Trial reportBMC infectious diseases2021
A highly effective and inexpensive standardized treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a multicenter prospective study in China.
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- Efficacy and safety of treatment regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis in different regions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Safety of treatment regimens for drug-resistant TB over a 15-year period: a scoping review.IJTLD open · 2026Review
- 15-year trends in efficacy and effectiveness of treatment outcomes in drug-resistant pulmonary TB.IJTLD open · 2025Article
- HIV-Negative Rifampicin Resistance/Multidrug-Resistant Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in China from 2015 to 2019: A Clinical Retrospective Investigation Study from a National Tuberculosis Clinical Research Center.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- The Correlations of Minimal Inhibitory Concentration Values of Anti-TB Drugs with Treatment Outcomes and Clinical Profiles in Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in China.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo verify the efficacy and safety of an inexpensive standardized regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) with low resistance to isoniazid (INH), a multicenter prospective study was conducted in eastern China.
methodsPatients diagnosed as MDR-TB with low concentration INH resistance and rifampicin resistance, second-line/injectable agents sensitive were prospectively enrolled, given the regimen of Amikacin (Ak)-Fluoroquinolones (FQs)-Cycloserine (Cs)-Protionamide (Pto)-PasiniaZid (Pa)-Pyrazinamide (Z) for 6 months followed by 12 months of FQs-Cs-Pto-Pa-Z, and then followed up for treatment outcomes and adverse events (AEs).
resultsA total of 114 patients were enrolled into the study. The overall favorable treatment rate was 79.8% (91/114). Among 91 cases with favorable treatment, 75.4% (86/114) were cured and 4.4% (5/114) were completed treatment. Regarding to unfavorable outcomes, among 23 cases, 8.8% (10/114) had failures, 8.8% (10/114) losing follow up, 0.9% (1/114) had treatment terminated due to intolerance to drugs and 1.8% (2/114) died. Treatment favorable rate was significantly higher in newly treated MDR-TB (91.7%, 33/36) than that in retreated MDR-TB (74.4%, 58/78, p 0.03). The investigators recorded 42 AEs occurrences in 30 of 114 patients (26.3%). Clinicians rated most AEs as mild or moderate (95.24%, 40/42).
conclusionsThe regimen was proved to be effective, safe and inexpensive. It is suitable for specific drug resistant population, especially for newly-treated patients, which could be expected to be developed into a short-course regimen. Clinical trials registration China Clinical Trial Registry ChiCTR-OPC-16009380.
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