High treatment success rate for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis using a bedaquiline-containing treatment regimen

N Ndjeka, K Schnippel, I Master… - European …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
South African patients with rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and resistance to
fluoroquinolones and/or injectable drugs (extensively drug-resistant (XDR) and preXDR-TB) …

Feasibility of a fixed-dose regimen of pyrazinamide and its impact on systemic drug exposure and liver safety in patients with tuberculosis

T Sahota, O Della Pasqua - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Historically, dosing regimens for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) have been proposed in
an empirical manner. Dose selection has often been the result of efficacy trials in which …

Development of new tuberculosis drugs: translation to regimen composition for drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

JP Ernest, N Strydom, Q Wang, N Zhang… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Tuberculosis (TB) kills more people than any other infectious disease. Challenges for
developing better treatments include the complex pathology due to within-host immune …

In vitro pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic models in anti-infective drug development: focus on TB

PK Vaddady, RE Lee, B Meibohm - Future medicinal chemistry, 2010 - Future Science
For rapid anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug development in vitro pharmacokinetic/
pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) models are useful in evaluating the direct interaction between …

Population pharmacokinetics of bedaquiline and metabolite M2 in patients with drug‐resistant tuberculosis: the effect of time‐varying weight and albumin

EM Svensson, AG Dosne… - CPT: pharmacometrics & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Albumin concentration and body weight are altered in patients with multidrug‐resistant
tuberculosis (MDR‐TB) and change during the long treatment period, potentially affecting …

[HTML][HTML] Is there a need to optimise pyrazinamide doses in patients with tuberculosis?: A Systematic Review

RH Chen, T Michael, J Kuhlin, T Schön… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pyrazinamide is a first-line tuberculosis drug with potent sterilizing activity. Variability in drug
exposure may potentially translate into suboptimal treatment responses. This systematic …

[HTML][HTML] A Modified BPaL Regimen for Tuberculosis Treatment replaces Linezolid with Inhaled Spectinamides

MZ Ali, TS Dutt, A MacNeill, A Walz, J Patterson… - eLife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
The Nix-TB clinical trial evaluated a new 6-month regimen containing three-oral-drugs;
bedaquiline (B), pretomanid (Pa) and linezolid (L)(BPaL regimen) for treatment of …

A modeling‐based proposal for safe and efficacious reintroduction of bedaquiline after dose interruption: a population pharmacokinetics study

L Keutzer, Y Akhondipour Salehabad… - CPT …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bedaquiline (BDQ) is recommended for treatment of multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis (MDR‐
TB) for the majority of patients. Given its long terminal half‐life and safety concerns, such as …

Population pharmacokinetics of pyrazinamide in patients with tuberculosis

A Alsultan, R Savic, KE Dooley, M Weiner… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The current treatment used for tuberculosis (TB) is lengthy and needs to be shortened and
improved. Pyrazinamide (PZA) has potent sterilizing activity and has the potential to shorten …

Pharmacokinetics of bedaquiline, delamanid and clofazimine in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

WA Alghamdi, MH Al-Shaer, M Kipiani… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Pharmacokinetic data are needed for newly implemented anti-tuberculosis
drugs to help optimize their use. Objectives To help fill existing knowledge gaps, we …