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Safety, effectiveness, and feasibility of a short and all-oral treatment regimen for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Niger

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
Tuberculosis
Registration Number
PACTR202203645724919
Lead Sponsor
DAMIEN FOUNDATIO
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
230
Inclusion Criteria

1) have bacteriologically confirmed TB with evidence of resistance to rifampicin (for children the diagnosis is not always bacteriologically confirmed as the RR-TB diagnosis may be based on clinical TB diagnosis plus history of a close contact with a confirmed RR-TB case) and susceptibility to fluoroquinolones and
2) be willing and able to give informed consent to participate in the study (signed or witnessed consent if the patient is illiterate; signed or witnessed consent by a child's parent or legal guardian).

Exclusion Criteria

1) previous treatment for more than one month with second-line TB drugs included in the to be evaluated treatment regimens,
2) a QTcF interval = 500 msec at baseline that is not corrected by medical management,
3) any other medical contraindications for taking the study regimens,
4) being younger than 6 years old, and
5) diabetes mellitus.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
any grade 3-5 adverse event
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Treatment success without relapse 12 months after the end of treatment;Ninety percent of doses of RR-TB treatment taken
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