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Food Incentives for TB Treatment Compliance in East Timor (FITTCET)

NCT00192556 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 270

Last updated 2007-02-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will examine whether food is a cost-effective method for improving treatment compliance for TB patients in Timor Leste. Our hypothesis is that the provision of locally available, locally acceptable, cheap and highly nutritious food at the clinic will encourage patients to come for daily directly observed treatment, and thus improve the chance of TB cure and decrease the chance of the development of TB drug resistance. Primary outcome will be successful completion of treatment and secondary outcomes will include treatment compliance and clinical and biological measures of nutritional improvement.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

food

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • World Health Organization

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidade da Paz

    collaborator OTHER

  • Menzies School of Health Research

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paul M Kelly, MBBS,PhD · Menzies School of Health Research

  • Peter Morris, MBBS,PhD · Menzies School of Health Research

  • Nelson Martins, MD, MAM(H) · Menzies School of Health Research & Universidade da Paz

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Completion
2006-08-31

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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