Whole Blood Bactericidal Activity Against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis of Pyrazinamide Plus Allopurinol in Healthy Volunteers

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the bactericidal activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis of pyrazinamide in combination with allopurinol. Pharmacokinetics (PK) and whole blood bactericidal activity (WBA) will be measured in healthy volunteers following administration of pyrazinamide alone and in combination with allopurinol.

Timeline

Start

2016-02

Primary completion

2016-04

Completion

2016-04

Publications

• Naftalin CM, Verma R, Gurumurthy M, Lu Q, Zimmerman M, Yeo BCM, Tan KH, Lin W, Yu B, Dartois V, Paton NI. Coadministration of Allopurinol To Increase Antimycobacterial Efficacy of Pyrazinamide as Evaluated in a Whole-Blood Bactericidal Activity Model. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 Sep 22;61(10):e00482-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00482-17. Print 2017 Oct.

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