sing electronic monitors and a smartphone app to improve treatment adherence of new pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tibet, China

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pulmonary tuberculosis; Infections and Infestations; Respiratory tuberculosis, bacteriologically and histologically confirmed

• Registration Number: ISRCTN52132803
• Lead Sponsor: Shigatse Centre for Disease Control and Prevention

Brief Summary

2019 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31097023 protocol (added 20/05/2019) 2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38309280/ (added 09/02/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-11-09
• Study Completion: 2021-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 276

Inclusion Criteria

1. Newly diagnosed pulmonary TB patients that is managed at outpatients
2. Aged 15 years or older

Exclusion Criteria

1. Having communication impairment (mental, visual, auditory or speech)
2. Having any family members living in the same household that have already been enrolled into the trial

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of poor adherence measured per month across the 6/7 months of standard WHO DOTS program for new pulmonary TB patients. It will be calculated from monthly-level data for each patient indicating the number of doses missed per month, with poor monthly adherence defined as the patient having missed =20% of doses per month (equivalent to missing =6 out of 30 doses in a month).