Julie Parsonnet
Immunobiology of Diabetes and Tuberculosis
Contact Information
Stanford University School of Medicine 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305Brief
Despite reports that diabetes mellitus increases the risk of tuberculosis by as much as 11-fold, few studies have focused on the underlying mechanism for this susceptibility. Our ultimate goal is to see if the higher TB rates in diabetics is due to depressed cellular immunity.
Recruiting Status:
No longer recruitingStanford Recruiting Status:
No longer recruitingCondition(s):
Intervention(s):
- Vaccine: BCG
Phase:
N/AEligibility
Ages Eligible for Study:
30 years to 65 yearsGenders Eligible for Study:
Male and FemaleHealth of Volunteers:
People with the conditions listed in this trial can not participate as controls.Key Inclusion Criteria:
Type 2 diabetes or healthy individual
Able to give consent
US-born
Age 30-65
Key Exclusion Criteria:
* Immunosuppressive disease
* Immunosuppressive medications
* Pregnancy
* Renal failure
* Advanced pulmonary disease
* Prior BCG vaccination
* Prior TB infection
* Type 1 diabetes
Additional Study Details
Official Title:
Converging Epidemics: Immunobiology of Diabetes Mellitus and Tuberculosis InfectionAnticipated start date:
4/2/2007Lead Sponsor:
Stanford UniversityInvestigator(s):
Study Type:
InterventionalPurpose:
PreventionAllocation:
Non-randomizedMasking:
OpenControl:
noneAssignment:
Single GroupEndpoints:
Bio-equivalencePrimary Outcomes:
- Antigen-specific immune response
Secondary Outcomes:
- Patterns of antigen-specific immune response
Total Number to be Enrolled:
34Total Number to be Enrolled at Stanford:
34More Information
Locations & Contacts
Stanford Locations & Contacts:
Stanford University School of Medicine 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305Non-Stanford Locations:
The Stanford website does not have any locations outside of Stanford listed for this trial. You may want to check clinicaltrials.gov for posible additional locations.
This listing was last updated:
6/12/2008PLEASE NOTE:
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