Intensified Tuberculosis Treatment to Reduce the Mortality of Patients With Tuberculous Meningitis

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2020
INTENSE-TBM is randomized controlled, phase III, multicenter, 2 x 2 factorial plan superiority trial assessing the efficacity of two interventions to reduce mortality from tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in adolescents and adults with or without HIV-infection in sub-Saharan Africa: * Intensified TBM treatment with high-dose rifampicin and linezolid, compared to WHO standard TBM treatment. * Aspirin, compared to not receiving aspirin. The trial will be open-label for anti-TB treatment and placebo-controlled for aspirin treatment.
Epistemonikos ID: 8efcbe37dba13c068531ac3d8432cfa80e077011
First added on: Mar 23, 2020