Research Papers

Bedaquiline–Pretomanid–Linezolid Regimens for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Publication: New England Journal of Medicine

Author(s): Francesca Conradie, et al., for the ZeNix Trial Team

9/2022

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), BPaL, Clinical Trial Results, Linezolid, MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824, XDR-TB

Male reproductive hormones in patients treated with pretomanid

Author(s): Boekelheide K, Olugbosi M, Nedelman J, Everitt D, Smith E, Betteridge M, Sun E, Spigelman M

6/2022

Tags: MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824, XDR-TB

Budgetary impact of using BPaL for treating extensively drug resistant tuberculosis

Publication: BMJ Global Health

Author(s): Christiaan Mulder, Stephan Rupert, Ery Setiawan, Elmira Mambetova, Patience Edo, Jhon Sugiharto, Sani Useni, Shelly Malhotra, Sarah Cook-Scalise, Imran Pambudi, Abdullaat Kadyrov, Adebola Lawanson, Susan van den Hof, et al

1/2022

Tags: BPaL, MDR-TB, TB Market, XDR-TB

Acceptability, feasibility, and likelihood of stakeholders implementing the novel BPaL regimen to treat extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patients

Publication: BMC Public Health

Author(s): S. E. J. van de Berg, P. T. Pelzer, A. J. van der Land, E. Abdrakhmanova, A. Muhammad Ozi, M. Arias, S. Cook-Scalise, G. Dravniece, A. Gebhard, S. Juneja, R. Handayani, D. Kappel, M. Kimerling, I. Koppelaar, S. Malhotra et al

7/2021

Tags: BPaL, MDR-TB, Regimen Change, TB Drug Market, TB Market, XDR-TB

Pretomanid with Bedaquiline and Linezolid for Drug Resistant TB: A Comparison of Prospective Cohorts

Author(s): S. Oelofse, A. Esmail, A. H. Diacon F. Conradie, O. Olayanju, N. Ngubane, P. Howell, D. Everitt, A. M. Crook, C. M. Mendel, G. H. Wills, M. Olugbosi, A. del Parigi, E. Sun, A. Calatroni, M. Spigelman, K. Dheda

4/2021

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), Linezolid, MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824

No antimicrobial resistance research agenda without tuberculosis

Publication: The Lancet Global Health

Author(s): Gwenan M Knight, Mario C Raviglione, *Richard G White

8/2020

Tags: MDR-TB, XDR-TB

Treatment of Highly Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Publication: The New England Journal of Medicine

Author(s): Francesca Conradie, M.B., B.Ch., Andreas H. Diacon, M.D., Nosipho Ngubane, M.B., B.Ch., Pauline Howell, M.B., B.Ch., Daniel Everitt, M.D., Angela M. Crook, Ph.D., Carl M. Mendel, M.D., Erica Egizi, M.P.H., et al., for the Nix-TB Trial Team*

3/2020

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), BPaL, Clinical Trial Results, Linezolid, MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824, Regimen Change, Trial Design, XDR-TB

Bedaquiline, moxifloxacin, pretomanid, and pyrazinamide during the first 8 weeks of treatment of patients with drug-susceptible or drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis: a multicentre, open-label, partially randomised, phase 2b trial

Publication: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Author(s): Conor D Tweed, Rodney Dawson, Divan A Burger, Almari Conradie, Angela M Crook, Carl M Mendel, Francesca Conradie, Andreas H Diacon, Nyanda E Ntinginya, Daniel E Everitt, Frederick Haraka, Mengchun Li, Christo H van Niekerk, Alphonse Okwera

11/2019

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), BPaZ, Clinical Trial Results, MDR-TB, Moxifloxacin, NC-005, PaMZ, Pretomanid/PA-824, Trial Design

Tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance - new models of research and development needed

Publication: Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Author(s): Brigden G, Castro JL, Ditiu L, Gray G, Hanna D, Low M, Matsoso MP, Perry G, Spigelman M, Swaminathan S, Torreele E, Wong S

5/2017

Tags: MDR-TB, TB Burden, XDR-TB

TB Alliance regimen development for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Publication: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Author(s): Murray, S., Mendel, C., & Spigelman, M.

12/2016

Tags: Linezolid, MDR-TB, NC-005, Nix-TB, STAND/NC-006

Tuberculosis

Publication: Tuberculosis.Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 2016/10/27/online. 16076. Macmillan Publishers Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2016.76

Author(s): Pai, Madhukar; Behr, Marcel A.; Dowdy, David; Dheda, Keertan; Divangahi, Maziar; Boehme, Catharina C.; Ginsberg, Ann; Swaminathan, Soumya; Spigelman, Melvin; Getahun, Haileyesus; Menzies, Dick; Raviglione, Mario

10/2016

Tags: Clinical Development, Drug Discovery, MDR-TB, TB-HIV

Population-based resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to pyrazinamide and fl uoroquinolones: results from a multicountry surveillance project

Publication: Zignol, Matteo, Anna Dean, and Natavan Alikhanova. "Population-based Resistance of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis." The Lancet (Published Online July 7, 2016 Http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30190-6):

7/2016

Tags: Drug-Sensitivity Testing, MDR-TB, Moxifloxacin, Pyrazinamide, TB Burden

Global burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis in children: a mathematical modelling study

Publication: Peter J Dodd, Charalambos Sismanidis, James A Seddon. Global burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis in children: a mathematical modelling study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases , Volume 0 , Issue 0

6/2016

Tags: Childhood TB, MDR-TB, TB Burden, XDR-TB

Drug-resistant tuberculosis clinical trials: proposed core research definitions in adults

Publication: Furin J., Alirol E, Allen E, et. al. Drug-resistant tuberculosis clinical trials: proposed core research definitions in adults. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 20161 Mar; 20(3): 290-294.

3/2016

Tags: Clinical Development, Editorials, MDR-TB, Trial Design, XDR-TB

Understanding and addressing the tuberculosis case detection gap national inventory studies to improve estimates of incidence and strengthen surveillance

Publication: Sismanidis C, Glaziou P, Bloss E, et. al. Understanding and addressing the tuberculosis case detection gap national inventory studies to improve estimates of incidence and strengthen surveillance. 2016 Mar.

3/2016

Tags: Advocacy, Editorials, MDR-TB, Policy, TB Burden, TB Drug Market, TB Market

"Understanding and addressing the tuberculosis case detection gap national inventory studies to improve estimates of incidence and strengthen surveillance" with comments

Publication: Sismanidis C, Glaziou P, Bloss E, et. al. "Understanding and addressing the tuberculosis case detection gap national inventory studies to improve estimates of incidence and strengthen surveillance" with comments. 2016 Mar

3/2016

Tags: Advocacy, Editorials, MDR-TB, Policy, TB Burden, TB Drug Market, TB Market

Paediatric formulations of second-line anti-tuberculosis medications: challenges and considerations

Publication: Taneja R, Garcia-Prats AJ, Furin J, Maheshwari HK. Paediatric formulations of second-line anti-tuberculosis medications: challenges and considerations. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Dec;19 Suppl 1:61-8. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0435.

12/2015

Tags: Advocacy, Childhood TB, Editorials, MDR-TB, Regimen Change

Efficiency and safety of the combination of moxifloxacin, pretomanid (PA-824), and pyrazinamide during the first 8 weeks of antituberculosis treatment: a phase 2b, open-label, partly randomised trial in patients with drug-susceptible or drug-resistant...

Publication: Dawson R, Diacon AH, Everitt D, et. al. Efficiency and safety of.... Lancet. 2015 May 2;385(9979):1738-47. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62002-X.

5/2015

Tags: Clinical Development, Clinical Trial Results, MDR-TB, Moxifloxacin, NC-002, PaMZ, Pretomanid/PA-824, Pyrazinamide

The Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development Pipeline and Emerging Drug Targets

Publication: Mdluli K, Kaneko T, Upton A. The tuberculosis drug discovery and development pipeline and emerging drug targets.Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2015 Jan 29;5(6). pii: a021154. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a021154.

1/2015

Tags: Advocacy, Clinical Development, Drug Discovery, Editorials, Global Pipeline, MDR-TB

Rapid sequencing of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pncA gene for detection of pyrazinamide susceptibility

Publication: Streicher EM, Maharaj K, York T, et. al. Rapid sequencing of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pncA gene for detection of pyrazinamide susceptibility.J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Nov;52(11):4056-7. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02438-14

8/2014

Tags: Drug-Sensitivity Testing, MDR-TB, Pyrazinamide