Project POTENTIALS: Pilot Integration of Tuberculosis, Community Acquired Pneumonia and Chronic Obstructive Disease using the Practical Approach to Lung Health Services in hard-to-reach Communities of Southern Nigeria

Piloting an Integrated Tuberculosis and Practical Approach to Lung Health Services in hard-to-reach Communities of Southern Nigeria

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202504559097817

Enrollment

441

Registered

2025-04-03

Start date

2025-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Tuberculosis Respiratory

Interventions

Integrated TB.CAP.COPD Screening

Routine TB Screening

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Consenting persons from the general population, patients, frontline health workers, and program staff

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Anyone who does not consent to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Effect of integrated screening on TB/CAP/COPD case-finding	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Diagnostic accuracy of AI-CAD for detecting TB and COPD in comparison to their respective reference standard diagnostic tests;Validate the performance of a hand-held peak expiratory flowmeter for COPD screening in our local context;Effect of implementing Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL) on medication prescription patterns among frontline health workers and patent/proprietary medicine vendors (PMVs) in community and primary health care settings;Identify facilitators and barriers to the implementation of ISD for TB, CAP and COPD and the approaches for improving the implementation initiatives	—

Measure

Time frame

Diagnostic accuracy of AI-CAD for detecting TB and COPD in comparison to their respective reference standard diagnostic tests;Validate the performance of a hand-held peak expiratory flowmeter for COPD screening in our local context;Effect of implementing Practical Approach to Lung Health (PAL) on medication prescription patterns among frontline health workers and patent/proprietary medicine vendors (PMVs) in community and primary health care settings;Identify facilitators and barriers to the implementation of ISD for TB, CAP and COPD and the approaches for improving the implementation initiatives

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Countries

Nigeria

Contacts

Public ContactCharles Nwafor

Director of Programs RedAid Nigeria

charles.nwafor@redaidnigeria.org+2348174692460

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026