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ArticleThe Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy2020

Duration of pretomanid/moxifloxacin/pyrazinamide therapy compared with standard therapy based on time-to-extinction mathematics.

Shashikant Srivastava, Devyani Deshpande, Gesham Magombedze, Johanna van Zyl, Kayle Cirrincione, Katherine Martin, Paula Bendet, Alexander Berg, Debra Hanna, Klaus Romero and 2 more

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Article in The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Shashikant SrivastavaCenter for Infectious Diseases Research and Experimental Therapeutics, Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Devyani DeshpandeCenter for Infectious Diseases Research and Experimental Therapeutics, Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Gesham MagombedzeCenter for Infectious Diseases Research and Experimental Therapeutics, Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Johanna van ZylCenter for Infectious Diseases Research and Experimental Therapeutics, Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Kayle CirrincioneCenter for Infectious Diseases Research and Experimental Therapeutics, Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Katherine MartinPraedicare Laboratories, Dallas, TX, USA.
Paula BendetPraedicare Laboratories, Dallas, TX, USA.
Alexander BergCritical Path to TB Drug Regimens, Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Debra HannaCritical Path to TB Drug Regimens, Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Klaus RomeroCritical Path to TB Drug Regimens, Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Dave HermannBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
Tawanda GumboCenter for Infectious Diseases Research and Experimental Therapeutics, Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Baylor University Medical Center · USCritical Path Institute · USGates Foundation · USUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesAnimal models have suggested that the combination of pretomanid with pyrazinamide and moxifloxacin (PaMZ) may shorten TB therapy duration to 3-4 months. Here, we tested that in the hollow-fibre system model of TB (HFS-TB).

methodsA series of HFS-TB experiments were performed to compare the kill rates of the PaMZ regimen with the standard three-drug combination therapy. HFS-TB experiments were performed with bacilli in log-phase growth treated for 28 days, intracellular bacilli treated daily for 28 days and semi-dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis treated with daily therapy for 56 days for sterilizing effect. Next, time-to-extinction equations were employed, followed by morphism transformation and Latin hypercube sampling, to determine the proportion of patients who achieved a time to extinction of 3, 4 or 6 months with each regimen.

resultsUsing linear regression, the HFS-TB sterilizing effect rates of the PaMZ regimen versus the standard-therapy regimen during the 56 days were 0.18 (95% credible interval=0.13-0.23) versus 0.15 (95% credible interval=0.08-0.21) log10 cfu/mL/day, compared with 0.16 (95% credible interval=0.13-0.18) versus 0.11 (95% credible interval=0.09-0.13) log10 cfu/mL/day in the Phase II clinical trial, respectively. Using time-to-extinction and Latin hypercube sampling modelling, the expected percentages of patients in which the PaMZ regimen would achieve sterilization were 40.37% (95% credible interval=39.1-41.34) and 72.30% (95% credible interval=71.41-73.17) at 3 and 4 months duration of therapy, respectively, versus 93.67% (95% credible interval=93.18-94.13) at 6 months for standard therapy.

conclusionsThe kill rates of the PaMZ regimen were predicted to be insufficient to achieve cure in less than 6 months in most patients.

Indexed as

Antitubercular AgentsDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansMathematicsMoxifloxacinMycobacterium tuberculosisNitroimidazolesPyrazinamideTuberculosisAntitubercular AgentsMoxifloxacinNitroimidazolespretomanidPyrazinamide

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PMID31713607
PMCPMC6966096
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