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Effect of Community Mobile Outreach Approach Compared to Facility Based Directly Observed Treatment Short Course on Treatment Outcome Among Tuberculosis Patients in Jeddah: A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT03787914 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2018-12-27

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Summary

To compare the effectiveness of the community mobile outreach approach in improving treatment outcomes (success rate) among tuberculosis patients with those being treated with facility based directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) in Jeddah region.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Mobile Outreach Approach

TB patients in intervention arm were served by outreach mobile teams for DOTS (i.e. administration of anti-TB medicines orally at the place and time of their choice and convenience under mobile teams direct supervision

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Abdullah AlSahafi, MBBS, SBFM · Director of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-11-01
Primary Completion
2018-11-01
Completion
2018-11-01

Countries

  • Saudi Arabia

Study Locations

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Diseases

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