Economic Incentives and vDOT for Latent Tuberculosis Infection
ConditionLatent Tuberculosis
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorJohns Hopkins University
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a novel and scalable intervention that combines Video Directly Observed Therapy (vDOT) and financial incentives to promote completion of treatment for latent tuberculosis. Adult participants who are initiating treatment for latent tuberculosis will be recruited from the Baltimore City Health Department. The primary hypothesis is that the incentive intervention will increase the percentage of participants that complete the treatment for latent tuberculosis above the completion rates of participants receiving usual care.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
18 years old or older,
diagnosed with latent TB and determined to be appropriate for latent TB treatment by participants clinicians
reside in Baltimore metro area
speaks English or Spanish, or a language for which there is a short form available via the Johns Hopkins Medicine Institutional Review Board
Disqualifiers
younger than 18 years old
diagnosed with active TB
prescribed an alternative treatment regimen for latent TB
pregnant women (as determined by non-study directed clinical evaluation; BCHD performs urine pregnancy testing on women of child bearing age when indicated)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Usual Care
- Video Directly Observed Therapy alone
- Video Directly Observed Therapy plus Financial Incentives
Treatment groups
399 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Johns Hopkins University
Lead sponsor
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov