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Treatment-related SAEs.","14 days after end of randomised treatment",{"measure":22,"description":22,"timeFrame":20},"Proportion of participants experiencing symptoms of interest during assigned treatment (tolerability)",{"measure":24,"description":24,"timeFrame":25},"Proportion of participants temporarily discontinuing assigned treatment (tolerability)","14 days after end of randomised treatement",{"measure":27,"description":27,"timeFrame":20},"Proportion of participants permanently discontinuing assigned treatment (tolerability)",{"measure":29,"description":29,"timeFrame":30},"Percentage of treatment doses taken (adherence)","48 weeks",{"measure":32,"description":32,"timeFrame":16},"Total Time on Treatment",{"measure":34,"description":34,"timeFrame":16},"Proportion of participants with acquired (post-baseline) drug resistance",{"measure":36,"description":36,"timeFrame":16},"Scores on 5-level EQ-5D questionnaire",{"measure":38,"description":38,"timeFrame":16},"Catastrophic costs and cost-effectiveness ratios, calculated using the adapted WHO patient costs survey",{"measure":40,"description":40,"timeFrame":16},"Respiratory disability measured by Medical Research Council (MRC) Dyspnea scale",{"allocation":42,"interventionModel":43,"interventionModelDescription":44,"primaryPurpose":45,"observationalModel":11,"timePerspective":11,"maskingInfo":46},"RANDOMIZED","PARALLEL","Participants will be randomised to the control or experimental arm in 1:1 ratio, stratified by site and HIV status.\n\nIntervention (experimental arm): an optimised regimen consisting of rifampicin at 20 mg\u002Fkg and isoniazid for 4 months (16 weeks), plus pyrazinamide and ethambutol for the first 2 months (2R20HZE\u002F2R20H). Delivered as local standard of care (RHZE) plus 600mg (2 additional tablets) of rifampicin.\n\nControl: The standard treatment regimen for DS-TB (rifampicin at 10 mg\u002Fkg and isoniazid for 6 months, plus pyrazinamide and ethambutol for the first 2 months; 2RHZE\u002F4RH), with additional placebo for the first 4 months (16 weeks).","TREATMENT",{"masking":47,"maskingDescription":11,"whoMasked":48},"QUADRUPLE",[49,50,51,52],"PARTICIPANT","CARE_PROVIDER","INVESTIGATOR","OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR","RIFAstrat is a Phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial to compare the 6-month standard treatment for DS-TB with a 4-month optimised-rifampicin based regimen provided to individuals with limited disease severity.\n\nParticipants are eligible for the study if they are ≥12 years old with newly diagnosed rifampicin-susceptible pulmonary TB confirmed by rapid molecular testing (Xpert MTB\u002FRIF or ultra) with a limited disease phenotype, defined as a cycle threshold on sputum Xpert MTB\u002FRIF or Ultra corresponding to 'medium' or below for bacterial burden at screening. Broad eligibility criteria allow for enrolment of people living with HIV, diabetes, other common comorbidities.",[55,61],{"label":56,"type":57,"description":58,"interventionNames":59},"16-Week Regimen (Standard of Care Treatment + 600 mg of Rifampicin daily)","EXPERIMENTAL","Optimised regimen consisting of rifampicin at 20 mg\u002Fkg and isoniazid for 4 months (16 weeks), plus pyrazinamide and ethambutol for the first 2 months (2R20HZE\u002F2R20H). Delivered as local standard of care (RHZE) plus 600mg (2 additional tablets) of rifampicin.",[60],"Drug: Extra 600mg of Rifampicin",{"label":62,"type":63,"description":64,"interventionNames":65},"24-Week Regimen (Standard of Care Treatment) + Placebo for 16 weeks","PLACEBO_COMPARATOR","The standard treatment regimen for DS-TB (rifampicin at 10 mg\u002Fkg and isoniazid for 6 months, plus pyrazinamide and ethambutol for the first 2 months; 2RHZE\u002F4RH), with additional placebo for the first 4 months (16 weeks).",[66],"Drug: Placebo",[68,75],{"type":69,"name":70,"description":71,"armGroupLabels":72,"otherNames":73},"DRUG","Extra 600mg of Rifampicin","Intervention group participants will receive standard treatment (RHZE), plus an optimised regimen consisting of RIfampicin at 20 mg\u002Fkg (additional 600mg rifampicin in each weight band) during a shortened treatment period of 16 weeks.",[56],[74],"Experimental",{"type":69,"name":76,"description":64,"armGroupLabels":77,"otherNames":78},"Placebo",[62],[79],"Control",[81,85,87],{"name":82,"affiliation":83,"role":84},"Christopher Cousins, MBChB PhD","St George's, University of London","PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR",{"name":86,"affiliation":83,"role":84},"Sean Wasserman, MBChB PhD",{"name":88,"affiliation":89,"role":84},"John Eikelboom, MBBS FRCPC","Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University",[91,96],{"name":92,"role":93,"phone":94,"phoneExt":11,"email":95},"Sarah Karampatos, BASc, MSc","CONTACT","905-296-5795","sarah.karampatos@phri.ca",{"name":97,"role":93,"phone":98,"phoneExt":11,"email":99},"Steven Agapay, BSc","905-296-5764","steve.agapay@phri.ca",{"type":101,"investigatorFullName":11,"investigatorTitle":11,"investigatorAffiliation":11,"oldNameTitle":11,"oldOrganization":11},"SPONSOR",[103,104],{"name":83,"class":6},{"name":105,"class":6},"McMaster University","100602068",false,"NCT07118696","Evaluating a Shorter, Rifampicin-Based Treatment for People With Less Severe Tuberculosis Disease","Shortening TB Treatment With Optimised Rifampicin-Based Therapy and Disease Stratification: A Pragmatic Phase 3 Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomised Trial (RIFAstrat)","RIFAstrat","Inclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Aged 12 years and over\n2. Clinical and\u002For radiological evidence of pulmonary TB\n3. At least one sputum specimen positive for M. tuberculosis by Xpert MTB\u002FRIF or Ultra within 30 days of screening confirming rifampicin-sensitive TB\n4. Have limited TB disease defined as having a cycle threshold on sputum Xpert MTB\u002FRIF or Ultra corresponding to 'medium' or below for bacterial burden at screening (where results from more than one test are available at screening, eligibility will be determined by the highest grade)\n5. Documentation of HIV status from a validated test performed within 30 days of screening or known to be HIV-positive\n6. Well enough to be treated as an outpatient\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n1. Received more than 7 days treatment for index TB episode\n2. Previous treatment for active TB disease in past 12 months\n3. M. tuberculosis with known resistance to rifampicin or isoniazid\n4. Weight \\\u003C 30 kg at screening\n5. Sick with one or more WHO 'danger signs' at screening (respiratory rate \\> 30 breaths per minute, temperature \\> 39 ˚C, heart rate \\> 120 bpm, inability to walk unaided)\n6. Suspected or confirmed extra-pulmonary TB involving the central nervous system, bones, joints, abdomen, and\u002For pericardium (coexistent pleural or lymph node TB are not exclusions)\n7. For participants living with HIV:\n\n   * Urinary lipoarabinomannan test positive at screening\n   * Requires protease inhibitor-based antiretroviral therapy, and\u002For long acting antiretrovirals cabotegravir\u002Frilpivirine\n8. For participants of child-bearing potential: currently pregnant or not currently pregnant but unwilling to practice an effective method of contraception during study drug treatment\n9. Clinical evidence of acute hepatitis or advanced chronic liver disease (e.g. jaundice, signs of portal hypertension)\n10. Known end stage renal failure\n11. Active malignancy not in remission or had systemic chemotherapy within 2 years (except for non-melanomatous skin cancer)\n12. Contraindication to study medications because of known allergy or intolerance or unavoidable drug-drug interaction\n13. Other medical conditions, that, in the investigator's judgment, make study participation not in the individual's best interest\n14. Inability to attend follow up visits","ALL","12 Years",{"count":116,"type":117},1000,"ESTIMATED","INTERVENTIONAL",[120],"PHASE3","RIFAstrat is a Phase 3, double-blind, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial to compare the 6-month standard treatment for DS-TB with a 4-month optimised- rifampicin based regimen provided to individuals with limited disease severity.",[123],"Pulmonary TB",[125,126],"Rifampicin","Treatment Shortening","NOT_YET_RECRUITING","2025-08-07",{"date":130,"type":131},"2025-08-12","ACTUAL",{"date":133,"type":117},"2026-02-01",{"date":135,"type":117},"2030-01-31",{"name":5,"class":6}]