LTBI_prison: Active Screening of Latent TB Infection, Treatment and Long Term Follow-up in Prison

Sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT00767975
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

LTBI Treatment is effective in prison

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Drug: isoniazid , randomized, open label
  • Drug: rifampin, randomized, open label
Phase 3

Detailed Description

LTBI treatment will be conducted in a prison with either isoniazid or rifampin

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
2384 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
Active Screening of Latent TB Infection, Treatment and Long Term Follow-up in Prison
Study Start Date :
Jan 1, 2008
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Nov 1, 2010
Actual Study Completion Date :
Nov 1, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
No Intervention: 2

For patients who diagnosed with LTBI, they choose to receive LTBI treatment depends on their willingness; if they choose not, then they are in no intervention arm.

Experimental: 1

Provided INH 6m or RMP 4 m; whether enter treatment arm is determined by patient's willingness

Drug: isoniazid , randomized, open label
isoniazid 300mg/tab 1 tab qd, 6 months (the other treatment arm is rifampin)

Drug: rifampin, randomized, open label
rifampin 300mg/capsule 2 caps qd, 4 months (the other treatment arm is isoniazid)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. COMPLETE RATE OF LTBI TREATMENT [1.5 year]

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Efficacy [3 year]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
N/A and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • all people who is LTBI, and have ability to sign the informed concent
Exclusion Criteria:
  • previously adverse effect from anti-TB medication complete treatment of TB in the pass; active TB AST, ALT > 3 times of normal limit platelet < 150 k/mm3 T-bil > 2 times of normal limit

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Taipei Prison Taoyuan Taiwan

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Li-Min Huang, MD, PHD, National University Hospital, Singapore

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00767975
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • 200707047M
  • DOH-97-DC-1502
First Posted:
Oct 7, 2008
Last Update Posted:
Nov 29, 2010
Last Verified:
Nov 1, 2010
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Study Results

No Results Posted as of Nov 29, 2010