Status:
COMPLETED
DOT Selfie: A Mobile Technology Intervention to Evaluate Treatment Adherence Among Tuberculosis Patients
Lead Sponsor:
University of Georgia
Collaborating Sponsors:
Makerere University
Conditions:
Tuberculosis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to determine whether Video Observed Treatment (VDOT) using social internet bundle incentives for tuberculosis (TB) is an effective way to improve medication...
Detailed Description
Eligible patients will be randomised in equal proportions between the DOT Selfie Intervention and In-person DOT Control arms. All patients will self-administer TB drugs daily for 6 months, or as presc...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients eligible for the trial must comply with all of the following at randomization:
- New patients with clinically and/or microbiologically-confirmed TB or those who initiated treatment within one month (the investigators chose to enrol new cases because of lower likelihood of drug-resistant disease),
- Age 18 to 65 years,
- Residents of Kampala within 30 km of study clinic (to facilitate close follow-up),
- Signed informed consent
- Ability to speak and read Luganda or English language.
Exclusion
- 1\. Previous history of TB, multidrug resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB 2. Very ill patients 3. A cognitive or physical disability that prevents full participation in VDOT (e.g., vision, hearing, physically challenged, inability to swallow medications).
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Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 13 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 30 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
144 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04134689
Start Date
July 13 2020
End Date
April 30 2023
Last Update
July 25 2023
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University of Makerere School of Public Health
Kampala, Uganda