Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03787914
Effect of Community Mobile Outreach Approach Compared to Facility Based Directly Observed Treatment Short Course on Treatment Outcome Among Tuberculosis Patients in Jeddah: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Community Outreach Mobile Teams Impact on Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome in Jeddah Region: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 200 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
To compare the effectiveness of the community mobile outreach approach in improving treatment outcomes (success rate) among tuberculosis patients with those being treated with facility based directly observed treatment short course (DOTS) in Jeddah region.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Mobile Outreach Approach | TB patients in intervention arm were served by outreach mobile teams for DOTS (i.e. administration of anti-TB medicines orally at the place and time of their choice and convenience under mobile teams direct supervision |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-11-01
- Completion
- 2018-11-01
- First posted
- 2018-12-26
- Last updated
- 2018-12-27
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03787914. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.