Intensified Tuberculosis Treatment to Reduce the Mortality of Patients With Tuberculous Meningitis

Summary

INTENSE-TBM is randomized controlled, phase III, multicenter, 2 x 2 factorial plan superiority trial assessing the efficacity of two interventions to reduce mortality from tuberculous meningitis (TBM) in adolescents and adults with or without HIV-infection in sub-Saharan Africa: * Intensified TBM treatment with high-dose rifampicin and linezolid, compared to WHO standard TBM treatment. * Aspirin, compared to not receiving aspirin. The trial will be open-label for anti-TB treatment and placebo-controlled for aspirin treatment.

Timeline

Start

2021-02-07

Primary completion

2026-09-23

Completion

2026-09-26

Publications

• Results Maitre T, Bonnet M, Calmy A, Raberahona M, Rakotoarivelo RA, Rakotosamimanana N, Ambrosioni J, Miro JM, Debeaudrap P, Muzoora C, Davis A, Meintjes G, Wasserman S, Wilkinson R, Eholie S, Nogbou FE, Calvo-Cortes MC, Chazallon C, Machault V, Anglaret X, Bonnet F. Intensified tuberculosis treatment to reduce the mortality of HIV-infected and uninfected patients with tuberculosis meningitis (INTENSE-TBM): study protocol for a phase III randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2022 Nov 8;23(1):928. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06772-1.
• Results Ariza-Vioque E, Ello F, Andriamamonjisoa H, Machault V, Gonzalez-Martin J, Calvo-Cortes MC, Eholie S, Tchabert GA, Ouassa T, Raberahona M, Rakotoarivelo R, Razafindrakoto H, Rahajamanana L, Wilkinson RJ, Davis A, Maxebengula M, Abrahams F, Muzoora C, Nakigozi N, Nyehangane D, Nanjebe D, Mbega H, Kaitano R, Bonnet M, Debeaudrap P, Miro JM, Anglaret X, Rakotosamimanana N, Calmy A, Bonnet F, Ambrosioni J; INTENSE-TBM Group. Capacity Building in Sub-Saharan Africa as Part of the INTENSE-TBM Project During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Infect Dis Ther. 2022 Aug;11(4):1327-1341. doi: 10.1007/s40121-022-00667-z. Epub 2022 Jun 29.

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