Studying how people decide whether to take preventive tuberculosis treatment
Explores what influences people's choices about starting preventive treatment for tuberculosis.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: PRecision biomArker-Guided MAnagement of TuberculosIs Contacts: a Discrete Choice Experiment
Key facts
- Where
- London, United KingdomSee the site
Where in United Kingdom
- Whittington HospitalLondon, United KingdomTaking 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
- University College, London
- Trial code
- NCT07024836
- Record updated
- 17 June 2025
- Original description
This study is part of a broader programme of work to develop and pilot a randomised-controlled trial of new tests to identify people who will benefit most from preventive treatment for tuberculosis (TB). The aim of the current study is to explore factors affecting patient decisions to start preventive treatment. The specific objectives are to understand how patients make decisions about preventive treatment initiation for TB (stage 1); and to design and conduct a "discrete choice experiment" survey to further evaluate preferences (stage 2).Read full original descriptionShow less
PRecision biomArker-Guided MAnagement of TuberculosIs Contacts: a Discrete Choice Experiment
This study is part of a broader programme of work to develop and pilot a randomised-controlled trial of new tests to identify people who will benefit most from preventive treatment for tuberculosis (TB). The aim of the current study is to explore factors affecting patient decisions to start preventive treatment. The specific objectives are to understand how patients make decisions about preventive treatment initiation for TB (stage 1); and to design and conduct a "discrete choice experiment" survey to further evaluate preferences (stage 2).
Inclusion: Adults (aged ≥18 years) who have been tested for latent TB infection in routine clinical services, or are eligible for testing. Eligible people for testing include migrants from countries with high TB incidence (entered UK within 5 years), people with recent contact with a person with TB disease, and people eligible for LTBI screening prior to starting immunosuppression or through occupational health testing.
Exclusion: Unable to provide informed consent.