Research Papers

Introducing BPaL: Experiences from countries supported under the LIFT-TB project

Publication: PLoS One

Author(s): D. F. Wares ,M. Mbenga ,V. Mirtskhulava ,M. Quelapio ,A. Slyzkyi ,I. Koppelaar ,S. N. Cho ,U. Go ,J. S. Lee ,J.-K. Jung ,D. Everitt ,S. Foraida ,M. Diachenko ,S. Juneja ,E. Burhan ,A. Totkogonova ,Z. Myint ,I. Flores ,N. A. Lytvynenko ,N. Parpieva ,N. V.

11/2024

Tags: BPaL, MDR-TB, Regimen Change

Savings from the introduction of BPaL and BPaLM regimens at the country level

Publication: IJTLD Open

Author(s): C. Auer, A. Gupta, C. Malbacius, A. Ghafoor, Y. Kock, O. Medvedieva, P. Hanlon, P. Steinmann, and S. Juneja

8/2024

Tags: BPaL, MDR-TB, TB Drug Market, TB Market

Experiences in the introduction of bedaquiline pretomanid linezolid for drug-resistant tuberculosis in Kyrgyzstan

Publication: Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Author(s): B. Myrzaliev, M. Ahmatov, A. Duishekeeva, A. Kulzhabaeva, A. Kadyrov, A. Toktogonova, G. Abdulaeva, D.F. Wares , V. Mirtskhulava, M. Mbenga, A. Slyzkyi, S. Foraida, M. Diachenko, S. Juneja, G. Turdumambetova, A. Musaeva, A. Gebha

7/2024

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), BPaL, Linezolid, MDR-TB, Regimen Change, XDR-TB

Prevalence and genetic basis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to pretomanid in China

Publication: Annals of Clinical Micobiology and Antimicrobials

Author(s): Bing Zhao, Huiwen Zheng, Juliano Timm, Zexuan Song, Shaojun Pei, Ruida Xing, Yajie Guo, Ling Ma, Feina Li, Qing Li, Yan Li, Lin Huang, Chong Teng, Ni Wang, Aastha Gupta, Sandeep Juneja, Fei Huang, Yanlin Zhao, Xichao Ou

5/2024

Tags: Drug-Sensitivity Testing, M.tb. Biology, MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824, XDR-TB

Bedaquiline-pretomanid-moxifloxacin-pyrazinamide for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treatment: a phase 2c, open-label, multicentre, partially randomised controlled trial

Publication: Lancet Infectious Diseases

Author(s): Muge Cevik, MD Lindsay C Thompson, MPhil Caryn Upton, MD Valéria Cavalcanti Rolla Mookho Malahleha, MD Blandina Mmbaga, PhD Nosipho Ngubane, MD Zamzurina Abu Bakar, MD Mohammed Rassool, MD Ebrahim Variava, MD Rodney Dawson, MD Suzanne Staples, DPhil Umes

5/2024

Tags: Clinical Development, Clinical Trial Results, Global Pipeline, MDR-TB, Moxifloxacin, Pretomanid/PA-824, Pyrazinamide

The Safety and Tolerability of Linezolid in Novel Short-Course Regimens Containing Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, and Linezolid to Treat Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis

Publication: Clinical Infectious Diseases

Author(s): Tasnim Hasan, Ellie Medcalf, Bern-Thomas Nyang'wa, Erica Egizi, Catherine Berry, Matthew Dodd, Salah Foraida, Medea Gegia, Mengchun Li, Fuad Mirzayev, Hannah Morgan, Ilaria Motta, Linh Nguyen, Samuel Schumacher, Tim Schlub, Greg Fox

10/2023

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), BPaL, Linezolid, MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824

Bedaquiline–Pretomanid–Linezolid Regimens for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Publication: New England Journal of Medicine

Author(s): Francesca Conradie, et al., for the ZeNix Trial Team

9/2022

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), BPaL, Clinical Trial Results, Linezolid, MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824, XDR-TB

Male reproductive hormones in patients treated with pretomanid

Author(s): Boekelheide K, Olugbosi M, Nedelman J, Everitt D, Smith E, Betteridge M, Sun E, Spigelman M

6/2022

Tags: MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824, XDR-TB

Budgetary impact of using BPaL for treating extensively drug resistant tuberculosis

Publication: BMJ Global Health

Author(s): Christiaan Mulder, Stephan Rupert, Ery Setiawan, Elmira Mambetova, Patience Edo, Jhon Sugiharto, Sani Useni, Shelly Malhotra, Sarah Cook-Scalise, Imran Pambudi, Abdullaat Kadyrov, Adebola Lawanson, Susan van den Hof, et al

1/2022

Tags: BPaL, MDR-TB, TB Market, XDR-TB

Acceptability, feasibility, and likelihood of stakeholders implementing the novel BPaL regimen to treat extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patients

Publication: BMC Public Health

Author(s): S. E. J. van de Berg, P. T. Pelzer, A. J. van der Land, E. Abdrakhmanova, A. Muhammad Ozi, M. Arias, S. Cook-Scalise, G. Dravniece, A. Gebhard, S. Juneja, R. Handayani, D. Kappel, M. Kimerling, I. Koppelaar, S. Malhotra et al

7/2021

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), BPaL, Linezolid, MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824, Regimen Change, TB Drug Market, TB Market, XDR-TB

Pretomanid with Bedaquiline and Linezolid for Drug Resistant TB: A Comparison of Prospective Cohorts

Author(s): S. Oelofse, A. Esmail, A. H. Diacon F. Conradie, O. Olayanju, N. Ngubane, P. Howell, D. Everitt, A. M. Crook, C. M. Mendel, G. H. Wills, M. Olugbosi, A. del Parigi, E. Sun, A. Calatroni, M. Spigelman, K. Dheda

4/2021

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), Linezolid, MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824

No antimicrobial resistance research agenda without tuberculosis

Publication: The Lancet Global Health

Author(s): Gwenan M Knight, Mario C Raviglione, *Richard G White

8/2020

Tags: MDR-TB, XDR-TB

Treatment of Highly Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Publication: The New England Journal of Medicine

Author(s): Francesca Conradie, M.B., B.Ch., Andreas H. Diacon, M.D., Nosipho Ngubane, M.B., B.Ch., Pauline Howell, M.B., B.Ch., Daniel Everitt, M.D., Angela M. Crook, Ph.D., Carl M. Mendel, M.D., Erica Egizi, M.P.H., et al., for the Nix-TB Trial Team*

3/2020

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), BPaL, Clinical Trial Results, Linezolid, MDR-TB, Pretomanid/PA-824, Regimen Change, Trial Design, XDR-TB

Bedaquiline, moxifloxacin, pretomanid, and pyrazinamide during the first 8 weeks of treatment of patients with drug-susceptible or drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis: a multicentre, open-label, partially randomised, phase 2b trial

Publication: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Author(s): Conor D Tweed, Rodney Dawson, Divan A Burger, Almari Conradie, Angela M Crook, Carl M Mendel, Francesca Conradie, Andreas H Diacon, Nyanda E Ntinginya, Daniel E Everitt, Frederick Haraka, Mengchun Li, Christo H van Niekerk, Alphonse Okwera

11/2019

Tags: Bedaquiline (TMC-207), BPaZ, Clinical Trial Results, MDR-TB, Moxifloxacin, NC-005, PaMZ, Pretomanid/PA-824, Trial Design

Tuberculosis and antimicrobial resistance - new models of research and development needed

Publication: Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Author(s): Brigden G, Castro JL, Ditiu L, Gray G, Hanna D, Low M, Matsoso MP, Perry G, Spigelman M, Swaminathan S, Torreele E, Wong S

5/2017

Tags: MDR-TB, TB Burden, XDR-TB

TB Alliance regimen development for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Publication: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Author(s): Murray, S., Mendel, C., & Spigelman, M.

12/2016

Tags: Linezolid, MDR-TB, NC-005, Nix-TB, STAND/NC-006

Tuberculosis

Publication: Tuberculosis.Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 2016/10/27/online. 16076. Macmillan Publishers Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2016.76

Author(s): Pai, Madhukar; Behr, Marcel A.; Dowdy, David; Dheda, Keertan; Divangahi, Maziar; Boehme, Catharina C.; Ginsberg, Ann; Swaminathan, Soumya; Spigelman, Melvin; Getahun, Haileyesus; Menzies, Dick; Raviglione, Mario

10/2016

Tags: Clinical Development, Drug Discovery, MDR-TB, TB-HIV

Population-based resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to pyrazinamide and fl uoroquinolones: results from a multicountry surveillance project

Publication: Zignol, Matteo, Anna Dean, and Natavan Alikhanova. "Population-based Resistance of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis." The Lancet (Published Online July 7, 2016 Http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30190-6):

7/2016

Tags: Drug-Sensitivity Testing, MDR-TB, Moxifloxacin, Pyrazinamide, TB Burden

Global burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis in children: a mathematical modelling study

Publication: Peter J Dodd, Charalambos Sismanidis, James A Seddon. Global burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis in children: a mathematical modelling study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases , Volume 0 , Issue 0

6/2016

Tags: Childhood TB, MDR-TB, TB Burden, XDR-TB

Drug-resistant tuberculosis clinical trials: proposed core research definitions in adults

Publication: Furin J., Alirol E, Allen E, et. al. Drug-resistant tuberculosis clinical trials: proposed core research definitions in adults. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 20161 Mar; 20(3): 290-294.

3/2016

Tags: Clinical Development, Editorials, MDR-TB, Trial Design, XDR-TB