NCT01290081

Enhanced Tuberculosis Case Detection Among Substitution Treatment Patients

Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis and Enhanced Tuberculosis Case Detection Among Injecting Drug Users Receiving Methadone Substitution Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 112 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Institute for Health Development, Estonia · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection among injecting drug users and to conduct randomized controlled trial to evaluate a case management intervention aimed at increasing TB screening and treatment entry among injecting drug users referred from a methadone drug treatment program in Estonia.

Conditions

• Tuberculosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Case management approach in referral to health care services	Case management intervention aimed at increasing TB screening and treatment entry among injecting drug users referred from a methadone drug treatment program

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-10-01
• Primary completion: 2008-01-01
• Completion: 2008-01-01
• First posted: 2011-02-04
• Last updated: 2011-02-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Estonia