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Trial reportAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2014

Pharmacokinetics of para-aminosalicylic acid in HIV-uninfected and HIV-coinfected tuberculosis patients receiving antiretroviral therapy, managed for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Lizanne de Kock, Sherwin K B Sy, Bernd Rosenkranz, Andreas H Diacon, Kim Prescott, Kenneth R Hernandez, Mingming Yu, Hartmut Derendorf, Peter R Donald

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Mutations inJAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2026
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  6. Therapeutic drug monitoring in tuberculosis.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2024
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  8. New and Repurposed Drugs for the Treatment of Active Tuberculosis: An Update for Clinicians.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2023
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  10. Clinical standards for the dosing and management of TB drugs.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lizanne de KockDivision of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sherwin K B SyDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Bernd RosenkranzDivision of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa rosenkranz@sun.ac.za.
Andreas H DiaconDepartment of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Kim PrescottDivision of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Kenneth R HernandezDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Mingming YuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Hartmut DerendorfDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Peter R DonaldPediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Stellenbosch University · ZAUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis prompted the reintroduction of para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) to protect companion anti-tuberculosis drugs from additional acquired resistance. In sub-Saharan Africa, MDR/XDR tuberculosis with HIV coinfection is common, and concurrent treatment of HIV infection and MDR/XDR tuberculosis is required. Out of necessity, patients receive multiple drugs, and PAS therapy is frequent; however, neither potential drug interactions nor the effects of HIV infection are known. Potential drug-drug interaction with PAS and the effect of HIV infection was examined in 73 pulmonary tuberculosis patients; 22 (30.1%) were HIV coinfected. Forty-one pulmonary MDR or XDR tuberculosis patients received 4 g PAS twice daily, and in a second crossover study, another 32 patients were randomized, receiving 4 g PAS twice daily or 8 g PAS once daily. A PAS population pharmacokinetic model in two dosing regimens was developed; potential covariates affecting its pharmacokinetics were examined, and Monte Carlo simulations were conducted evaluating the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic index. The probability of target attainment (PTA) to maintain PAS levels above MIC during the dosing interval was estimated by simulation of once-, twice-, and thrice-daily dosing regimens not exceeding 12 g daily. Concurrent efavirenz (EFV) medication resulted in a 52% increase in PAS clearance and a corresponding >30% reduction in mean PAS area under the concentration curve in 19 of 22 HIV-M. tuberculosis-coinfected patients. Current practice recommends maintenance of PAS concentrations at ≥1 μg/ml (the MIC of M. tuberculosis), but the model predicts that at only a minimum dose of 4 g twice daily can this PTA be achieved in at least 90% of the population, whether or not EFV is concomitantly administered. Once-daily dosing of 12 g PAS will not provide PAS concentrations exceeding the MIC over the entire dosing interval if coadministered with EFV, while 4 g twice daily ensures concentrations exceeding MIC over the entire dosing interval, even in HIV-infected patients who received EFV.

Indexed as

AdultAlkynesAminosalicylic AcidAnti-Retroviral AgentsAntitubercular AgentsBenzoxazinesCross-Over StudiesCyclopropanesExtensively Drug-Resistant TuberculosisFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedTuberculosis, Multidrug-ResistantAlkynesAminosalicylic AcidAnti-Retroviral AgentsAntitubercular AgentsBenzoxazinesCyclopropanesefavirenz

Identifiers

PMID25114132
PMCPMC4187930
OpenAlexW2025609788

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