2025
The participation of people deprived of liberty in tuberculosis vaccine trials: should they be protected from research, or through research?
Andrews J, Charalambous S, Churchyard G, Cobelens F, Fernández-Escobar C, Frick M, Hanekom W, Hatherill M, Hill P, Pandey S, Rangaka M, White R, Lemos E, da Silva A, Croda J, Garcia-Basteiro A. The participation of people deprived of liberty in tuberculosis vaccine trials: should they be protected from research, or through research? The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2025 PMID: 40587989, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00305-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTuberculosis vaccine trialVaccine trialsHigh riskEffective tuberculosis vaccineHigh risk of developing diseaseAdult pulmonary tuberculosisRate of tuberculosisRisk of developing diseaseMycobacterium tuberculosis transmissionPulmonary tuberculosisClinical developmentTuberculosis vaccinesMedical researchEthical violationsLiberty rightsTuberculosis transmissionEfficacy trialsTuberculosisTuberculosis controlScientific progressLibertyPlanned trialsTrialsParticipation of peopleVaccine
2024
Effect of BCG vaccination against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in adult Brazilian health-care workers: a nested clinical trial
dos Santos P, Messina N, de Oliveira R, da Silva P, Puga M, Dalcolmo M, dos Santos G, de Lacerda M, Jardim B, de Almeida e Val F, Curtis N, Andrews J, Croda J. Effect of BCG vaccination against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in adult Brazilian health-care workers: a nested clinical trial. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2024, 24: 594-601. PMID: 38423021, PMCID: PMC11111441, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(23)00818-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuantiFERON-TB GoldPlacebo groupEffect of BCG vaccinationBCG vaccinationBCG groupBCG-DenmarkHealth-care workersNegative baseline resultsMonths of treatmentMycobacterium tuberculosis infectionAdult pulmonary tuberculosisQuantiFERON-TBMedian ageRandomised controlled trialsPulmonary tuberculosisNo significant differenceEfficacy outcomesTuberculosis infectionClinical trialsControlled TrialsEffect of vaccinationTreatment drugsTuberculosis preventionSubstudySignificant difference
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