Study protocol: diagnostic accuracy study comparing Cy-Tb and STANDARD F TB-Feron FIA tests for tuberculosis infection diagnosis in Vietnam

Nguyen, Han Thi, Vo, Luan Nguyen Quang, Codlin, Andrew, Forse, Rachel, Wingfield, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8433-6887, Sidney, Kristi, MacLean, Emily Lai-Ho, Creswell, Jacob, Kirubi, Beatrice and Davies Forsman, Lina (2024) 'Study protocol: diagnostic accuracy study comparing Cy-Tb and STANDARD F TB-Feron FIA tests for tuberculosis infection diagnosis in Vietnam'. BMJ Open, Vol 14, Issue 8, e085614.

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Abstract

Introduction The large reservoir of tuberculosis (TB) infections is one of the main reasons for the persistent incidence of TB. Accurate diagnostic tests are crucial to correctly identify and treat people with TB infection, which is vital to eliminate TB globally. The rdESAT-6 and rCFP-10 (Cy-Tb) injection (‘Cy-Tb’), a TB-specific antigen skin test and STANDARD F TB-Feron FIA (‘Standard F TB’) measuring interferon-gamma by fluorescence immunoassay assay are two novel tools for the diagnosis of TB infection which offer advantages compared with current tests in low-resource settings and reduced costs to both health systems and TB-affected people. The proposed study aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of these two new tests for TB infection diagnosis.

Methods and analysis This cross-sectional study aims to assess the diagnostic accuracy for TB infection of the Cy-Tb skin test and Standard F TB assay (investigational tests) compared with the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) assay as the immunological reference standard. Three different cohorts of study participants will be recruited at the Vietnam National Lung Hospital: adults with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB (n=100), household contacts of people with TB (n=200) and people without TB infection (n=50). All consenting participants will undergo simultaneous testing with Cy-Tb, Standard F TB and QFT-Plus. The primary endpoint is the diagnostic accuracy of the Cy-Tb skin test and Standard F TB assay, expressed as sensitivity and specificity against the reference standard.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	WB Practice of Medicine > Diagnosis > General Diagnosis > WB 200 Physical diagnosis (General) WF Respiratory System > Tuberculosis > WF 200 Tuberculosis (General)
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085614
SWORD Depositor:	JISC Pubrouter
Depositing User:	JISC Pubrouter
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2024 07:53
Last Modified:	05 Sep 2024 03:14
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/25164

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