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NCT Number: NCT01471977

Treatment Adherence of Tuberculosis Medicines

It was hypothesized that tuberculosis patients receiving multiple interventions like educations, counseling and default tracing along with DOTS were more likely to adhere to tuberculosis treatment as compared to few interventions or DOTS only.

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Key information

Conditions

Tuberculosis Actinomycetales Infections Bacterial Infections Bacterial Infections and Mycoses Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Infections Mycobacterium Infections

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Basic Medical Unit of Taluka Gambat

Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • adult patient
  • > 18years
  • either sex
  • diagnosed to have tuberculosis through chest x ray or sputum microscopy
  • eligible to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

education,counseling, default tracers,quality of care

Other

these interventions were administered along with standard treatment i.e. DOTS at the time of standard follow up of patients at clinic

Other names: tuberculosis, directly observed short course treatment, education and counseling, default tracer

Primary outcomes

  1. Proportion of patients cured

    Time frame: 8 months

    Cured: If the patient was sputum smear positive (ss+ve) at the time of enrollment, completed treatment, Had negative smear on 2 occasions during follow-up

  2. Proportion of patients completed treatment

    Time frame: 8 months

    Treatment completed: SS+ve, or SS-ve or extra-pulmonary, had a negative smear result at the end of intensive phase but no smear result at the end of treatment completed 8 month treatment

  3. Proportion of patients died

    Time frame: 8 months

    died during the course of treatment

  4. proportion of patients defaulted

    Time frame: 8 months

    not collected drugs for more than 2 consecutive months either sputum smear positive or negative

  5. proportion of patients with treatment failure

    Time frame: 8 months

    Treatment failure: SS+ve, found to be smear positive at 5th month or later or SS-ve found to be smear positive at 2nd month

  6. proportion of patients transferred out

    Time frame: 8 months

    Transferred to another TB register

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Interventions to Promote Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment Among Patients Attending Basic Medical Unit of Taluka Gambat, Pakistan

Acronym: TBAD

Important dates

Study start
2004
Primary completion
2007
Study completion
2010
First posted
Nov 16, 2011
Registry last updated
Nov 16, 2011

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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