Tuberculosis Clinical Registry in Europe

June 24, 2026 updated by: Anca Vasiliu, Research Center Borstel

Tuberculosis Clinical Registry in Europe - the TBnet Registry

The TBnet registry is a multinational, prospective tuberculosis registry established by the Tuberculosis Network European Trialsgroup (TBnet e.V.) to collect and analyze long-term data from TB patients across Europe. Its purpose is to centralize data on TB epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to improve care, support research, and ultimately help eliminate TB. The registry captures risk factors, diagnostic details (e.g., microbiology, imaging, drug resistance), treatment data, side effects, outcomes, and late complications.

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied. On ClinicalTrials.gov, conditions may also include other health-related issues, such as lifespan, quality of life, and health risks.

Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.

Detailed Description

In Western Europe, however, tuberculosis is a rare disease, and individual clinics see only small numbers of patients. For clinical research on the epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis, it is therefore essential that patient data are collected and analyzed in a centralized manner. This allows for the adequate inclusion of at-risk groups and studying less common forms of tuberculosis (e.g., multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, extrapulmonary tuberculosis). Hence, the Tuberculosis Network European Trialsgroup TBnet e.V., aims to establish a tuberculosis registry in which long-term datasets from TB patients across Europe will be stored. The findings obtained from the tuberculosis registry will make an important contribution to combating and ultimately eliminating TB. TBnet is a pan-European clinical research network dedicated to improving the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis and related mycobacterial diseases. Founded in 2006, TBnet brings together clinicians, scientists, and public health experts from more than 30 countries. The network has established large collaborative cohorts and conducts multicenter clinical studies, registries, and consensus projects that have shaped international TB guidelines. The TBnet Steering Committee will serve as data access committee: Research questions/data inquiries will be submitted to the TBnet Steering Committee through a structured process on the TBnet website and are approved only after internal and external peer review (as outlined in the TBnet statutes).

Study Type

Study Type

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Study types include interventional studies (also called clinical trials), observational studies (including patient registries), and expanded access.
Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
1000

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact

The name and contact information for the person who can answer enrollment questions for a clinical study. Each location where the study is being conducted may also have a specific contact, who may be better able to answer those questions.

Study Locations

  • Germany
    • Schleswig-Holstein
      • Borstel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 23845
        • Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center
        • Contact:
  • Italy
    • Verona
      • Negrar, Verona, Italy, 37024
        • IRCCS Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Inpatients in tuberculosis care

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Capacity to provide informed consent
  • Written informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Lack of capacity to provide informed consent
  • Age < 18 years

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort

Group / Cohort

A group or subgroup of participants in an observational study that is assessed for biomedical or health outcomes.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Extrapulmonary TB
Individuals affected by extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Other: data collection
Prospective data collection in a clinical data registry
drug-resistant TB
Individuals affected by rifampicin- and higher-resistant tuberculosis
Other: data collection
Prospective data collection in a clinical data registry
drug-susceptible TB
Individuals affected by rifampicin-susceptible tuberculosis
Other: data collection
Prospective data collection in a clinical data registry
TDM
Individuals under anti-tuberculosis treatment with an indication for therapeutic drug monitoring
Other: data collection
Prospective data collection in a clinical data registry

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Extrapulmonary TB: Favourable treatment outcome
Time Frame: December 2040
Identification of parameters that predict/are significantly associated with favorable outcome in EPTB
December 2040
Drug-resistant TB: Description of treatment outcome
Time Frame: December 2040
Percentage of patients cured, failed, died, under/after therapy according to WHO and TBnet outcome criteria
December 2040
Drug-resistant TB: Description of treatment completion
Time Frame: December 2040
Percentage of patients who develop serious/severe drug-related adverse events/who have to change regimen due to drug-related adverse events
December 2040
Drug-susceptible TB: Mortality risk score
Time Frame: December 2040
Development of a TB mortality risk score, defined by a final set of predictors and a weighted scoring system based on routine clinical, radiological, microbiological, and laboratory data.
December 2040
Therapeutic drug monitoring: Description of Pharmacokinetics
Time Frame: December 2040
Summary of pharmacokinetic parameters: Mean max/min concentrations, number of patients that are over-/under-/correctly dosed
December 2040

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Research Center Borstel

Collaborators

Collaborators

An organization other than the sponsor that provides support for a clinical study. This support may include activities related to funding, design, implementation, data analysis, or reporting.
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Tuberculosis Network European Trialsgroup (TBnet e.V.)

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
July 1, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
December 1, 2040

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
December 1, 2040

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submitted a study record to ClinicalTrials.gov. There is typically a delay of a few days between the first submitted date and the record's availability on ClinicalTrials.gov (the first posted date).
June 24, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submits a study record that is consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. The sponsor or investigator may need to revise and submit a study record one or more times before NLM's QC review criteria are met. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
June 24, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
July 1, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
July 1, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
June 24, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator confirmed the information about a clinical study on ClinicalTrials.gov as accurate and current. If a study with a recruitment status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting has not been confirmed within the past 2 years, the study's recruitment status is shown as unknown.
June 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • TBnet_Registry

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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