New TB skin test could improve diagnosis accuracy
NCT ID NCT07152639
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This Phase 3 trial is testing a new skin test called EEC to see how well it detects tuberculosis (TB) infection in people aged 3 and older. The study will compare EEC to existing tests like EC, TB-PPD, and IGRA in about 1,784 participants, including TB patients, healthy people, and those with other lung diseases. The goal is to find out if EEC is more accurate and safe for diagnosing TB.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis fusion protein (EEC)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a more accurate and convenient skin test for tuberculosis infection, helping doctors diagnose TB faster and more reliably.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 3 trial, but the test is still experimental. It may not prove more accurate than existing tests, and results may vary across different age groups or populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 1,784 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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3 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * For the general community population 1. Age 3 years and above at the time of enrollment, regardless of gender; 2. The individual and/or guardian agree to participate in this trial and sign the informed consent form; 3. The individual and/or guardian can comply with the requirements of the clinical trial protocol to participate/accompany the participants to participate in follow-up; 4. No history of tuberculosis (including intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis) after medical history inquiry; 5. No clinical symptoms of tuberculosis poisoning. Tuberculosis poisoning symptoms refer to obvious systemic symptoms such as fatigue, low fever in the afternoon, loss of appetite, night sweats, etc. in addition to local symptoms such as cough, chest pain, and chest tightness. Women may have endocrine system disorders, such as irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, etc.; 6. Inclusion criteria for triple-negative population: People with negative results of the first skin test on both arms and IGRA test results (i.e., negative results of EEC, TB-PPD, and IGRA tests). * For Patients with tuberculosis (including pulmonary tuberculosis) 1. Age 3 years and above at the time of enrollment, regardless of gender; 2. Participants aged ≥18 years were diagnosed with tuberculosis/pulmonary tuberculosis according to the diagnostic standard "Standard Tuberculosis Classification of the Health Industry of the People's Republic of China WS196-2017" issued by the health and health authorities of the State Council (recognizing the diagnosis made by comprehensive clinical analysis); participants aged 3-17 years were diagnosed with tuberculosis according to the "Expert Consensus on Diagnosis of Childhood Pulmonary Tuberculosis (2022 Edition)" formulated by the Children's Tuberculosis Professional Committee of the Tuberculosis Branch of the Chinese Medical Association. Including pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, of which pulmonary tuberculosis includes bacteria-negative/bacteria-positive pulmonary tuberculosis and primary/relapsed pulmonary tuberculosis; patients with both pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis can be included and classified as pulmonary tuberculosis; 3. The individual and/or guardian agree to participate in this trial and sign the informed consent form; 4. The individual and/or guardian can comply with the requirements of the clinical trial protocol to participate in follow-up. For Patients with non-tuberculous lung disease 1. Patients with a clear clinical diagnosis of non-tuberculous lung disease, and clinical physicians can exclude pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis based on the patient's clinical manifestations, imaging and laboratory tests, including pneumonia, lung cancer, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc.; 2. Aged 3 years and above at the time of enrollment, regardless of gender; 3. The individual and/or guardian agree to participate in this trial and sign the informed consent form; 4. The individual or guardian can comply with the requirements of the clinical trial protocol to participate in follow-up. Exclusion Criteria: \- For the general community population 1. Those with known or suspected (or high-risk) severe immune diseases, immune function damage or abnormalities (Except for human immunodeficiency virus \[HIV\] infection/HIV infection), including:Those who received immunosuppressants (including chemotherapy) (using medium/high doses of glucocorticoids (≥20mg/d or ≥0.5mg/kg/d prednisone or equivalent other hormones), and the medication time was \>14 days) or immunopotentiators within 3 days before the skin test or during the trial, and those who were evaluated by the researchers to affect the efficacy of the participants; Note: For glucocorticoid drugs: topical inhalation, nasal spray, local injection, application and other external use, as well as long-term physiological replacement therapy for systemic medication such as oral, intramuscular injection, intravenous injection or intravenous drip, there are no restrictions, such as prednisone or other equivalent doses of other drugs with a dose of \<20mg/d (\>5 years old) or \<0.5mg/kg/d (≤5 years old), and the medication time is ≤14 days. 2. Patients with convulsions, epilepsy, history of mental illness and/or family history of mental illness (immediate relatives); 3. Patients with allergic constitution, such as those with a history of allergy to two or more drugs or foods, or those known to be allergic to the components of this drug; 4. Patients with acute infectious diseases (such as measles, whooping cough, influenza, etc.), acute conjunctivitis, acute otitis media, and extensive skin diseases; 5. Patients with acute febrile diseases; or those who have used antipyretic, analgesic and antiallergic drugs within 3 days before the skin test and who have been assessed by the researchers to be likely to affect the study evaluation; 6. Patients with severe skin infections (such as pyoderma, severe eczema, etc.); 7. Those who have used other clinical trial drugs within 3 months before the skin test (except placebo, in vitro diagnostic reagents or non-contact human devices); 8. Those who have received inactivated vaccines within 7 days before the skin test, or attenuated live vaccines within 28 days; 9. Women who are breastfeeding or pregnant, or women of childbearing age who have a positive pregnancy test before enrollment. 10) Those with a history of drug abuse; 11\) Those who the researcher believes have poor compliance, past history, physical examination results that may affect the trial evaluation (such as tattoos, etc.); 12) Exclusion criteria for triple-negative population: Those with contraindications to BCG vaccination, including: ① Those with immunodeficiency or damage (such as AIDS patients); ② Those currently using immunosuppressive drugs or radiotherapy; ③ Those who are allergic to BCG; ④ Those with fever and acute infectious diseases, including active tuberculosis patients; ⑤ Severe chronic diseases (such as heart, brain, vascular diseases, chronic kidney disease). For Patients with tuberculosis and non-tuberculous lung disease 1. Those with known or suspected (or high-risk) severe immune diseases, immune function damage or abnormalities (Except for human immunodeficiency virus \[HIV\] infection/HIV infection), including: Those who are receiving immunosuppressants (including chemotherapy) (using medium/high doses of glucocorticoids (≥20mg/d or ≥0.5mg/kg/d), medication time\>14 days) or immunoenhancers within 3 days before the skin test or during the trial, and those who are assessed by the researchers to affect the efficacy of the participants; Note: For glucocorticoid drugs: topical inhalation, nasal spray, local injection, application and other external use, as well as long-term physiological replacement therapy for systemic medication such as oral, intramuscular injection, intravenous injection or intravenous drip, there are no restrictions, such as prednisone or other equivalent doses of other drugs at a dose of \<20mg/d (\>5 years old) or \<0.5mg/kg/d (≤5 years old), medication time ≤14 days. 2. Patients with convulsions, epilepsy, history of mental illness and/or family history of mental illness (immediate relatives); 3. Patients with allergic constitution, such as those with a history of allergy to two or more drugs or foods, or those known to be allergic to the components of this drug; 4. Patients with acute infectious diseases (such as measles, whooping cough, influenza, etc.), acute conjunctivitis, acute otitis media, and extensive skin diseases; 5. Patients with severe skin infections (such as pyoderma, severe eczema, etc.); 6. Patients who have used other clinical trial drugs within 3 months before the skin test (except placebo, in vitro diagnostic reagents or non-human contact devices); 7. Patients who have received inactivated vaccines within 7 days before the skin test, or attenuated live vaccines within 28 days; 8. Women who are breastfeeding or pregnant, or women of childbearing age who have a positive pregnancy test before enrollment. 9. Patients with a history of drug abuse; 10. Any situation that the researcher believes has poor compliance, past history, and physical examination results may affect the trial evaluation (such as tattoos, etc.).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
8 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beijing Chest Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 101149, China
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Changsha Center Hospital
RECRUITINGHunan, Changsha, 410006, China
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LiuZhou People's Hospital
RECRUITINGLiuzhou, Guangxi, China
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Public health clinical center of chengdu
RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610066, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical College
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGXinxiang, Henan, China
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Wuhan Central Hospital
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, China
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Wuhan Pulmonary Hospital
RECRUITINGWuhan, Hubei, 430000, China
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Yichang Central People's Hospital
RECRUITINGYichang, Hubei, China
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