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Dick Menzies, MD
…fe; 2. Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment (TPT) with shorter regimens are superior with respect to acceptance, completion, and costs; 3. 4 months of Rifampin 10mg/kg (4R10) is the safest regimen, but is completed by \<80% of patients; 4. The safety of 2 months of Rifampin 20mg/kg …
Jann-Yuan Wang, MD, PhD
…1.00-1.02\], p = 0.218). The 3HP regimen is among the four regimens for LTBI that is recommended by the WHO and is also probably the most promising regimen because of its convenience, with only 12 doses requried. With its effectiveness well established, the major remaining conce…
Chin-Chung Shu
…emains unclear. Currently, three-month rifamycin-containing regimens, such as weekly rifapentine and isoniazid (3HP) or daily rifampicin and isoniazid (3HP), are common because its non-inferiority to nine-month of daily isoniazid (9H) and high completion rate by its short course …
Jann-Yuan Wang, Ph.D.
…e very helpful for policy making in public health. Several regimens have been used in treating LTBI, including 9-month isoniazid, 4-month rifampin, 2-month rifampin plus pyrazinamide, and 3-month isoniazid plus rifampin. Among the 4 regimens, 2-month rifampin plus pyrazinamide h…
Huashan Hospital
… been established. The integration of ultra-short treatment regimens with active screening holds the potential to provide a comprehensive and effective strategy for tuberculosis prevention and control in school environments, which may help reform the national tuberculosis policy …
Miguel Santín
…h rifapentine (P) + isoniazid (H) weekly for 12 weeks (3HP) regimens is better than with a 3-month (3HR) regimen for treatment of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) in patients with end stage kidney disease. Methods Design: Multicenter, prospective, parallel-group, open-l…
Freundeskreis Für Internationale Tuberkulosehilfe e.V
… to active disease. The long treatment of TB infection with regimens lasting from three to nine months is a significant barrier to treatment completion in individuals with a confirmed diagnosis of TB infection. Adapting a shorter regimen than the current regimens could lead to a …
Jann-Yuan Wang, MD. PhD.
…lease assay (IGRA). For preventive therapy, the recommended regimens include daily isoniazid for 9 months and daily rifampicin for 4 months. By incorporating long-acting rifapentine, a new regimen combining weekly rifapentine and high-dose isoniazid for a total of 12 doses has be…
Dick Menzies
Rationale: Shorter regimens of high dose daily rifampin may be safe, and as effective as the standard rifampin regimen when taken for 4 months to treat latent TB (LTBI). However, there is insufficient evidence on the optimal dose of rifampin that has similar efficacy as the stan…
Soumya Chatterjee, MD
Center for Disease Control (CDC) data reveal that after years of sustained decrease, the incidence of active tuberculosis (TB) disease in the US has plateaued. Most of the cases occur when Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) reactivates replication in people who have latent tubercul…
Dick Menzies, MD
…ared the rates of serious adverse events (SAE) with the two regimens. These were adjudicated by an independent three member review panel, blinded to study drug. In this phase, among 420 subjects randomized to 4RIF overall rate of Grade 3-4 SAE was 2.4% compared to 5.6% among the …
Elsa M Villarino, MD, MPH, Timothy Sterling, MD
Open-label, multi-center, Phase III clinical trial to compare the effectiveness and tolerability of a three-month (12-dose) regimen of weekly rifapentine and isoniazid (3RPT/INH) to the effectiveness of a nine-month (270-dose)regimen of daily isoniazid (9INH) to prevent tuberculo…
Richard E. Chaisson, MD, Susan Swindells, MBBS
HIV-infected people have an increased risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB). At the time the study was designed, the standard course of treatment for TB was 6 to 9 months of isoniazid (INH).This study compared the safety and effectiveness of a 4-week regimen of rifapentine …
Richard Chaisson, MD
…study compares three different tuberculosis (TB) prevention regimens against the standard regimen of 6 months of isoniazid. It is being conducted in Soweto, South Africa. People who are HIV positive and have a positive tuberculin skin test without signs of active tuberculosis may…
University of Colorado, Denver
… recommended treatment guideline consists of four treatment regimens, varying in duration from 3 to 9 months. The CDC recommends utilization of the shorter regimens when possible to achieve higher patient compliance and infection clear rates. The second shortest duration treatmen…
Huashan Hospital
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of the 1-month regimen of three times weekly rifapentine plus isoniazid in improving fertility outcome in recurrent implantation failure (RIF) patients with latent genital tuberculosis (LGTB), compared t…
Anchalee Avihingsanon, MD, PhD
…. The study will also assess safety and tolerability of the regimens, adherence to the treatments, and patterns of antibiotic resistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates in participants who fail on these prophylactic regimens. Under this study, there is one substu…
Mary C White, PhD
…e of this project is to evaluate the effect of two accepted regimens for treating latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in jail. Tuberculosis (TB) in incarcerated populations continues to be a serious problem, due to the large proportion of persons who are at high risk of both hav…
Andrey S Borisov, MD, MPH, Robert Belknap, MD, Robert Belknap, MD
The study is an open label, multicenter, randomized (three arms: DOT (standard control), SAT, SAT with SMS reminders) controlled clinical trial. The trial is conducted in patients diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) who are recommended for treatment. The primary o…
Dereck Tait, MD, Angelique Luabeya, MD
…e study will be expanded to evaluate both 2-dose and 3-dose regimens and to include LTBI(+) subjects. In the first phase, 50 LTBI(-) subjects will be enrolled in Group 1 and randomized at a ratio of 3:3:3:1 to receive 2 doses of 5/500, 15/500, or 50/500 of AERAS-456, or placebo g…
Gonzalo G Alvarez, MD
This phase IV clinical study trial will be conducted among persons who require treatment for LTBI treatment in Iqaluit, Nunavut and Ottawa, Ontario. The primary objective of this study is to compare the proportion of people who complete directly observed prophylactic treatment (D…
Joseph A Kovacs, M.D.
…guidelines and is a part of multiple recommended first-line regimens for the treatment of HIV. However, the use of TAF with rifamycins, including RPT, is not recommended due to potential drug interactions. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the effects of concomitant…
Joseph A Kovacs, M.D.
… cobicistat (DRV/c) comprises part of alternative treatment regimens recommended for the treatment of HIV.2However, drug interactions between these ARV agents and RPT are of concern. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the effects of concomitant RPT and INH administra…
ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco
…ctable and can lead to treatment interruptions, alternative regimens, or incomplete therapy. Despite the widespread use of INH, real-world data describing the incidence, clinical characteristics, and management strategies of INH-induced hepatotoxicity remain limited, especially i…
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
…mide. There are no RCTs on the most appropriate form of ATT regimens or the modification of immunosuppression in these conditions. There are various case series and case reports who have been systematically studied infections and their management including the large prospective E…