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. 2010 Jan 20;2010(1):CD000171. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000171.pub3
Study name and trial number Sponsors Country /
Sample size
Criteria  Phase Study arms
Intervention                              Control
Duration /
Primary outcome
Community level trials in settings with a high HIV prevalence
The Zambia, South Africa, Tuberculosis and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome‐reduction Trial (ZAMSTAR). ISRCTN36729271 CREATE, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Zambia
South Africa
Those with symptoms and families with a member with TB 1 Community randomised, factorial design * Improved TB case finding
*  Integrated TB/HIV care delivered through the household: including TB preventive therapy (INH for 6 months)
Standard TB control Prevalence of culture‐positive TB, measured after 3 years of the interventions
Effect of community‐wide isoniazid preventive therapy on tuberculosis among South African gold miners (Thibela TB). ISRCTN63327174
 
CREATE, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation South Africa
 
Employees at intervention clusters
Age: ?18 years
No active TB
Cluster randomized non‐blinded controlled trial
 
* Standard TB control + INH for 9 months to all eligible employees  (N˜38000) regardless of HIV and silicosis status Standard TB control
N˜30000
Start June 2006
End June 2010
Each arm followed for 2 yrs
 
TB incidence in second year of follow up
Impact of TB Preventive Therapy for HIV/TB Co‐Infected Patients With Access to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. NCT00107887 CREATE, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Brazil
N˜15000
(Enrolling)
Age?16yrs
HIV+
Attending a participating HIV clinic
A Phased Implementation Trial. ARVs and implementation of IPT policy ARVs alone 4 yr duration
Incidence of active TB  before and following implementation of IPT policy
Nation wide TB preventive therapy program Botswana Government
CDC
Botswana
N>30000
HIV+
No active TB
 
Routine implementation INH for 6 months NA TB incidence