Peer support could be key to beating TB in ethiopia
NCT ID NCT07387601
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 07, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether a peer-led education program helps adults with drug-susceptible tuberculosis complete treatment successfully. Researchers in southern Ethiopia will enroll 250 adults and provide structured education, counseling, and follow-up from trained peers. The goal is to improve treatment success rates, quality of life, and reduce depression, while also easing the workload on health professionals.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- peer-led education program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that peer support improves TB treatment outcomes and quality of life, offering a low-cost way to boost public health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial in specific regions of Ethiopia, so results may not apply elsewhere. The intervention is educational, not a new drug, so impact may be modest.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults with new drug-susceptible pulmonary TB who will be diagnosed in bacteriological diagnostic methods * not participating in similar study, * mentally capable to provide consent, * physically capable of following the intervention. Exclusion Criteria: * Seriously ill patients at the time of screening or enrollment * Tuberculosis patients with a known plan to be transferred out of the study sites
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Jinka University
RECRUITINGJinka, Southern Ethiopia, Ethiopia
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