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Proportion of Clinical Improvement & Type 1 Interferon (IFN) Score Changes in Idiopathic Uveitis Patients With Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) Positive

An observational study in Tuberculosis; Uveitis (Manifestation), Anti-Tuberculous Drug Reaction and Tuberculous Uveitis, sponsored by Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia. Recruiting at 1 site in Indonesia. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-02-28.

Sponsored by Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jul 2024, 2 years 4 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Oct 2019; still recruiting 7 years later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
50
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim of this study is to determine the proportion of clinical improvement, the score changing of type 1 interferon selected gene expression, and analysis of transcriptomics profiling in patients with idiopathic uveitis positive IGRA before and after receiving Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy (ATT).

Hopefully, by conducting this research, we are able to provide valid data that demonstrate the advantages/disadvantages usage of Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy in patients with idiopathic uveitis IGRA positive that correlate with type I IFN. This research is a part of our efforts in discovering bio-marker candidates of idiopathic uveitis IGRA positive clinical patients who will benefit from the ATT administration.

Read the detailed description

Diagnostic of Idiopathic Uveitis IGRA Positive patients were still unclear. This situation happens because it is still can't be explained if the uveitis from the patients was caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis or not which leads to doubtfulness for Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment (ATT). This study aims to help to provide evidence on whether ATT usage for Idiopathic Uveitis IGRA Positive would bring beneficial impact for the patients. This study will try to analyze the data from clinical improvements, Type 1 Interferon changes, and transcriptomics analysis from the patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Tuberculosis; Uveitis (Manifestation)
  • Anti-Tuberculous Drug Reaction
  • Tuberculous Uveitis

Keywords

  • Idiopathic uveitis
  • IGRA positive
  • Type 1 interferon
  • Transcriptomic analysis
  • Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy
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In context

Tuberculosis

1,170 studies on the registry are indexed under Tuberculosis; 175 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 50 is below the median of 253 across 317 observational studies indexed under Tuberculosis.

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Lead sponsor

Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia is the lead sponsor of 36 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Idiopathic uveitis patients with IGRA positive registered from September 2019 at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital

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Inclusion criteria

Subjects who will be recruited to this study are patients who met the criteria described below:

  • Registered patients from September 2019 at Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital
  • Idiopathic uveitis patients (proven having negative result by available etiological uveitis work-ups) with IGRA positive. IGRA positive value is defined by score above 0.35 u/ml obtained from Quantiferon Tuberculosis (QFT)-Gold Assay (QIAGEN).
  • Minimum age: 18 years old
  • Proven not having active Tuberculosis
  • Not previously received Anti Tuberculosis Therapy.
  • Not consuming antibiotic one to two weeks prior to the time of study
  • Not living together with Tuberculosis active patient
  • Not having plan to become pregnant during the time of study
  • Not part of reactive Tuberculosis risk group based on Latent Tuberculosis Incident WHO guidelines 2018
  • Active inflammation in the past 180 days characterized by the following sign based on SUN Criteria(in at least one eye)

    • ≥ 2+ anterior chamber cells
    • ≥ 2+ vitreous haze
    • active retinal or choroidal lesions
  • Active inflammation during patient registration, characterized by the following sign based on SUN Criteria (in at least one eye)

    • ≥1+ anterior chamber cells and/or
    • ≥1+ vitreous haze and/or
    • active retinal/choroidal lesions

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not willing to sign
  • Pregnant patient
  • Not coming to scheduled visit date
  • Uveitis caused by infectious origin
  • Media opacity caused by cataract and/ or corneal scar resulting in difficulty of posterior segment examination in both eyes
  • Chronic hypotony (IOP \< 5 mm Hg for > 3 months) in both eyes
  • History of prior intraocular surgery in \< 30 days, or arranged surgery within the next 6 months
  • Best spectacle-corrected visual acuity (BSCVA) of hand motions or worse in better eye
  • Any history of cancer excluding non-melanoma skin cancer
  • Abnormal Complete blood count (≤ 2,500 white blood cells and/or ≤ 75,000 and/or ≤9 ) within 4 weeks prior to enrollment\^
  • Abnormal (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) ≥ 2 times the for the lab and/or creatinine ≥ 1.5 within 4 weeks prior to enrollment\^
  • Patient with active infection of tuberculosis, infection, syphilis, or or C

Note (\^): Testing is conducted within 1-2 weeks prior to enrollment;

As many 10 subjects of the health volunteers are recruited for this study after giving consent. The health volunteers that will be recruited are the subject who met following criteria:

  1. age: 18-50 years old (Man/Woman)
  2. not having any health complaint or symptoms
  3. not in any long term medication
  4. : 18.5 - \< 30
  5. no history of allergy
  6. willing to cooperate in this study
  7. state of complete physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (WHO healthy definition)
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(8)

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Platelets

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Hemoglobin (Hb)

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ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

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HIV

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Hepatitis B tests

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BMI (body mass index)

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
1 Year
Patient registry
Yes
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • Observational cohort group

    Subjects: idiopathic uveitis with IGRA positive. Examinations: * Clinical improvement examinations at day 0, second week, week 8, month 3, month 6 and month 12. * Blood sampling at day 0, second week, month 6 for analysing type 1 IFN gene expression scoring using RT-qPCR methods.

    Drug: Fixed drug combination (FDC) of ATT and Oral steroid

Interventions

  • DrugFixed drug combination (FDC) of ATT and Oral steroid

    In the first two week, patients receive FDC of ATT only. Oral steroid start to be given in week three. The ATT regiment is continued for up to 6 months or more, in accordance with WHO guidelines. In the first two months the antibiotic combination given consisted of isoniazid (INH), rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. The next four months or continuation phases, the ATT given is rifampicin and isoniazid. The following dosage and administration of oral steroids will be given to patients, according to guidelines from the American Journal of Ophthalmologists (Douglas A. Jabs et al, 2000): Initial dose: 1mg/kg/day, with maximum adult oral dose 60-80 mg/kg and maintenance dose less than or equal to 10 mg/day. The tapering schedule: Over 40 mg/day, decrease by 10 mg/day every 1-2 weeks, 40-20 mg/day, decrease by 5 mg/day every 1-2 weeks, 20-10 mg/day, decrease by 2.5 mg/day every 1-2 weeks, 10-0 mg/day, decrease by 1 to 2.5 mg/day every 1-4 weeks.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of clinical improvement

    Clinical improvement of uveitis patients with IGRA positive after receiving complete Anti Tuberculosis Therapy is measured by using The Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature (SUN) inflammation degree. Clinical improvement definition is decreasing of inflammation degree up to two degrees or becoming 0 degree. Meanwhile, clinical failure is defined by increasing of inflammation degree or decreasing of inflammation degree up to one degree/ not becoming 0 degree or unchanged degree of first to fourth degree.

    Time frame: 0, 14 days, 8 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

  2. The changes of type 1 interferon scoring in selected gene expression

    The score changes of type 1 interferon of uveitis patients with IGRA positive are determined by gene expression value of 10 varieties of type 1 interferon using Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase PCR (RT-qPCR) testing.

    Time frame: 0, 14 days, 6 months.

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • RSUPN dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo (Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital)
    Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta 10430, Indonesia
    Recruiting
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Oct 2019 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jul 2024, 57 months after the start.

Of 122 non-industry observational studies under Tuberculosis, half reached primary completion within 41 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 24 and three quarters within 76. This study's planned 57 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 134 studies reached it within 36 months; a quarter within 21 and three quarters within 76.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Sep 11, 2019
First posted
Sep 12, 2019
StartActual
Oct 30, 2019
Primary completionEst.
Jul 2024
CompletionEst.
Jul 2024
Last update
Feb 28, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 28, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04088019
Lead sponsor
Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia
Responsible party
Rina (Lecturer, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Indonesia) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 12, 2019
Start date
Oct 30, 2019
Primary completion
Jul 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 28, 2024

Study contacts

Rina La Distia Nora
Contact
rina.ladistia@ui.ac.id
+62811-198-910
Rina La Distia Nora
principal investigator · Division of Ophthalmology Departement, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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