The TuberXpert project protocol: Towards a Clinical Decision Support System for therapeutic anti-tuberculosis medical drugs monitoring in Tanzania

Abstract

Introduction: The End Tuberculosis (TB) Strategy requires a novel patient treatment approach contrary to the "one-size fits all" model. It is well known that each patient's physiology is different and leads to various rates of drug elimination. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) offers a way to manage drug dosage adaptation but requires trained pharmacologists, which is scarce in resource-limited settings. We, therefore, aim to create an unprecedented Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) that will offer a printable report containing advice for the field clinicians to guide the adaptation of TB treatment depending on the patient. Methods and analysis: A population pharmacokinetic model for rifampicin will be developed and thoroughly validated, before being implemented into Tucuxi, an existing Model Informed Precision Dosing software. A cross-sectional study will be conducted to define the best way to display information to clinicians. In addition, a pragmatic prospective study will focus on a decision tree that will be implemented as a CDSS. Expert pharmacologists will validate the CDSS, and, finally, field implementation in Tanzania will occur coupled with a prospective study to assess clinicians' adherence to the CDSS recommendations. Ethics and dissemination: This is a game-changing transdisciplinary project combining technology and pharmacometrics to enable appropriate dosages of anti-TB drugs in TB patients at various levels of the healthcare delivery system in TB-endemic settings. The project is part of the Adaptive Diseases control Expert Programme in Tanzania, which has been approved at the local health research committee serving Kibong'oto Infectious Diseases Hospital (KIDH) and National Health Research Committee with reference numbers KNCHREC003 and NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol.IX/2988, respectively. Furthermore, the Ministries of Health and Regional Administrative & Local Government Authority have endorsed the implementation of this protocol. Dissemination will be done through scientific publications, conferences, and local press in Tanzania. Social media will also be used to gain more visibility.

Competing Interest Statement

The authors have declared no competing interest.

Funding Statement

This work is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, under grant IZSTZ0_208544.

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The project is part of the Adaptive Diseases control Expert Programme in Tanzania, which has been approved at the local health research committee serving Kibong'oto Infectious Diseases Hospital (KIDH) and National Health Research Committee with reference numbers KNCHREC003 and NIMR/HQ/R.8a/Vol.IX/2988, respectively.

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