Study protocol and implementation details for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of a digital adherence technology to facilitate tuberculosis treatment completion

Study protocol and implementation details for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of a digital adherence technology to facilitate tuberculosis treatment completion

Introduction Low-cost digital adherence technologies (DATs) such as 99DOTS have emerged as an alternative to directly observed therapy (DOT), the current standard for tuberculosis (TB) treatment supervision. However, there are limited data to support DAT scale-up. The ‘DOT to DAT’ trial aims to eval...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Crowder, Alex Kityamuwesi, Maureen Lamunu, Catherine Namale, Lynn Kunihira Tinka, Agnes Sanyu Nakate, Joseph Ggita, Patricia Turimumahoro, Diana Babirye, Denis Oyuku, Christopher Allen Berger, Austin Tucker, Devika Patel, Amanda Sammann, David Dowdy, Turyahabwe Stavia, Adithya Cattamanchi, Achilles Katamba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/11/e039895.full

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