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Register: PACTR
Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
Main ID:  PACTR201101000273931
Date of registration: 14/01/2011
Primary sponsor: Christian Wejse
Public title: Isoniazid or Rifampicin and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy for children exposed to TB - the IRIPT trial
Scientific title: Isoniazid or Rifampicin and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy for children exposed to TB - the IRIPT trial
Date of first enrolment: 2011-01-18
Target sample size: 880
Recruitment status: Open to recruitment: actively recruiting participa
URL:  HTTP://www.pactr.org/ATMWeb/appmanager/atm/atmregistry?da=true&tno=PACTR201101000273931
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,
Randomised,
Simple randomisation using a randomisation table created by a computer software program. Cluster randomised by house, 220 clusters with a mean of 4 children per house to be included,
Sealed opaque envelopes,
 
Countries of recruitment
South Africa
Contacts
Name: Grethe   Lemvik
Address:  Apartado 861 1004 Bissau Guinea-Bisseu
Telephone: +245 6751431
Email: grethe.lemvik@ki.au.dk
Affiliation:  PhD student, Bandim Health Project/Statens Serum Institut
Name: Christian  Wejse
Address:  Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgaardsvej 100 8200 Aarhus Denmark
Telephone: +45 86106825
Email: wejse@dadlnet.dk
Affiliation:  MD, PhD, Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital / Bandim Health Project
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Household contact of TB case
2)Age`5 years or
age 5-14 years + a positive TST (b5mm)
3)Informed consent given by parent or person in loco parentis

Exclusion criteria: 1)Active TB at time of inclusion
2)HIV-positive child receiving HAART
3)Known liver disease or allergy to INH or RIF
4)Pregnancy (all girlsb12 years will get a pregnancy test)
5)A history of seizures


Age minimum: 0 Year
Age maximum: 15 Year
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Tuberculosis
null
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Adherence to therapy (80% of pills taken will be considered good adherence)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Adverse events
Mortality
TB incidence
TST conversion
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
EDCTP
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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