NCT00023374

Brief Summary

This study is a prospective, open-label, nonrandomized trial using a largely-intermittent, six-month tuberculosis treatment regimen among patients who will not receive isoniazid due to the presence of initial isoniazid resistance or intolerance. Subjects are enrolled after resistance or intolerance to isoniazid has been documented, and are treated for a total of six months (nine months if baseline chest x-ray shows cavitation and 2-month sputum culture is positive) with twice weekly or thrice weekly rifampin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide.

Trial Health

90
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
98

participants targeted

Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Aug 2000

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
2 countries

23 active sites

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

August 1, 2000

Completed
1.1 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 6, 2001

Completed
4 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

September 10, 2001

Completed
5.2 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

December 1, 2006

Completed
4 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

December 1, 2010

Completed
Last Updated

August 3, 2011

Status Verified

June 1, 2011

Enrollment Period

6.3 years

First QC Date

September 6, 2001

Last Update Submit

August 2, 2011

Conditions

Keywords

tuberculosisTBisoniazid resistanceisoniazid intolerancetreatmentefficacytoxicity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Combined endpoint of bacteriologic plus clinical failure and relapse within 2 years of completing treatment among patients with isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis and among patients enrolled with intolerance to isoniazid

    30 mos

Secondary Outcomes (8)

  • Occurrence and timing of toxicities and drug intolerances

    6 mos

  • Time to completion and the frequency of successful completion

    6 mos

  • Occurrence of acquired resistance

    30 mos

  • Proportion with documented conversion of 8-week sputum cultures

    8 wks

  • Bacteriologic failure or relapse in patients with resistance to streptomycin

    30 mos

  • +3 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (1)

Rifampin+PZA+Ethambutol

EXPERIMENTAL

6 mos of intermittent (2 or 3 times weekly) therapy with REZ

Drug: RifampinDrug: PyrazinamideDrug: EthambutolDrug: REZ

Interventions

6mos REZ intermittent

Rifampin+PZA+Ethambutol

6mos REZ intermittent

Rifampin+PZA+Ethambutol

6mos REZ intermittent

Rifampin+PZA+Ethambutol
REZDRUG

Rif+PZA+EMB given 2 or 3 times weekly for 6 months

Rifampin+PZA+Ethambutol

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • Culture-confirmed pulmonary or extrapulmonary tuberculosis due to a strain of M tuberculosis sensitive to rifampin, ethambutol and pyrazinamide based upon specimens (sputum or other pulmonary or extrapulmonary disease site specimens) collected no more than 8 weeks before and no more than 2 weeks after the start of the initial therapy. Susceptibility testing results documenting susceptibility to rifampin and ethambutol must be available at the time of enrollment. Susceptibility results to pyrazinamide may be pending at enrollment as long as pyrazinamide resistance is not known to be present based on prior testing. If pyrazinamide resistance is detected and confirmed (see Study Definitions) the patient will be withdrawn from the study therapy, treatment continued as recommended by the treating physician, and follow-up continued as per the protocol.
  • Decision to discontinue or not use isoniazid for one or both of these following conditions within the first 70 days of therapy:
  • Isoniazid resistant strain (growth in 0.2 mcg/ml or 0.1 mcg/ml of isoniazid on solid or liquid media, respectively)
  • The discontinuation of isoniazid due to intolerance (as judged by the principal investigator - see Study Definitions)
  • For patients enrolled after the start of therapy, documentation of adequate initial regimen as recommended in the CDC/ATS Treatment Guidelines (Appendix 1) is required. There are two means by which this requirement can be met:
  • The standard 4-drug regimen of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and either ethambutol or streptomycin or both.
  • The same regimen with isoniazid excluded for some or all doses in patients with known isoniazid intolerance or tuberculosis due to an isoniazid-resistant strain (i.e., the 3-drug regimen of rifampin, pyrazinamide and either ethambutol or streptomycin or both)
  • A minimum duration of daily treatment as defined by one of two methods:
  • daily doses within 17 days (with at least 10 of the 14 doses directly observed)
  • directly observed doses within 23 days
  • Following the minimum daily phase of therapy, adequate pre-enrollment treatment is defined as directly administered therapy given daily, twice weekly, or thrice weekly using CDC/ATS guidelines. Documenting pre-enrollment therapy is accomplished by hospital medical records and/or clinic entries of DOT.
  • Age: 18 years or older
  • Documentation of negative test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Documentation means written copies of HIV laboratory test results. A negative HIV test result within the 6 months prior to enrollment is acceptable.
  • Documentation of study baseline laboratory parameters. Baseline laboratory parameters obtained no more than 2 weeks prior to enrollment and must be within the following limits:
  • Amino aspartate transferase (AST) activity less than 3 times upper limit of normal;
  • +9 more criteria

You may not qualify if:

  • Patients with known treatment-limiting reaction to rifamycins, pyrazinamide, or ethambutol.
  • Diagnosis of silicotuberculosis or tuberculosis of the central nervous system
  • Patients who, during initial therapy with CDC/ATS recommended therapy with isoniazid, rifampin and pyrazinamide plus either ethambutol or streptomycin or both, have received greater than 21 days of treatment with additional drugs with known antituberculosis activity - see Concomitant Medications During Study Phase Therapy.
  • Patients with isoniazid intolerance or isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis who during pre-enrollment therapy have missed a total of two weeks of directly observed therapy doses due to non-compliance.
  • Patients enrolled due to isoniazid intolerance who during pre-enrollment therapy have missed a total of over 4 weeks of directly observed therapy doses for management of drug intolerance.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (23)

Central Arkansas Veterans Health System

Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States

Location

LA County/USC Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States

Location

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California, 94110, United States

Location

Denver Department of Public Health and Hospitals

Denver, Colorado, 80204, United States

Location

Washington, D.C. VAMC

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20422, United States

Location

Chicago VA Medical Center (Lakeside)

Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

Location

Hines VA Medical Center

Hines, Illinois, 60141, United States

Location

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287-0003, United States

Location

Boston Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, 02118, United States

Location

New Jersey Medical School

Newark, New Jersey, 07107-3001, United States

Location

New York University School of Medicine

New York, New York, 10016, United States

Location

Columbia University/Presbyterian Medical Center

New York, New York, 10032, United States

Location

Harlem Hospital Center

New York, New York, 10037, United States

Location

Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, North Carolina, 28203, United States

Location

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, 34222, United States

Location

Nashville VA Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, 37212-2637, United States

Location

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Fort Worth, Texas, 76107-2699, United States

Location

Thomas Street Clinic

Houston, Texas, 77009, United States

Location

Audi L. Murphy VA Hospital

San Antonio, Texas, 78284, United States

Location

Seattle King County Health Department

Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

Location

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 4R4, Canada

Location

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA R3A 1R8, Canada

Location

Montreal Chest Institute McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, H2X 2P4Pq Canada, Canada

Location

Related Publications (2)

  • Reves R, Heilig CM, Tapy JM, Bozeman L, Kyle RP, Hamilton CD, Bock N, Narita M, Wing D, Hershfield E, Goldberg SV; Tuberculosis Trials Consortium. Intermittent tuberculosis treatment for patients with isoniazid intolerance or drug resistance. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 May;18(5):571-80. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0304.

  • Funck-Jensen KL, Dalsgaard J, Grove EL, Hvas AM, Kristensen SD. Increased platelet aggregation and turnover in the acute phase of ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Platelets. 2013;24(7):528-37. doi: 10.3109/09537104.2012.738838. Epub 2012 Dec 5.

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tuberculosis

Interventions

RifampinPyrazinamideEthambutol

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mycobacterium InfectionsActinomycetales InfectionsGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsBacterial InfectionsBacterial Infections and MycosesInfections

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

RifamycinsHeterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More RingsHeterocyclic Compounds, Fused-RingHeterocyclic CompoundsLactams, MacrocyclicMacrocyclic CompoundsPolycyclic CompoundsPyrazinesHeterocyclic Compounds, 1-RingEthylenediaminesDiaminesPolyaminesAminesOrganic Chemicals

Study Officials

  • Randall Reves, MD

    Denver Health and Hospitals, Denver CO

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
SINGLE GROUP
Sponsor Type
FED

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 6, 2001

First Posted

September 10, 2001

Study Start

August 1, 2000

Primary Completion

December 1, 2006

Study Completion

December 1, 2010

Last Updated

August 3, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-06

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