Community trial of new methods in tuberculosis treatment management
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- TuberculosisInfections and Infestations
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN46846388
- Lead Sponsor
- China Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 4176
Inclusion Criteria
1. TB patients, smear-positive or smear-negative, recruited from the study clusters (county/district)
2. Willing to participate in the study
3. Conscious without any mental disease
4. Conscious without any visual, auditory or language impairment
5. At least 18 years old
6. Patient or family member is able to read a short message service (SMS)/ text and use medication monitor after training
Exclusion Criteria
1. Does not meet inclusion criteria
2. Patients with tuberculosis pleurisy
3. Patients with no sputum smear data at tuberculosis diagnosis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The mean proportion of months a patient has at least 3 doses missed (this is based on pill count data from the medication monitor box)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. The mean proportion of months a patient has at least 7 doses missed <br>2. The mean proportion of overall missed doses <br>3. Proportion of patients defined as non-adherent (at least 10% of doses missed) <br>4. Proportion of patients defaulting during TB treatment <br>5. Proportion of smear positive TB cases who become smear negative at 2 months <br>6. The proportion of patients with treatment outcome of cure or completed treatment