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NCT03942354: PRACTECAL-PRO
Patient-reported Experiences and Quality of Life Outcomes in the TB-PRACTECAL Clinical Trial
trial testing Bedaquiline in Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis in 137 participants. Completed in 10 May 2022.
10 May 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | OBSERVATIONAL |
| Enrollment | 137 |
| Start date | 1 September 2019 |
| Primary completion | 10 May 2022 |
| Estimated completion | 10 May 2022 |
| Sites | 6 locations across South Africa, Uzbekistan, Belarus |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Bedaquiline (bedaquiline) — full drug profile →
- Pretomanid
- Moxifloxacin (moxifloxacin) — full drug profile →
- Linezolid — full drug profile →
- Clofazimine (clofazimine) — full drug profile →
- Directly observed therapy (DOT)
Conditions studied
- Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis — all drugs for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis →
Sponsor
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands — full company profile →
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
PRACTECAL-PRO is a sub-study of a TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial for multidrug resistant Tuberculosis. It evaluates the effectiveness of TB-PRACTECAL interventions from the patient perspective in terms of their quality of life, shared decision making and satisfaction with services.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Capturing patient-reported and quality of life outcomes with use of shorter regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis: mixed-methods substudy protocol, TB PRACTECAL-PRO.
Stringer B, Lowton K, James N, Nyang'wa BT. · · 2021 · cited 8× · PMID 34489263 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043954 -
Quality of life outcomes and patient-reported experiences in a randomised controlled trial for rifampicin-resistant TB (PRACTECAL-PRO): a mixed-methods study.
Lowton K, Stringer B, Cusinato M, Fielding K, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42125015 · DOI 10.5588/ijtldopen.25.0823
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- PubMed search for NCT03942354
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03942354 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands
- Last refreshed: 29 May 2024
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