RESEARCH PROJECTS
List
of projects undertaken during last 10 years by NDTB Centre :
1.
A pilot study using an
electronic TB case management system (TBTMS).
2.
A new paradigm of partnership
in TB control through involvement of pharmacists.
3.
A
study on assessment of reasons of initial default under Revised National
Tuberculosis Control Programme in Delhi .
4.
Validation
of a sample test based on formation of cords for diagnosis of M. Tuberculosis.
5.
Effectiveness
of LED-based florescence microscopy for detection of tuberculosis.
6.
“Repeat
Zonal Level Tuberculin Survey for estimating annual risk of Tuberculosis
infection in North Zone”.
7.
Rapid screening of Ofloxacin resistance among MDR
(TB) suspects by molecular and solid culture method .
8.
Assessment of barrier for utilization of RNTCP
services in an urban slum of Delhi – a community based study.
9.
Accelerating
access to quality TB diagnosis for pediatric cases in 4 major cities in
India.
10.
Evaluation
of the Efficacy and Safety of a Combination regimen of Bedaquiline, Dlamanid,
Linezolid and Clofazimine in Adults with Preextensive (Pre-XDR) and Extensively
Drug-resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis (XDR-TB): Prospective Cohort Study.
11. STREAM (The evaluation of a Standard Treatment
Regimen of Anti-tuberculosis Drugs for Patients with MDR- TB)
12. National TB Prevalence Survey
13.
Effect of counselling
intervention on outcome among MDR TB patients in Delhi.
14.
Mapping of Anti mycobacterial drug resistant
hotspots under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTEP) in Delhi
state.
15.
Framework for TB care in prisons in New Delhi.
16.
Active Case Finding Campaign of Tuberculosis
among People who inject drugs in New Delhi.
17.
Study of the
yield of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by molecular diagnostics in
individual respiratory specimens in children.
18.
Prevalence, risk factors and laboratory
diagnosis of non tuberculosis mycobacterial (NTM) disease; a multicentre study.
19.
Active Case finding in Night shelters under
SPYM.
20.
Active TB cases finding in female sex workers.
21.
Screening of Health Care Workers in Delhi –
NTEP.
22.
Delhi State warm line TB expert.
23.
Contact tracing of TB cases attending NDTB
Centre DOT Centre.
24.
Active case finding among inmates of slum areas
in Delhi with help of mobile van.
25.
Correlation of radiological assessment and
microbiological status among TB cases.
26.
A multicentre study of diagnostic accuracy and
feasibility of the X pert Ultra for detection of TB and Rifampicin resistance
in adults suspected of having pulmonary TB.
27.
Accelerating TB
Notification from the private health sector in Delhi, India
28.
To evaluate the impact of SMS on TB treatment
adherence in newly diagnosed TB patients enrolled under RNTCP.
Thesis - Undergoing
1. Utility
of stool cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test in diagnosis of
pulmonary tuberculosis in children.
2. Urogenital
tuberculosis in married females with recurrent urinary tract infection.
3. Role of
cartridge based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT) in the rapid diagnosis
of cutaneous tuberculosis and detection of rifampicin resistance.
4. A study of Clinico – Social profile and
risk factors associated with TB in household contacts of Drug resistant
pulmonary TB patients through clinical, microbiological and radiological
assessment.
5. A
prospective comparative study of clinic radiological features amongst non geriatric
adult and geriatric adult patients with microbiologically confirmed drug
sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis in a tertiary care hospital.