Status:

COMPLETED

Optimising Community Antibiotic Use and Infection Control With Behavioural Interventions in Burkina Faso and DR Congo

Lead Sponsor:

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

Collaborating Sponsors:

Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso

Centre de Recherche en Santé de Kimpese

Conditions:

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Drug Resistance, Bacterial

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Emergence of antibiotic resistance (AMR) is a serious concern for Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Unregulated use of antibiotics, a major AMR driver, is highly prevalent in LMICs, with medici...

Detailed Description

Background A major driver of AMR emergence in LMICs is community- and individual-level antibiotic consumption, which have both been associated with an increased risk of acquisition of AMR bacteria for...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient exit surveys
  • Visitor to a medicine dispenser for his/her own health or that of someone else, regardless of disease or age
  • Having just completed a visit to a medicine dispenser in a study cluster who agreed to participate in the study

Exclusion

  • none
  • Simulated patient visits (dispensers)
  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Prescribe or dispense medicines in a community pharmacy, medicine store, or other private clinic or outlet within the selected study clusters;
  • Consented at the start of the study to participate in the intervention bundle evaluation

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 18 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 12 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

5532 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05378880

Start Date

May 18 2022

End Date

December 12 2024

Last Update

October 3 2025

Active Locations (2)

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Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (CRUN)

Nanoro, Burkina Faso

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Centre de Recherche en Santé de Kimpese (CRSK)

Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo