Nutritional Support for HIV-Tuberculosis Co-infected Adults in Senegal, West Africa

University of Washington

Status: Completed

Conditions: HIV and Tuberculosis Co-infection

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food; Dietary Supplement: Food basket

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03711721

20150056

Details and patient eligibility

About

Food insecurity can contribute to poor adherence to both tuberculosis treatment and antiretroviral therapy (ART). Interventions that target food insecurity have the potential to improve treatment adherence and decrease mortality. The goals of this study were to determine the cost, feasibility, acceptability, and potential impact of implementing nutritional support to improve adherence and treatment completion among HIV-TB co-infected adults in the Casamance region of Senegal, West Africa.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HIV-Tuberculosis co-infection
• Age ≥18 years
• Initiating treatment for tuberculosis
• Provide written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Unwilling or unable to provide written informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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26 participants in 2 patient groups

Food basket

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Food basket

Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food