Improving Retreatment Success (IMPRESS)

This is an open label randomized controlled clinical trial comparing two regimens for treatment of smear-positive pulmonary TB, among patients previously treated for TB. The primary objective is to determine if a moxifloxacin-containing regimen, substituting moxifloxacin for ethambutol, of 24 weeks duration is superior to a control regimen of 24 weeks duration in improving treatment outcomes in patients with recurrent TB and shortens the duration of TB treatment.

Intervention Arm :12 months (6 months treatment + 12 months post treatment follow up) Control Arm :12 months (6 months treatment + 12 months post treatment follow up) Total sample size is 330.