# Home-Based Monitoring of Treatment-Related Adverse Events during Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment, India, 2020–2024 **Authors:** Minal Ahson, Daksha Shah, Sampada Bhide, Rajesh Deshmukh, Jonathan P. Smith, Smita Waghmare, Satish Kaipilyawar, Varsha Puri, Dilip K. Khetade, Vijay Yeldandi, Anand Date, Patrick K. Moonan, Christine S. Ho PMC · DOI: 10.3201/eid3203.251893 · 2026-03-01 ## TL;DR Home-based monitoring of adverse events improved treatment adherence for drug-resistant tuberculosis in India. ## Contribution The study demonstrates the effectiveness of home-based monitoring in improving drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes. ## Key findings - 53% of 974 patients reported adverse events during treatment. - 83% of patients completed therapy with home-based monitoring. - 26% of patients required treatment regimen changes due to adverse events. ## Abstract We investigated home-based outreach and point-of-care diagnostic tools for monitoring adverse events among persons treated for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Dharavi, India. Of 974 persons treated, 518 (53%) reported 1,410 adverse events, 126/477 (26%) required regimen change, and 83% of patients completed therapy. Home-based adverse event monitoring can help improve tuberculosis treatment adherence. ## Linked entities - **Diseases:** tuberculosis (MONDO:0018076), drug-resistant tuberculosis (MONDO:0041806) ## Full-text entities - **Diseases:** TB (MESH:D014376), death (MESH:D003643), resistant (MESH:D060467), DR (MESH:D004370), gastrointestinal (MESH:D005767), drug (MESH:D000081015), toxicities (MESH:D064420), DR TB (MESH:D018088), hearing loss (MESH:D034381), jaundice (MESH:D007565) - **Chemicals:** bedaquiline (MESH:C493870), rifampin (MESH:D012293), SLID (-), isoniazid (MESH:D007538), amikacin (MESH:D000583), pretomanid (MESH:C410767), bilirubin (MESH:D001663), fluoroquinolone (MESH:D024841), linezolid (MESH:D000069349), moxifloxacin (MESH:D000077266), capreomycin (MESH:D002207), kanamycin (MESH:D007612) - **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606] ## Figures 1 figure with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC13016008/full.md --- Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC13016008