Impact of a mobile phone-based interactive voice response software on tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Uganda (CFL-TB): a protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Study timelines and procedures

Study procedures	Study procedure completed
Month	0	0	2	2	5	5	6	6
Study arm	I	C	I	C	I	C	I	C
Screening	√	√
Informed consent	√	√
Physical evaluations and interviews	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Demographic and socio-economic questionnaire	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Sputum GeneXpert^*	√	√			√	√	√	√
Drug culture and susceptibility tests^β	√^β	√^β	√^β	√^β	√	√	√^β	√^β
Cost-effectiveness questionnaire	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Qualitative assessment	√	√	√	√			√	√

Note: I-Intervention arm, C-control arm
^*Additional tests to ascertain sputum conversion may be added at the discretion of the investigator.
^βDrug susceptibility testing will be done in-line with national TB guidelines. Sputum cultures may be done at 2 months to ascertain sputum conversion and sputum for genotyping TB stored.
√ indicates procedure completed at the indicated timeline

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