Conditions: Tuberculosis
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 69
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Tuberculosis (TB) disease is caused by bacteria that have infected the lung. TB bacteria are very small living agents that are spread by coughing and can be killed by taking TB drugs. To kill these TB bacteria TB patients have to take a combination of four drugs for 2 months and then two drugs for a further 4 months. During the first 2 months patients take rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide. After that patients take only isoniazid and rifampicin for a further 4 months, making a total of 6 months therapy.

In A5307 the investigators wanted to test a new combination of drugs to see if the investigators could treat TB faster in the future.

Studies in animals have suggested that one of the four drugs, isoniazid, only works for a few days and may not be needed after the first two doses of TB treatment to kill the TB bacteria. After that its effects wear off to the point that it may even interfere with the other drugs. The investigators wanted to see if stopping isoniazid early, or using moxifloxacin, a different drug, instead could treat TB faster. This study was the first time that this type of regimen without isoniazid had been tested in humans. If the investigators could show that isoniazid stops working after a few days, the investigators could then try to see if they could possibly make a better tuberculosis treatment in the future.

Detailed description:
This was a Phase IIa open label, randomized clinical trial comparing the early bactericidal activity (EBA) of four anti-tuberculosis regimens. Participants with acid fast bacilli (AFB) smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis were hospitalized from screening through Day 15 of the study, during which time, sputum, blood, and urine were collected. Participants returned to the clinic on Day 28 for the final visit. The study duration was 29 days.

The purpose of the study was to estimate the primary outcome within each study arm and the study was not designed for between arm comparisons.

Arms:
arm 1: Participants were administered rifampin-isoniazid-pyrazinamide-ethambutol (RHZE) from Day 1 to Day 14. arm 2: Participants were administered RHZE from Day 1 to Day 2, then rifampin-pyrazinamide-ethambutol (RZE) from Day 3 to Day 14. arm 3: Participants were administered RHZE Day 1 to Day 2 and rifampin-moxifloxacin-pyrazinamide-ethambutol (RMZE) from Day 3 to Day 14. arm 4: Participants were administered only RZE from Day 1 through Day 14.

Interventions: intervention 1: Rifampicin intervention 2: Isoniazid intervention 3: Pyrazinamide intervention 4: Ethambutol intervention 5: Moxifloxacin
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Participants with body weight \</= 50kg were administered one 450 mg tablet orally once daily. Participants with body weight \>50kg were administered one 600 mg tablet orally once daily. intervention 2: Participants were administered three 100 mg tablets or one 300 mg tablet once daily. intervention 3: Participants with a body weight of 40-55 kg were administered two 500 mg tablets orally once daily. Participants with a body weight of 56-75 kg were administered three 500 mg tablets orally once daily. Participants with a body weight of 76-90 kg were administered four 500 mg tablets orally once daily. intervention 4: Participants with a body weight of 40-55 kg were administered two 400 mg tablets orally once daily. Participants with a body weight of 56-75 kg were administered three 400 mg tablets orally once daily. Participants with a body weight of 76-90 kg were administered four 400 mg tablets orally once daily. intervention 5: Participants were administered one 400 mg tablet orally once a day.

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