An interventional study of New management mode in Pulmonary TB, sponsored by Farman Ullah Khan. Status unknown at 2 sites in Pakistan. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 78 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-12-02.
Sponsored by Farman Ullah Khan · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
This project aims to standardize the management of "Pharmaceutical care with the two-way text messages and incentive for mobile usage during the treatment for tuberculosis patients, to improve the outcomes and compliance, reduce the risk of transmission and to evaluate the patient perspective in terms of their quality of life, shared decision making and satisfaction with services provided.
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a top ten leading cause of death globally despite it being a largely curable disease. New effective treatment supervision strategies are needed particularly in low-resource high TB burden settings and a potential solution is in the hands of nearly every patient - a mobile phone. Modern modular design mobile phone software applications ("apps") hold great promise to address this unmet need. Current technologies allow for rapid design modification based on end-user needs, implementation of native operating system (e.g., Android) versions for users with inconsistent internet access, and the integration of the patients' experiences with electronic health records using industry standards. Apps can perform multiple functions (e.g., automated reminders, symptom tracking, secure messaging, and multi-media education). Another strategy is pharmaceutical care which is utilized to enhance TB treatment compliance along with usage of mobile technologies, where clinical pharmacists provide patient education to improve the patient's knowledge on the disease and medication use and address the patient's drug-related problems. The use of a pharmaceutical care model to improve treatment outcomes and enhance adherence is on the rise in healthcare organizations. At the first visit, the clinical pharmacist provides a mobile phone number and encourages patients to contact them anytime if they need any consultation on the TB treatment. Patients will make prior arrangements with a study pharmacist to determine a convenient meeting place. These meetings will continue until treatment completion. To our knowledge, worldwide there has only been no randomized controlled trial (RCT) which has described the use of both pharmaceutical care model and two-way Short Message Service (SMS) communication with financial incentives (mobile money transfer cover healthcare costs related to SMS charges) to improve treatment outcomes. To find out both the pharmaceutical care model and two-way SMS communication with financial incentives would be helpful for TB patients in Pakistan. Therefore investigator aimed a study, to find out the effectiveness of trial gauged with the impact of the suggested model on the improved adherence, treatment completion, health-related quality of life and satisfaction with TB care. Investigator will also explore implementation questions regarding acceptability, cost-effectiveness and long-term effects to inform future scale-up in remote areas of Pakistan and other low- and middle-income countries. The functions allow the participant to engage in self-management of their care: self-report daily administration of their TB medication, self-report side effects if applicable, review educational material on TB disease protects other members of the family, encourage treatment, shows complete adherence, increase the relationship between patients and care provider and improves quality of life.
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New management mode intervention: Pharmaceutical care A more recent strategy is pharmaceutical care, where a hospital provides timely patient education, monitoring and management of adverse drug reactions, identifying other drug-related problems, and an evaluation of treatment adherence by a clinical pharmacist. At the first visit, the clinical pharmacist provides a mobile phone number and encourages patients to contact them anytime if they need any consultation on the TB treatment. Short Message Service and Phone calls daily use of the mobile phone for a TB treatment will support pharmaceutical care. TB patients or family members will receive phone calls every evening (except Sunday) during the whole ambulatory TB treatment phase to assure that the patient takes the medication prescribed and provided by the TB physician and to collect information on treatment adherence and possible side effects.
Behavioral: New management mode
Treatment Group included in the control arm will receive traditional - clinical Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) as recommended by World Health Organization and routine treatment group (6 months treatment regimen); Routine health education provided by health care professionals.
* New management mode intervention: Pharmaceutical care * SMS text messages and Phone Calls * Behavioural Educational leaflet * Self-Administered Therapy A financial incentive for mobile use
Also known as: Pharmaceutical care, Mobile text, Financial incentive for mobile use
TB treatment success rates
TB treatment success rates defined by the World Health Organization. The investigators will compare clinically reported treatment outcomes between the intervention and control groups.
Time frame: 24 Months
Lost to follow-up among adult drug-sensitive tuberculosis patients.
Lost to follow-up is defined as the difference between the two interventions arms in the proportion of patients who did not start treatment after diagnosis or whose treatment was interrupted for 2 consecutive months or more.
Time frame: 24 \months
Patient satisfaction questionnaire (usually after treatment time period or 6 to 12 months).
Through Questionnaire before and at the end of treatment from both groups
Time frame: 12 Months
Quality of life of TB patients
At baseline and upon completion of the treatment initial phase and after starting the continuous phase of the treatment Quality of life of TB patients will be measured by surveys.Whether the disease-specific patient quality of life scores improved in investigational arm patients from baseline to successful completion of treatment By using pre and post data of quality of life questionnaire
Time frame: 24 months
The Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) of the patients about tuberculosis
A Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) survey is a quantitative method (predefined questions formatted in standardized questionnaires) that provides access to quantitative and qualitative information.The KAP of the patients about tuberculosis will be compared at the end of the intervention in the two groups on basis of information about TB prevention and treatment.
Time frame: 24 months
Adherence to treatment among drug-sensitive tuberculosis patients self reported and clinical record will checked for the follow up visits and drug taken
Adherence \[ Time Frame: Assessed daily from date of randomization until the date of a documented treatment outcome, up to 24 months after study enrollment date.Counting the number of administered pills, adequate adherence is more than 80% of administered pills.
Time frame: 24 Months
The patient-level percentage of total doses
Each patient based on the total number of doses missed out of the total possible number of doses), measured using treatment adherence records reported by triangulated by pill count after 6 months.
Time frame: 24 Months
Patient satisfaction questionnaire
Perceptions and opinions (if the intervention was helpful, non-helpful, effectiveness) in the intervention arm will be assessed after the study follow-up through a questionnaire of a subset of enrolled individuals at the completion of the participant's treatment.
Time frame: 6-12 months
The proportion of patients improving clinically through questionnaire
Proportion of patients improving clinically (cough, weight gain, night sweats, fever, appetite to compare the treatment completion rates between participants randomized to intervention without intervention with weekly SMS reminders and pharmaceutical care.
Time frame: 24 months
Perceptions of Intervention through a questionnaire
Perceptions and opinions (if the intervention was helpful, non-helpful, effectiveness) in the intervention arm will be assessed after the study follow-up through a questionnaire of a subset of enrolled individuals at the completion of the participant's treatment.
Time frame: 24 months
Semi-structured interview to check the Feasibility of implementation of the intervention and challenges.
Semi-structured interview with participants to understand challenges, recommendations for improvement. Feasibility of implementation of the intervention and challenges.
Time frame: 24 Months
To collect patient-specific cost data related to the successfully treated
To collect patient-specific cost data related to the treatment of arms with the intervention.
Time frame: 24 Months
Psychological Impacts Mental Health Inventory (MHI)-5; well-demonstrated reliability for detecting psychological disorders also mental health screening tool for TB patients will be used
In order to gauge the psychological impacts of the system, the investigators will be looking at participants' perceptions on the likelihood of being cured, how they feel on a given day using the pain scale, and how supported they feel. This data will be collected through questionnaires conducted at each monthly mid-line visit.
Time frame: 6-12 months
Plan to share: No
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