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The INSTITUT Study Tuberculosis Nutritional Support

NCT06084715 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 769

Last updated 2025-11-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Undernutrition is a leading global risk factor of tuberculosis (TB) and a prevalent comorbidity associated with TB. In Benin, the National TB Program systematically provides nutritional support to all persons with TB (PWTB), distributing prepared foods to hospitalized patients and food baskets during outpatient care. In Togo, the PWTB population is similar to that of Benin; however, Togo does not have a systematic program in place to provide nutritional support to these patients.

The investigators will perform a prospective cohort analysis using anonymized TB patient data from the National TB Programs of Benin and Togo. Participants enrolled in Benin will receive nutritional support from the hospital while those enrolled in Togo will not. Participants in Togo who do not receive nutritional support will serve as a control. Unfavorable outcomes in both groups such as treatment failure, death, or relapse will be compared. The results from this study should help to shape TB programs in the future by incorporating nutritional support.

Conditions

  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
  • Undernutrition

Interventions

OTHER

Nutritional support

The hospitals in Benin already provide nutritional support for patients with pulmonary TB which will continue throughout the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Boston Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pranay Sinha, MD · Boston Medical Center

  • Kobto G Khoura, MD, PhD · The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-07
Primary Completion
2025-09-10
Completion
2025-09-21

Countries

  • Benin
  • Togo

Study Locations

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