Immune Reconstitution in Tuberculosis Disease
Pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB)The aim with study is to provide adjunctive therapy with vitamin D and phenylbutyrate together with standard anti-tuberculosis treatment to significantly improve clinical recovery among patients with untreated, active pulmonary tuberculosis.
Trial of Faropenem and Cefadroxil (in Combination With Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid and Standard...
Pulmonary TuberculosisThis trial aims to determine whether the early bactericidal activity of rifampicin given with faropenem or cefadroxil (each given with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid) is greater than the activity of rifampicin alone in patients with pulmonary TB. The trial will also investigate potential new biomarkers of sterilising activity.
Evaluation of Early Bactericidal Activity in Pulmonary Tuberculosis With Clofazimine (C)-TMC207...
Pulmonary TuberculosisThe trial will evaluate the extended bactericidal activity of 14 consecutive days of oral administration of TMC207 plus PA-824 plus Pyrazinamide plus Clofazimine, TMC207 plus PA-824 plus Pyrazinamide, TMC207 plus PA-824 plus Clofazimine alone, TMC207 plus Pyrazinamide plus Clofazimine, Pyrazinamide alone, Clofazimine alone, and standard first line TB treatment as per South African TB Guidelines (Rifafour e-275) as determined by the rate of change of log CFU per ml sputum over the time period Day 0-14 in participants with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). A control group will receive standard treatment.
A Clinical Trial to Study the Effect of the Addition of Vitamin D to Conventional Treatment in New...
Pulmonary TuberculosisThere is some evidence that supplemental Vitamin D may contribute to quicker recovery from TB when given in addition to normal TB therapy. This needs to be proven with a controlled clinical trial. People receiving Vitamin D with anti TB therapy will be compared against people receiving anti TB therapy alone to see if vitamin D contributes to a quicker recovery (as shown by a quicker sputum culture conversion).
Phase 2a ID93 + GLA-SE Vaccine Trial in TB Patients After Treatment Completion
Pulmonary TuberculosisThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of ID93 + GLA-SE vaccine when administered to adult pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) patients, following successful completion of TB treatment with confirmed bacteriologic cure, in preparation for a future Phase 2b prevention of TB recurrence trial in the same population.
Azacytidine During Anti-tuberculosis Therapy
TuberculosisPulmonaryTuberculosis has been shown to make immune genes inaccessible and slows immune response The purpose of this research is to see if if azacitidine is safe and can return the ability of the body to resist tuberculosis (TB), a contagious infection that attacks the lungs. Individuals with tuberculosis are being asked to participate. Some will receive a drug to restore a host immunity while others can choose to receive standard of care. All patients will continue to receive standard of care tuberculosis therapy regardless of whether they chose to participate in the study. This study is a Phase Ib/IIa single-institution, open-label, non-randomized clinical trial of sub-cutaneous azacitidine in pulmonary TB patients during the continuation phase of ATT.
Novel Triple-dose Tuberculosis Retreatment Regimens: How to Overcome Resistance Without Creating...
TuberculosisPulmonaryDrug-resistance is a major challenge for tuberculosis (TB) care programs. The new WHO guideline recommends adding levofloxacin in previously treated patients with isoniazid-resistant rifampicin-susceptible TB. The investigators believe that such a retreatment regimen may result in acquired resistance to fluoroquinolone, the core drug of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) regimen, and thus threaten the effectiveness of the fluoroquinolone-based MDR-TB treatment regimen. Therefore the investigators propose to study if regimens strengthened by using high-dose first-line drugs, either a triple dose of isoniazid or a triple dose of rifampicin, are non-inferior to the WHO recommended levofloxacin-strengthened regimen. If one of both high-dose regimens would be non-inferior, it could replace the levofloxacin-strengthened regimen.
Phase 1 Clinical Trial of Single-Vial ID93 + GLA-SE in Healthy Adults
Pulmonary TBThis is a phase 1, double-blind, randomized clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of single-vial lyophilized ID93 + GLA-SE compared to the two-vial presentation consisting of lyophilized ID93 and liquid GLA-SE administered as two IM injections in healthy adult subjects (aged 18 - 55).
Acceptability and Feasibility of Home-based TB Testing
TuberculosisPulmonary1 moreThis study aims to evaluate the utility of home-based point-of-care TB testing for early diagnosis and linkage to care of household contacts of TB patients, addressing the need for active case finding and early detection of infectious TB. The investigators propose an exploratory study to 1) investigate the acceptability and feasibility of home-based TB testing of household contacts using a new portable GeneXpert point-of-care (PoC) platform, and 2) determine the potential impact of such a home-based testing program on early detection of TB disease and linkage-to-care (LTC).
Phase 1 ID93 + GLA-SE Vaccine Trial in Healthy Adult Volunteers
Pulmonary TuberculosisThe purpose of this study is to determine the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity in healthy adult subjects of an investigational vaccine being developed for the prevention of pulmonary tuberculosis. The vaccine, identified as ID93 + GLA-SE, consists of the recombinant four-antigen Mycobacterium tuberculosis recombinant protein ID93 together with the adjuvant GLA-SE.