Simple change could save thousands from TB: study tests 'Opt-Out' approach
NCT ID NCT04466488
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a simple way to get more HIV patients in South Africa the medicine that prevents tuberculosis (TB). Instead of doctors having to choose to prescribe it, the new approach made TB prevention the standard option, requiring doctors to actively opt out if they didn't want to give it. Over 50,000 adults from public clinics took part to see if this 'choice architecture' could boost the number of people getting life-saving TB prevention.
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Study facts
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- 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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50,798 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2021
- Finished
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Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (≥18 years old) patients initiating ART * Adult (≥18 years old) patients already on ART and coming for ART re-prescribing Exclusion Criteria: * None
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Perinatal HIV Research Unit
Soweto, Gauteng, 1864, South Africa
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