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Effectiveness of Active Case Finding of Household Contacts in a Routine Tuberculosis (TB) Control Program

NCT02174380 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1900

Last updated 2014-07-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a new population-based active case-finding program among adult household contacts of new infectious TB cases to detect active TB cases in the largest district, Lima, Peru.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Active Household Contact Evaluation

Active evaluation of TB household contacts will be introducted as a new intervention in the district. The intervention will be undertaken by routine public health staff under routine conditions, however the assignment, training, monitoring and supervision of this intervention will occur in a stepped wedge roll out.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • McGill University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

    collaborator OTHER

  • Lena Shah

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jay S Kaufman, PhD · McGill University

  • Timothy F Brewer, MD · University of California, Los Angeles

  • Lena Shah, MSc., PhD(c) · McGill University

  • Eduardo Gotuzzo, MD · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • Peru

Study Locations

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