Tuberculosis (TB) Aftermath: study protocol for a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation non-inferiority randomized trial in India comparing two active case finding (ACF) strategies among individuals treated for TB and their household contacts

Tuberculosis (TB) Aftermath: study protocol for a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation non-inferiority randomized trial in India comparing two active case finding (ACF) strategies among individuals treated for TB and their household contacts

Abstract Background Approximately 7% of all reported tuberculosis (TB) cases each year are recurrent, occurring among people who have had TB in the recent or distant past. TB recurrence is particularly common in India, which has the largest TB burden worldwide. Although patients recently treated for...

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Main Authors: Samyra R. Cox, Abhay Kadam, Sachin Atre, Akshay N. Gupte, Hojoon Sohn, Nikhil Gupte, Trupti Sawant, Vishal Mhadeshwar, Ryan Thompson, Emily Kendall, Christopher Hoffmann, Nishi Suryavanshi, Deanna Kerrigan, Srikanth Tripathy, Arjunlal Kakrani, Madhusudan S. Barthwal, Vidya Mave, Jonathan E. Golub, on behalf of the TB Aftermath study team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Recurrence
Active case finding
India
Hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06503-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06503-6

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