Evaluating the effect of short-course rifapentine-based regimens with or without enhanced behaviour-targeted treatment support on adherence and completion of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection among adults in the UK (RID-TB: Treat): protocol for an open-label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Evaluating the effect of short-course rifapentine-based regimens with or without enhanced behaviour-targeted treatment support on adherence and completion of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection among adults in the UK (RID-TB: Treat): protocol for an open-label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Introduction The successful scale-up of a latent tuberculosis (TB) infection testing and treatment programme is essential to achieve TB elimination. However, poor adherence compromises its therapeutic effectiveness. Novel rifapentine-based regimens and treatment support based on behavioural science...

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Main Authors: Marc Lipman, Ibrahim Abubakar, Chris Griffiths, Robert Horne, Alex Ghanouni, Heinke Kunst, Mike Mandelbaum, Molebogeng X Rangaka, Karen Sanders, Peter J White, Angela Crook, Dominik Zenner, Trinh Duong, Vanessa Hack, Julian Surey, Yohhei Hamada, Henry Bern, Joanna Calvert, Marie Francis, Amy Louise Clarke, Ellen Owen-Powell, Helen L Booth, Charlotte Layton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-09-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9/e057717.full

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