Community Program Tests Tuberculosis Control Among People Who Inject Drugs in Vietnam
Tests a community-based program to reduce tuberculosis among adults who inject drugs in Vietnam.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: DRug Use & Infections in ViEtnam: TuBerculosis Control
Key facts
- Where
- Haiphong, VietnamSee the 2 sites
Where in Vietnam
- Hai Phong University of Medecine and PharmacyHaiphong, VietnamTaking people
- Viettiep 2 HospitalHaiphong, VietnamTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- ANRS, Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Trial code
- NCT05655702
- Record updated
- 30 January 2025
- Original description
The overarching purpose of the proposed research is to demonstrate that a targeted, multi-component community-based intervention among PWID in Hai Phong will decrease TB prevalence among this very high-risk population.Read full original descriptionShow less
DRug Use & Infections in ViEtnam: TuBerculosis Control Towards Tuberculosis Elimination Among People Who Inject Drugs: Evaluation of a Community-based Intervention in Vietnam
The overarching purpose of the proposed research is to demonstrate that a targeted, multi-component community-based intervention among PWID in Hai Phong will decrease TB prevalence among this very high-risk population.
Inclusion: 18 years of age or older; Self-declaring injecting heroin or any other drug; Positive urine test for heroin or methamphetamine; Presence of recent injection site marks.
Exclusion: Any condition which might, in the investigator's opinion, compromise the safety of the patient by participating in the study, including very severe clinical condition; Unable to understand or refused to sign informed consent; Patients currently under treatment for active TB; Person deprived of freedom by a judicial or administrative decision.