Optimising pyrazinamide for the treatment of tuberculosis

Autor: Marc H Weiner, James E. Posey, Patrick P. J. Phillips, William C. Whitworth, Radojka M. Savic, Erin Bliven-Sizemore, Michael Hoelscher, Rob E. Aarnoutse, Glenn P. Morlock, Kelly E. Dooley, William R. Mac Kenzie, Norbert Heinrich, Martin J. Boeree, Charles A. Peloquin, Nan Zhang, Jason E. Stout
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: European Respiratory Journal, 58, 1
Eur Respir J
European Respiratory Journal, 58
ISSN: 0903-1936
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02013-2020
Popis: Pyrazinamide is a potent sterilising agent that shortens the treatment duration needed to cure tuberculosis. It is synergistic with novel and existing drugs for tuberculosis. The dose of pyrazinamide that optimises efficacy while remaining safe is uncertain, as is its potential role in shortening treatment duration further.Pharmacokinetic data, sputum culture, and safety laboratory results were compiled from Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC) studies 27 and 28 and Pan-African Consortium for the Evaluation of Antituberculosis Antibiotics (PanACEA) multi-arm multi-stage tuberculosis (MAMS-TB), multi-centre phase 2 trials in which participants received rifampicin (range 10–35 mg·kg−1), pyrazinamide (range 20–30 mg·kg−1), plus two companion drugs. Pyrazinamide pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic (PK–PD) and pharmacokinetic-toxicity analyses were performed.In TBTC studies (n=77), higher pyrazinamide maximum concentration (Cmax) was associated with shorter time to culture conversion (TTCC) and higher probability of 2-month culture conversion (p-valuemax increased and varied by rifampicin area under the curve (p-value4500 mg) or increasing both pyrazinamide and rifampicin would be required to reach targets associated with treatment shortening. Combining all trials, liver toxicity was rare (3.9% with grade 3 or higher liver function tests (LFT)), and no relationship was seen between pyrazinamide Cmax and LFT levels.Pyrazinamide's microbiological efficacy increases with increasing drug concentrations. Optimising pyrazinamide alone, though, is unlikely to be sufficient to allow tuberculosis treatment shortening; rather, rifampicin dose would need to be increased in parallel.
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