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The role of stakeholder mapping and engagement in Mongolia during the implementation of the STREAM clinical trial for MDR-TB.
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- Structured patient and public involvement programme development in low- and middle-income country health research: a scoping review of evidence gaps and a framework for future practice.Research involvement and engagement · 2026Review
- [Enhancing Epidemiological Investigation Capacity through Tabletop Simulation Exercises: A Case on Training for Mongolian Epidemiological Investigation and Response Officials].Jugan geon-gang gwa jilbyeong · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundClinical trials evaluating new regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are typically conducted in multiple countries because global registration of new TB drugs requires evaluation in diverse populations. The complexity of multi-site trials makes implementation challenging, especially in lower-resource settings, where the burden of MDR-TB is highest. Stakeholder engagement can improve trial implementation and outcomes. Here, we describe the Mongolia site's stakeholder engagement during STREAM, a phase III clinical trial evaluating novel treatment regimens for MDR-TB. MAIN BODY: We assessed our stakeholder engagement against the PCORI rubric. Engagement at all phases of the trial aligned well with the PCORI engagement principles of reciprocal relationships; co-learning; building partnerships; and transparency, honesty, and trust. In the planning phase, we formed a key partnership with a civil society organization to co-lead the trial, undertook stakeholder mapping, and developed an overall engagement strategy. During trial implementation, we undertook activities aimed at ensuring feasibility of the study, improving recruitment, ensuring viability of the study, and ensuring authenticity/value of stakeholder engagement. Activities, which included continuous communication with the national TB program to ensure referral of potential trial participants, implementation of a comprehensive community engagement (CE) program, delivery in collaboration with partners of psychosocial support for trial participants, capacity-building and knowledge sharing, regular communications on trial developments and progress, and community advisory board (CAB) participation in CE assessment, contributed to achieving a 98% retention rate and the highest participant recruitment across all STREAM trial sites. In the dissemination phase, CAB members worked together with the site and sponsor to ensure strategies and materials were tailored to stakeholders' needs, including participants; communities; frontline healthworkers; and national-level stakeholders. Stakeholder participation in research and in improving routine TB care in the country has been sustained since completion of the trial.
conclusionsSignificant and sustainable gains can be made through stakeholder collaboration. We recommend that trial sites in lower-resourced settings take an expansive view of relevant stakeholders when planning engagement; undertake capacity-building and knowledge sharing; plan for long-term sustainability of CE; design engagement around specific objectives; tailor and optimize communication strategies; and design stakeholder engagement to involve key policy makers.
trial registrationISRCTN78372190 - Registration date is October 14, 2010 (Stage 1) and ISRCTN18148631 - Registration date is February 10, 2016 (Stage 2).
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