| Study name and trial number | Sponsors |
Country / Sample size |
Criteria | Phase |
Study arms Intervention Control |
Duration / Primary outcome |
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| 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 |