Same-day versus rapid ART initiation in HIV-positive individuals presenting with symptoms of tuberculosis: Protocol for an open-label randomized non-inferiority trial in Lesotho and Malawi

• Felix Gerber ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: felix.gerber@usb.ch

  Affiliations Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9736-1907

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• Robina Semphere,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Helse Nord Tuberculosis Initiative, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Blaise Lukau,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SolidarMed Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Palesa Mahlatsi,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SolidarMed Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Timeo Mtenga,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Helse Nord Tuberculosis Initiative, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Tristan Lee,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Maurus Kohler,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Tracy Renée Glass,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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• Alain Amstutz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Mamello Molatelle,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Seboche Mission Hospital Laboratory, Seboche, Lesotho

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• Peter MacPherson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0329-9613

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• Nthuseng Bridgett Marake,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ministry of Health Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Marriot Nliwasa,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Helse Nord Tuberculosis Initiative, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3100-5512

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• Irene Ayakaka,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SolidarMed Lesotho, Maseru, Lesotho

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• Rachael Burke ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rachael Burke, Niklaus Labhardt

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• Niklaus Labhardt

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rachael Burke, Niklaus Labhardt

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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