Active clinical trials for "Tuberculosis"

The purpose of this study is to determine whether one or two four-month regimens of tuberculosis treatment are as effective as a standard six-month regimen for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). All three regimens are administered daily, seven days each week, with direct observation of each dose by a health-care worker at least five of the seven days of each week. The standard six-month regimen is two months of isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide followed by four months of isoniazid and rifampin. The first short regimen is a single substitution of rifapentine for rifampin: two months of isoniazid, rifapentine, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide, followed by two months of isoniazid and rifapentine. The second short regimen is a double substitution of rifapentine for rifampin and moxifloxacin for ethambutol: two months of isoniazid, rifapentine, moxifloxacin, and pyrazinamide, followed by two months of isoniazid, rifapentine, and moxifloxacin. Target enrollment is 2500 participants. Each study participant will remain in the study for 18 months in order to include at least 12 months of evaluation of whether the participant's TB recurs.

The overall goal of this exploratory proof-of-concept study is to determine whether, in participants with pulmonary tuberculosis caused by M. tuberculosis (MTB) with or without rifampin resistance-conferring rpoB-gene mutations, the combination of meropenem and amoxicillin/clavulanate with rifampin has greater early bactericidal activity (EBA) than the combination of meropenem and amoxicillin/clavulanate without rifampin. Funding Source- FDA OOPD.

GSK3036656 is being developed by GSK for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB). This is the FTIH study for GSK3036656 to evaluate the safety, tolerability and PK of single ascending and repeat oral doses of GSK3036656 in healthy adult subjects. The results of this study are intended to be used to identify appropriate and well-tolerated doses of GSK3036656 to be used in further studies. A food effect assessment will also be undertaken to investigate the influence of food on the PK of GSK3036656. The study will be conducted in two parts: Part A (single dose) and Part B (repeat dose). Up to two cohorts will be included in Part A. 9 healthy adult subjects will be included in each cohort. Each cohort will participate in up to 4 treatment (dosing) periods including a food effect treatment period. During each treatment period, GSK3036656 will be administered to 6 subjects and placebo will be administered to 3 subjects. The starting dose in Part A will be 5 milligrams (mg), and the maximum dose will be 1500 mg. The two cohorts in Part A will be dosed sequentially (i.e., dosing in Cohort 2 starts after dosing in Cohort 1 is completed). Initially, there will be a 14 day wash out period for individual subjects between each dose level. Study progression to Part B from Part A will be based on an acceptable safety, tolerability and PK profile in Part A. Part B will comprise up to 4 cohorts (Cohorts 3, 4, 5, and 6) each containing 10 (8 active: 2 placebo) healthy adult subjects to examine the safety, tolerability and PK of a repeated daily dose of GSK3036656 over a period of up to 14 days. Appropriate doses and dose regimens for Part B will be selected based on available safety, tolerability and PK data from Part A and/or any preceding repeat dose cohorts from Part B. Dividing the total daily dose into 2 or 3 smaller doses may be done in both Part A and Part B. Up to 18 subjects will be enrolled into Part A and up to 40 subjects will be enrolled into Part B. The total duration of the study for each subject recruited into Part A and Part B will be approximately 12 weeks and 8 weeks, respectively.

Each year, 10.4 million patients are diagnosed with and 1.8 million people die from Tuberculosis (TB). Despite the availability of highly effective and accessible medications in the developing world where TB is endemic, the 6-18 month treatment regimen is often thwarted as patients fail to comply due to a lack of knowledge about the disease, desire for privacy, and/or stigma avoidance. Inappropriate medication use leading to multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB infects 5% of all TB patients, yet accounts for a significant proportion of all spending. In Kenya, the burden of TB is among the highest in the world with a prevalence rate of 558 cases per 100,000 people. There is a great need for the development of alternative protocols, which reduce the costs of treatment and burden of adherence, and more effectively motivate patients to adhere to the program. A substantial and growing literature in the social sciences demonstrates the potential of behavioral interventions for generating large increases in contributions to public goods. This 1200 participant, Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) explores the capacity of Keheala, a feature-phone and Internet-based digital platform that uses Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technology, to deliver behavioral interventions for improving treatment adherence, outcomes and quality of life for TB patients in Nairobi, Kenya. Keheala taps into this underutilized potential by developing a powerful, cost-effective platform for better engaging patients' sense of responsibility to their community in order to increase adherence.

Tuberculosis is the current leading cause of death due to an identifiable infectious agent worldwide. The current standard regimen for tuberculosis requires a patient to take drug combination (isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide) for six to eight month periods. The purpose of this study is to compare tuberculosis treatment therapy between the current standard regimen and PRS derived combinatorial regimen. PRS derived regimen may potentially allow for a shorter course of treatment, which may reduce problems associated with adherence, toxicity, and development of drug resistance.

The purpose of the study is to carry out multi-country (Ukraine and Mongolia), placebo-controlled, randomized Phase III trial in patients with drug-sensitive, multi-drug resistant (MDR-TB) and TB-HIV and identify efficacy and safety of whole-cell, heat-killed Mycobacterium vaccae formulated as a pill (V7) and consequently conduct confirmatory trials in intended registration countries, such as China, Russia and South Africa, etc.

The recommended treatment for latent tuberculosis infection for adults is a daily dose of isoniazid 300mg during 6 months. In Brazil, isoniazid was formulated as 100 mg tables. The treatment duration and the high pill burden compromised patient adherence to the treatment. The Brazilian National Programme for Tuberculosis requested the development of a new 300mg isoniazid formulation. The aim of the study is to compare the bioavailability of the isoniazid 300mg new formulation and three 100mg tablets of the reference formulation. The study is a randomized, single dose, open label, fasting, two-phase crossover bioequivalence study with a wash out period of 7 days (>7 half-life) in 28 healthy human volunteers. For the determination of isoniazid in human plasma, the investigators developed and validated a sensitive, simple and rapid HPLC-MS/MS method. This will support the strategy adopted by the Brazilian National Program for Tuberculosis for the treatment of latent tuberculosis. The new formulation will increase patients' adherence to the treatment and quality of life. Medical doctors in Brazil should become aware of the new formulation and the new treatment strategy in order to prescribe the right medication and avoid errors that could result in a high frequency of adverse events. Future research studies should evaluate pharmacovigilance, acceptability of the new tablet formulation and its impact on the cure rate.

The purpose of this study is to determine the mycobactericidal activity of combinations of bedaquiline (J), moxifloxacin (M), PA-824 (Pa) and pyrazinamide (Z) regimens during 8 weeks of treatment.

Future patients might benefit from a combination of linezolid (LIN) and clarithromycin (CLA) in the treatment of Multidrug-resistant and Extensively Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR/XDR-TB) due to possible synergistic activity as shown in in vitro experiments in different Mycobacteria strains. The investigators observed increased LIN serum levels in three cases after combining LIN and CLA of which the investigators described one in a case report (Bolhuis et al). The investigators suggest to conduct a prospective pharmacokinetic study in MDR- and XDR-TB patients to quantify the above described interaction between LIN and CLA.

This study will evaluate two different ways to give rifapentine (RPT), a drug that may help shorten treatment duration for tuberculosis (TB) disease.