TBTC Study 27: Moxifloxacin vs Ethambutol for TB Treatment
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Tuberculosis, Pulmonary focused on measuring TB, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary TB
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Suspected pulmonary tuberculosis with acid-fast bacilli in a stained sputum smear - patients whose sputum cultures do not grow M. tuberculosis and those having an M. tuberculosis isolate resistant to rifampin will be discontinued from the study, but followed for 14 days to detect late toxicities from study therapy. Patients having extra-pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis, in addition to smear-positive pulmonary disease, are eligible for enrollment. Willingness to have HIV testing performed, if HIV serostatus is not known or if the last documented negative HIV test was more than 6 months prior to enrollment 7 or fewer days of tuberculosis therapy in the 6 months preceding enrollment Age > 18 years Karnofsky score of at least 60 Signed informed consent Women with child-bearing potential must agree to practice an adequate (barrier) method of birth control or to abstain from heterosexual sex. Laboratory parameters within 14 days of enrollment: Serum amino aspartate transferase (AST) activity less than 3 times the upper limit of normal Serum total bilirubin level less than 2.5 times upper limit of normal Serum creatinine level less than 2 times upper limit of normal Hemoglobin level of at least 7.0 g/dL Platelet count of at least 50,000/mm3 Serum potassium > 3.0 meq/L Negative pregnancy test (for women of childbearing potential) Exclusion Criteria: Breast-feeding Known intolerance to any of the study drugs Known allergy to any fluoroquinolone antibiotic Current or planned therapy during the first 2 months of tuberculosis treatment using drugs having unacceptable interactions with rifampin (rifabutin can be substituted for rifampin during the continuation phase of therapy) Current or planned antiretroviral therapy during the first 2 months of tuberculosis treatment History of prolonged QT syndrome or current or planned therapy with quinidine, procainamide, amiodarone, sotalol, or ziprasidone during the first 2 months of tuberculosis treatment. Pulmonary silicosis
Sites / Locations
- University of Southern California Medical Center
- University of California at San Diego
- University of California, San Francisco
- Denver Public Health Department
- Washington DC Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Emory University School of Medicine
- Hines Vetrans Administration Medical Center
- Johns Hopkins University
- Boston University Medical Center
- New Jersey School of Medicine
- New York University School of Medicine
- Columbia University
- Harlem Hospital Center
- Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Health Care System
- University of North Texas Health Science Center
- Houston Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Audie L Murphy Memorial Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Seattle-King County Health Department
- University of British Columbia
- University of Manitoba
- Montreal Chest Institute
- Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine
- Makerere University Medical School