropathies |
| D025241 | Spondylarthritis |
| D013166 | Spondylitis |
| D013122 | Spinal Diseases |
| D001847 | Bone Diseases |
| D000844 | Ankylosis |
| D009164 | Mycobacterium Infections |
| D000193 | Actinomycetales Infections |
| D016908 | Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections |
| D001424 | Bacterial Infections |
| D001423 | Bacterial Infections and Mycoses |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D000085343 | Latent Infection |