The overarching objective/aim of the study is to assess pulmonary TB treatment and longer-term outcomes among people with and without HIV in African population in order to inform policy and practice around TB treatment and create a platform for additional TB research in Zambia
The TB-SRN study will be a prospective observational non-interventional study open to enrollment for individuals ≥15 years of age diagnosed with active pulmonary TB that is either bacteriologically confirmed or clinically diagnosed in HIV-positive and HIV-negative participants. The enrollment will be consecutively, regardless of drug resistance and HIV status. When the sample size of 300 consecutively enrolled TB patients is reached per site, we will enroll additionally drug-resistant TB patients (defined as GeneXpert MTB/RIF positive) until will reach a target of 150 drug resistant TB patients at each site. TB treatment will be managed according to and by the existing standard of care/systems, but those who provide informed consent and agree to participate will contribute other study-related data, which may require additional radiograph(s), laboratory tests, and healthcare-related outcomes measures beyond those collected during routine care. Participants may be co-enrolled in an affiliated or external observational or interventional study
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
374
Chawama and Kanyama General Hospitals
Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
Proportion of participants achieving successful pulmonary tuberculosis treatment outcome at the end of TB treatment
The proportion of participants who achieve a successful pulmonary tuberculosis treatment outcome at the end of the TB treatment period. Treatment success will be defined according to the study-prespecified TB treatment outcome definitions and will be compared between participants with and without HIV.
Time frame: 4 YEARS
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