Treatment Shortening of Drug-Sensitive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Using High Dose Rifampicin (Hi-DoRi-3) (Hi-DoRi-3)
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Tuberculosis, Pulmonary focused on measuring Tuberculosis, Rifampicin, Treatment, Shortening
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Documented positivity by sputum Xpert MTB/RIF assay
- Administration of current tuberculosis therapy (if any) for no more than 7 days (≤7) at the time of enrolment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Negative on Xpert MTB/RIF assay
- Resistance to rifampicin as detected by an Xpert MTB/RIF assay
- Known resistance to isoniazid, rifampicin, or pyrazinamide
- HIV positive
- Cancer patient on anti-cancer chemotherapy
- Uncontrolled DM
- Chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis
- Any contraindications of drugs to be used
Sites / Locations
- Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Lung Institute of Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
Arm 1 (Conventional treatment group)
Arm 2 (High-dose rifampicin group)
Will be treated as recommended by Korean Guidelines For Tuberculosis as well as WHO guidelines (e.g. isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide for 2 months followed by isoniazid, rifampicin, (and ethambutol)) Duration of the treatment - 6 months in total
High-dose rifampicin, isoniazid, and pyrazinamide Rifampicin: 30mg/kg Isoniazid: 300mg/day Pyrazinamide: 1000mg/day (<50kg), 1500mg/day (50-70kg), 2000mg /day (>70kg), till culture conversion Duration of the treatment Till 12 weeks after culture conversion on liquid media