drugset / Trial / NCT00140309
TBTC Study 27: Moxifloxacin vs Ethambutol for TB Treatment
RandomizedFactorialDouble-blindTreatment
Summary
This study is a placebo-controlled factorial study, randomized to study drug (moxifloxacin vs. ethambutol) and treatment frequency (daily vs. thrice weekly after an initial two weeks of daily therapy) during the first two months of standard treatment (with isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide) for sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis.
Timeline
- Start
- 2003-07
- Primary completion
- —
- Completion
- 2005-12
Outcome
Missed primary endpoint
paper Two-month cultures were negative in 71% of patients (99 of 139) treated with moxifloxacin versus 71% (98 of 138) treated with ethambutol (p = 0.97). PMID 16675781 ↗
Publications
- Results Burman WJ, Goldberg S, Johnson JL, Muzanye G, Engle M, Mosher AW, Choudhri S, Daley CL, Munsiff SS, Zhao Z, Vernon A, Chaisson RE. Moxifloxacin versus ethambutol in the first 2 months of treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Aug 1;174(3):331-8. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200603-360OC. Epub 2006 May 4.
- Zhang N, Savic RM, Boeree MJ, Peloquin CA, Weiner M, Heinrich N, Bliven-Sizemore E, Phillips PPJ, Hoelscher M, Whitworth W, Morlock G, Posey J, Stout JE, Mac Kenzie W, Aarnoutse R, Dooley KE; Tuberculosis Trials Consortium (TBTC) and Pan African Consortium for the Evaluation of Antituberculosis Antibiotics (PanACEA) Networks. Optimising pyrazinamide for the treatment of tuberculosis. Eur Respir J. 2021 Jul 20;58(1):2002013. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02013-2020. Print 2021 Jul.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Moxifloxacin | Small molecule | 400 mg | — |
| Background | Isoniazid | Small molecule | — | — |
| Background | Pyrazinamide | Small molecule | — | — |
| Background | Rifampicin | Small molecule | — | — |