Safety, Tolerability, and Effect of TMC207 and Efavirenz in Healthy Volunteers

Summary

Common treatments for tuberculosis (TB) can interfere with certain antiretroviral (ARV) medications used to treat HIV. People whose immune systems are weakened by HIV infection are susceptible to TB, so it is important to find treatments for both that can be given in combination. This study will test the safety of combining a new medication for TB with an already approved HIV medication in healthy adults.

Timeline

Start

2009-12

Primary completion

2010-12

Completion

2010-12

Publications

• Background Goldman RC, Plumley KV, Laughon BE. The evolution of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB): history, status and issues for global control. Infect Disord Drug Targets. 2007 Jun;7(2):73-91. doi: 10.2174/187152607781001844.
• Background McIlleron H, Meintjes G, Burman WJ, Maartens G. Complications of antiretroviral therapy in patients with tuberculosis: drug interactions, toxicity, and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. J Infect Dis. 2007 Aug 15;196 Suppl 1:S63-75. doi: 10.1086/518655.
• Background Diacon AH, Pym A, Grobusch M, Patientia R, Rustomjee R, Page-Shipp L, Pistorius C, Krause R, Bogoshi M, Churchyard G, Venter A, Allen J, Palomino JC, De Marez T, van Heeswijk RP, Lounis N, Meyvisch P, Verbeeck J, Parys W, de Beule K, Andries K, Mc Neeley DF. The diarylquinoline TMC207 for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. N Engl J Med. 2009 Jun 4;360(23):2397-405. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0808427.

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