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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2013

Advances in the development of new tuberculosis drugs and treatment regimens.

Alimuddin Zumla, Payam Nahid, Stewart T Cole

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03561753 (Pilot Clinical Trial of PRS TB Regimen I - Phase II), which is not on this map. Cited by 325 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03561753 phase4completednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Pilot Clinical Trial of PRS TB Regimen I - Phase II

TypeinterventionalSponsorShanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, ChinaRan2017 to 2020Enrolled97ConditionsPulmonary Tuberculosis TB in Sputum: (+) MicroscopyArmsGroup A (the standard 2HRZE/4HR regimen), Group B (New short course PRS regimen, 4EZ(high dose)PtoCfz)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

325 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. A systematic review and meta-analysis of first-line tuberculosis drug concentrations and treatment outcomes.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2020
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  11. Towards host-directed therapy: The role of matrix metalloproteinases in the immunopathogenesis of tuberculosis.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2026
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  20. Buruli ulcer.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
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265 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alimuddin ZumlaCenter for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK.
Payam Nahid
Stewart T Cole

Funding

TB Surrogate Markers for Assessing Reponse to Treatment (TB SMART Study)R01AI104589 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI NAHID, PAYAM, SIGAL, GEORGE B · 2013 to 2017
$6.2M
Medical Research CouncilNIAID NIH HHS 1R01AI104589
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the introduction 40 years ago of the inexpensive and effective four-drug (isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol) treatment regimen, tuberculosis (TB) continues to cause considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide. For the first time since the 1960s, new and novel drugs and regimens for all forms of TB are emerging. Such regimens are likely to utilize both repurposed drugs and new chemical entities, and several of these regimens are now progressing through clinical trials. This article covers current concepts and recent advances in TB drug discovery and development, including an update of ongoing TB treatment trials, newer clinical trial designs, TB biomarkers and adjunct host-directed therapies.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsAntitubercular AgentsBiomarkersClinical Trials as TopicClinical Trials, Phase II as TopicClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicDrug CombinationsDrug DiscoveryDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansMycobacterium tuberculosisResearch DesignTuberculosisAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntitubercular AgentsBiomarkersDrug Combinations

Identifiers

PMID23629506

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