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TB-CAPT @ UNION 2024 in Bali, Indonesia
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TB-CAPT @ UNION 2024 in Bali, Indonesia

The 2024 edition of the Union World Conference on Lung Health offered an excellent opportunity for the TB-CAPT consortium to present results from its research activities implemented during the five years of the project’s lifetime.

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Fourth edition of NGS training course
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Fourth edition of NGS training course

Members from the TB-CAPT, PanACEA, Seq&Treat and PANGenS projects have joined hands for the fourth time in June 2024 to implement a training series aiming at improving knowledge associated with next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies and their applications in the field of tuberculosis.

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TB-CAPT @ EDCTP Forum in Paris
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TB-CAPT @ EDCTP Forum in Paris

This year’s EDCTP Forum in Paris offered an excellent opportunity for the TB-CAPT consortium to showcase exciting results from its research activities implemented since the start of the project.

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TB-CAPT progress meeting and data unblinding
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TB-CAPT progress meeting and data unblinding

From 02 - 04 October the TB-CAPT consortium convened for a face-to-face progress meeting in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, hosted by our local project partners from Ifakara Health Institute.

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TB-CAPT hosts a Satellite Session at ASLM LabCoP 2022
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TB-CAPT hosts a Satellite Session at ASLM LabCoP 2022

This week, from October 11-14, TB-CAPT Dissemination Lead, African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), will host the sixth edition of their annual event the ASLM Laboratory Systems Strengthening Community of Practice (LabCoP). TB-CAPT will host a satellite session on the second day of the event, October 12.

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TB-CAPT kicks off recruitment for the CORE and HIV trials
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TB-CAPT kicks off recruitment for the CORE and HIV trials

The TB-CAPT consortium recently reached two important milestones, as the group successfully enrolled the first patients in both the CORE trial and the HIV trial. In this article, we look closer at these achievements and provide a brief overview of the two trials.

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New training video on stool-based diagnosis of TB
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New training video on stool-based diagnosis of TB

With support from TB-CAPT, FIND has developed a training video to support clinical sites with the implementation of the KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation’s SOS stool processing method, a simple method to diagnose TB which uses stool as an alternative type of sample.

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TB-CAPT completes enrolment for the XDR-Trial in South Africa
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TB-CAPT completes enrolment for the XDR-Trial in South Africa

The TB-CAPT consortium has successfully completed enrolment for the XDR trial, undertaken by clinical sites in Green Point (Cape Town) and Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), South Africa. Initial data analysis began late last year, and the interim results for the feasibility aspects of the study look promising.

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TB-CAPT kicks off the first of three trials
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TB-CAPT kicks off the first of three trials

The TB-CAPT XDR trial, led by Helen Cox and Chad Centner of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, will evaluate the use of a new cartridge on GeneXpert, an automated tuberculosis (TB) molecular test. This rapid test can identify resistance to key drugs used in the treatment of drug resistant TB.

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