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Note: This record shows only the 20 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register. |
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Register:
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PACTR |
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Last refreshed on:
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29 April 2013 |
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Main ID: |
PACTR2010010001275437 |
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Date of registration:
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12/03/2009 |
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Primary sponsor: |
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Public title:
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The feasibility and effectiveness of economic incentives for patients with TB
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Scientific title:
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Economic incentives for improving clinical outcomes in patients with TB in South Africa: a study of feasibility and effectiveness. |
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Date of first enrolment:
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Target sample size:
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Recruitment status: |
Open to recruitment: actively recruiting participa |
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URL:
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HTTP://www.pactr.org/ATMWeb/appmanager/atm/atmregistry?da=true&tno=PACTR2010010001275437 |
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Study type:
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interventional |
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Study design:
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Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,
Randomised,
simple randomisation using a random table created by a computer software program,
Allocating the participant to the intervention arms - units of anaylsis are the clinics, allocation of clinics to itnervention or control groups was done by the MRC statistician off site - allocation was determined by the holder of the sequence who is situated off site,
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Countries of recruitment
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South Africa
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Contacts
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Name:
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Elizabeth
Lutge |
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Address:
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Health Systems Trust, 14 Cascades Crescent
3200
Pietermarizburg
South Africa |
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Telephone:
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033 - 3473967 |
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Email:
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elizabeth@hst.org.za |
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Affiliation:
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Senior Researcher |
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Name:
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Elizabeth
Lutge |
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Address:
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Health Systems Trust, 14 Cascades Crescent
3200
Pietermarizburg
South Africa |
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Telephone:
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033 - 3473967 |
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Email:
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elizabeth@hst.org.za |
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Affiliation:
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Senior Researcher |
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: For patients: any patients receiving TB treatment at selected public sector clinics in eThekwini or Uthungulu districts
For clinics: Any clinics in the above districts with cure rates between 40% and 70%, and case load of TB patients between 20 and 150 per quarter.
Exclusion criteria: Patients with MDR TB or XDR TB will not receive the voucher.
Age minimum:
0 null
Age maximum:
110 null
Gender:
Both
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
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Tuberculosis
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Secondary Outcome(s)
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Treatment completion
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Treatment failure
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Secondary ID(s)
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Ethical approval from Committee for Human Research at the University of Stellenbosch: N07/10/245
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ISRCTN50689131
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
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KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
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Department of Health
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Wellcome Trust
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