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Editorial

Urgent request for pretomanid label expansion to align with WHO guidelines and improve treatment accessibility and efficacy

Kuksa L, Andrejak C, Haecker B, Bothamley G, Calcagno A,  et al.
2025-03-01 • IJTLD OPEN
2025-03-01 • IJTLD OPEN

Pretomanid is a key anti-TB drug included in the WHO list of essential medications. The current EMA-approve...

Journal Article
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Research

24-week, all-oral regimens for pulmonary rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in TB-PRACTECAL trial sites: an economic evaluation

Sweeney S, Laurence YV, Berry C, Singh MP, Dodd M,  et al.
2025-02-01 • Lancet Global Health
2025-02-01 • Lancet Global Health

BACKGROUND

New 6-month rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis treatment regimens containing bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid (BPaL) with or without moxifloxaci...

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Research

Oral regimens for rifampin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-susceptible tuberculosis

Guglielmetti L, Khan U, Velásquez GE, Gouillou M, Abubakirov A,  et al.
2025-01-29 • New England Journal of Medicine
2025-01-29 • New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND

For decades, poor treatment options and low-quality evidence plagued care for patients with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis. The advent of new drugs ...

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Research

How much should we still worry about QTc prolongation in rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis? ECG findings from TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial

Motta I, Cusinato M, Ludman AJ, Lachenal N, Dodd M,  et al.
2024-06-06 • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
2024-06-06 • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Regimens for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis currently rely on the use of QT-prolonging agents. Using data from the randomized controlled trial, TB-PRACTECAL, we inves...
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Improving treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Results of the endTB randomised clinical trial

Guglielmetti L, Khan U, Velasquez GE, Gouillou M, Lachenal N,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
Conference Material
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Abstract

Improving treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: Results of the endTB randomised clinical trial

Guglielmetti L, Khan U, Velasquez GE, Gouillou M, Lachenal N,  et al.
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
INTRODUCTION
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health challenge encountered across many Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) fields. Management of drug-resistant TB is an operational pri...
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Review

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

Hasan T, Medcalf E, Nyang'wa BT, Egizi E, Berry C,  et al.
2024-03-20 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2024-03-20 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Effectiveness, safety, tolerability, and adherence are critical considerations in shifting to shorter tuberculosis (TB) regimens. Novel 6-month oral regimens that include ...
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Research

Short oral regimens for pulmonary rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB-PRACTECAL): an open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 2B-3, multi-arm, multicentre, non-inferiority trial

Nyang'wa BT, Berry C, Kazounis E, Motta I, Parpieva N,  et al.
2024-02-01 • Lancet Respiratory Medicine
2024-02-01 • Lancet Respiratory Medicine
BACKGROUND
Around 500,000 people worldwide develop rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis each year. The proportion of successful treatment outcomes remains low and new treatments are nee...
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Research

Nine-month, all-oral regimens for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis

Guglielmetti L, Khan U, Velasquez GE, Gouillou M, Abubakirov A,  et al.
2024-01-29 • medRxiv
2024-01-29 • medRxiv

BACKGROUND

Aft...

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Research

Standards for clinical trials for treating TB

du Cros PAK, Greig J, Cross GB, Cousins C, Berry C,  et al.
2023-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2023-12-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
The value, speed of completion and robustness of the evidence generated by TB treatment trials could be improved by implementing standards for best practice.

METH...
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Research

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

Hasan T, Medcalf E, Nyang'wa BT, Egizi E, Berry C,  et al.
2023-10-24 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2023-10-24 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Effectiveness, safety, tolerability and adherence are critical considerations in shifting to shorter tuberculosis (TB) regimens. Novel six-month oral regimens that include...
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Review

Recent advances in the treatment of tuberculosis

Motta I, Boeree M, Chesov D, Dheda K, Günther G,  et al.
2023-07-21 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2023-07-21 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
BACKGROUND
Tuberculosis is a global health challenge and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In the last decade, the tuberculosis treatment landscape has dramatically chang...
Conference Material
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Poster

ECG findings in BPaL-based TB treatment regimens: the geographical effect on QT prolongation

Motta I, Cusinato M, Ludman A, Abdrasuliev T, Butabekov I,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
Journal Article
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Research

A 24-week, all-oral regimen for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis

Nyang'wa BT, Berry C, Kazounis E, Motta I, Parpieva N,  et al.
2022-12-22 • New England Journal of Medicine
2022-12-22 • New England Journal of Medicine
BACKGROUND
In patients with rifampin-resistant tuberculosis, all-oral treatment regimens that are more effective, shorter, and have a more acceptable side-effect profile than current...
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Research

Cost-effectiveness of short, oral treatment regimens for rifampicin resistant tuberculosis

Sweeney S, Berry C, Kazounis E, Motta I, Vassall A,  et al.
2022-12-07 • PLOS Global Public Health
2022-12-07 • PLOS Global Public Health
Current options for treating tuberculosis (TB) that is resistant to rifampicin (RR-TB) are few, and regimens are often long and poorly tolerated. Following recent evidence from the TB-PR...
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Pre-Print

Cost-effectiveness of short, oral treatment regimens for rifampicin resistant tuberculosis

Sweeney S, Berry C, Kazounis E, Motta I, Vassall A,  et al.
2022-11-10 • medRxiv
2022-11-10 • medRxiv
INTRODUCTION
Current options for treating tuberculosis (TB) that is resistant to rifampicin (RR-TB) are few, and regimens are often long and poorly tolerated. Following recent eviden...
Conference Material
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Video

24-week regimens for treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: four-arm randomised trial

Berry C, Motta I, Kazounis E, Fielding K, Dodd M,  et al.
2022-06-07 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-06-07 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
No abstract available.
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

Early termination of randomisation into TB-PRACTECAL, a study examining novel six month, all-oral regimens for treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis

Nyang'wa BT, Berry C, Motta I, Kazounis E
2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
2021-05-19 • MSF Scientific Days International 2021: Research
Conference Material
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Slide Presentation

24-week regimens for treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: four-arm randomised trial

Berry C, Motta I, Kazounis E, Fielding K, Dodd M,  et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
Journal Article
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Editorial

QT prolongation for old and new drugs: how much should we really worry?

Motta I, Cozzi SN, Pontali E
2022-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2022-04-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease