Study of Safety and Efficacy of Different Regimes of Reintroduction of Anti-TB Drugs in Anti-TB Drugs Induced Liver Damage

Summary

Purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of different re-introduction regimens in anti-TB drug induced liver damage. There is no consensus how best to treat such patients who developed drug induced liver damage.

Timeline

Start

2006-12

Primary completion

2008-06

Completion

2008-12

Publications

• Background Tahaoglu K, Atac G, Sevim T, Tarun T, Yazicioglu O, Horzum G, Gemci I, Ongel A, Kapakli N, Aksoy E. The management of anti-tuberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2001 Jan;5(1):65-9.
• Background Singh J, Garg PK, Tandon RK. Hepatotoxicity due to antituberculosis therapy. Clinical profile and reintroduction of therapy. J Clin Gastroenterol. 1996 Apr;22(3):211-4. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199604000-00012.
• Background Singh J, Arora A, Garg PK, Thakur VS, Pande JN, Tandon RK. Antituberculosis treatment-induced hepatotoxicity: role of predictive factors. Postgrad Med J. 1995 Jun;71(836):359-62. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.71.836.359.
• Background Sharma SK, Balamurugan A, Saha PK, Pandey RM, Mehra NK. Evaluation of clinical and immunogenetic risk factors for the development of hepatotoxicity during antituberculosis treatment. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Oct 1;166(7):916-9. doi: 10.1164/rccm.2108091.
• Background Sharma SK. Antituberculosis drugs and hepatotoxicity. Infect Genet Evol. 2004 Jun;4(2):167-70. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2003.01.001. No abstract available.
• Sharma SK, Singla R, Sarda P, Mohan A, Makharia G, Jayaswal A, Sreenivas V, Singh S. Safety of 3 different reintroduction regimens of antituberculosis drugs after development of antituberculosis treatment-induced hepatotoxicity. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Mar 15;50(6):833-9. doi: 10.1086/650576.

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