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CTRI Number  CTRI/2020/07/026305 [Registered on: 02/07/2020] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 27/06/2020
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug
Preventive 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   Prevention of tuberculosis (TB) with 3 months of isoniazid and rifapentine in people living with HIV and in child household contacts of TB patients 
Scientific Title of Study   Scaling up short course TB preventive regimen containing Isoniazid and Rifapentine given once-weekly for three months (3HP) among People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) and child contacts of sputum positive pulmonary TB patients in India: A demonstration project 
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Dr Srikanth Tripathy 
Designation  Director In Charge 
Affiliation  ICMR National Institute for Research in TB 
Address  No 1 Mayor Sathyamoorthy road Chetpet Chennai 600031

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600031
India 
Phone  044-28369535  
Fax    
Email  directornirt@nirt.res.in  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr VV Banurekha  
Designation  Scientist E 
Affiliation  ICMR National Institute for Research in TB 
Address  No 1 Mayor Sathyamoorthy road Chetpet Chennai 600031

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600031
India 
Phone  044-28369534  
Fax    
Email  bhannu@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr VV Banurekha  
Designation  Scientist E 
Affiliation  ICMR National Institute for Research in TB 
Address  No 1 Mayor Sathyamoorthy road Chetpet Chennai 600031

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600031
India 
Phone    
Fax    
Email  bhannu@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Name: United Nations International Drug Purchasing Facility (UNITAID); Address: Global Health Campus, Chemin du Pommier 40, 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  ICMRNational Institute for Research in TB 
Address  No 1, Mayor Sathyamoorthy road, Chetpet, Chennai - 600031 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
BJMedical College and Sassoon General Hospitals  Jai Prakash Narayan road, Near Pune Railway station, Pune – 411001  
ICMRNational AIDS Research Institute  Plot No:73, G Block, MIDC, Bhosari, Pune – 411026  
ICMRRegional Medical Research Institute  NALCO Nagar, Chandrasekharpur Bhubaneswar - 751 023 Odisha  
National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases  Sri Aurobindo Marg, Near Qutub Minar, New Delhi – 110030  
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 5  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Shashi Sangle  B.J.Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals  Jai Prakash Narayan road, Near Pune Railway station, Pune – 411001
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
020-26128000

shashisangle@yahoo.com 
Dr Manisha Ghate  ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute  Plot No 73 G Block MIDC Bhosari Pune 411026
Pune
MAHARASHTRA 
9284793972

mghate@nariindia.org 
Dr Srikanth Tripathy  ICMR-National Institute for Research in TB  No 1 Mayor Sathyamoorthy road Chetpet Chennai 600031
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
044-28369535

directornirt@nirt.res.in 
DrSanghamitra Pati  ICMR-Regional Medical Research Institute  NALCO Nagar Chandrasekharpur Bhubaneswar 751 023
Khordha
ORISSA 
674-2301322

drsanghamitra12@gmail.com 
Dr Rohit Sarin  National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases  Sri Aurobindo Marg, Near Qutub Minar, New Delhi – 110030
New Delhi
DELHI 
011-26517826

drsarin@yahoo.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 5  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Ethics Committee -BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals  Approved 
Ethics Committee National AIDS Research Institute  Approved 
NIRT-Institutional Ethics Committee  Approved 
NITRD-Ethics Committee  Approved 
RMRC-Institutional Human Ethics Committee  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
No Objection Certificate 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Healthy Human Volunteers  Prevention of TB in Children aged less than 6 years who are household contacts of sputum positive pulmonary TB patients 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: B20-B20||Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  3HP  3 months of once-weekly Isoniazid and Rifapentine 
Comparator Agent  Not applicable  Not applicable 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  2.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Study population:
People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV)
Child household contacts of sputum positive pulmonary TB patients treated under NTEP

1.Aged >2 years with laboratory confirmation of HIV as per the National guidelines (for PLHIV only)
2.Aged >2 years to less than 6 years (for child household contacts only)
3.No current evidence of active TB
4.Not currently on Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) or completion of IPT in the past
5.Not currently on anti-TB treatment or received anti-TB treatment in the past one year
6. Willing to provide written informed consent / parent or guardian consent for children
 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Study population:
People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV)
Child household contacts of sputum positive pulmonary TB patients treated under NTEP

1.Critically ill in the judgement of the Medical Officer
2.Unable to take oral medications
3.Body weight <10 Kg
4.Household contact of known MDR-TB / Rif or INH-resistant TB
5.Current or H/O seizure disorder
6.Abnormal clinically significant blood parameters prior to enrolment
7.Any social or medical condition which in the opinion of the investigator would make study participation unsafe

In addition to above, in PLHIV
8.Alcohol use likely to interfere with adherence
9.On Nevirapine and or Protease Inhibitor based ART regimen, any medication known to interact with rifapentine
10. Peripheral neuropathy (Grade 3 or 4)
11. Pregnancy/lactation

 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Primary outcome: Scale up of 3 HP in PLHIV and Child Contacts of smear positive pulmonary TB patients will be determined by demand, uptake, treatment completion and discontinuation of preventive therapy.   Months - 1,2 and 3 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1. Feasibility in terms of barriers and facilitators for 3HP implementation.

2. Drug Adverse events - Proportion of participants with drug adverse events in those initiated on 3HP.

3. Proportion with TB incidence and mortality among those who received 3HP.
 
Months - 1,2 3,6 and 12 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="8250"
Sample Size from India="8250" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   Post Marketing Surveillance 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   02/09/2020 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="3"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   Nil 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Brief Summary  

This demonstration study proposes the scale-up of 3 months of once-weekly isoniazid and rifapentine (3HP) as preventive therapy for tuberculosis (TB) under programmatic conditions in India. The target population for this study are People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) and children aged 2 to <6 years who are household contacts of sputum positive pulmonary TB patients. The study will be conducted by five centres in India. The study outcomes include demand and uptake of 3HP, treatment completion, drug adverse effects, TB incidence and mortality. The follow-up is scheduled every month upto 3 months, at 6 and 12 months.

 
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