Rifapentine Plus Moxifloxacin for Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00728507
• Recruitment Status: Terminated
• First Posted: August 5, 2008
• Results First Posted: April 20, 2017
• Last Update Posted: April 20, 2017
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
• Collaborator: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Johns Hopkins University

Study Description

Brief Summary:

Although effective therapy for tuberculosis is available, TB continues to cause significant problems worldwide, and rates of multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB cases are on the rise. A major obstacle to the control of TB is poor adherence with lengthy (usually 6 months) and complicated treatment regimens. Incomplete TB treatment can lead to serious consequences such as increased severity of illness and death, prolonged infectiousness and transmission in the community, and the development of drug resistance. The development of new treatment strategies with more stronger drugs could lead to shorter and simpler regimens. A TB treatment regimen that allowed treatment duration to be meaningfully decreased would have important public health implications.

This trial will compare the effect and safety of a new oral regimen to that of the standard regimen for the first phase of treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.

The experimental regimen will consist of the following:

• Two months of isoniazid, rifapentine, pyrazinamide and moxifloxacin (HPZM) administered once daily. Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) will be given with each dose of isoniazid.

The standard control intensive phase regimen will consist of the following:

• Two months of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol (HRZE) administered once daily. Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) will be given with each dose of isoniazid.

Following intensive phase therapy (the study phase), all patients will be treated with a non-experimental continuation phase regimen.

In mice, the combination of Moxifloxacin and Rifapentine have cured the animals significantly faster than the standard regimen and this study will be the first step to see if the potential is also there in humans.

Condition or disease	Intervention/treatment	Phase
Tuberculosis	Drug: Rifapentine, Moxifloxacin, Pyrazinamide, Isoniazid; Drug: Isoniazid, Rifampin, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol	Phase 2

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional (Clinical Trial)
• Actual Enrollment: 121 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: A Phase II Randomized, Open-label Trial of a Rifapentine Plus Moxifloxacin-Based Regimen for Intensive Phase Treatment of Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Study Start Date: November 2009
• Actual Primary Completion Date: April 2013
• Actual Study Completion Date: April 2013

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/treatment
Experimental: 1; Two months of isoniazid, rifapentine, pyrazinamide and moxifloxacin (HPZM) administered once daily. Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) will be given with each dose of isoniazid.	Drug: Rifapentine, Moxifloxacin, Pyrazinamide, Isoniazid; Rifapentine:150mg tablets, dose = 300mg for subjects <= 45kg and 450mg for those >45kg by mouth once a day for 8 weeks; Moxifloxacin 400mg tablet by mouth once a day for 8 weeks, Isoniazid and Pyrazinamide per standard of care for TB treatment.; Other Name: Priftin, Avelox
Active Comparator: 2; Two months of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol (HRZE) administered once daily. Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) will be given with each dose of isoniazid.	Drug: Isoniazid, Rifampin, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol; Administered per standard of care for TB treatment

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures :

1. To Compare, by Treatment Group, the Percentage of Patients With a Negative Sputum Culture at the End of Intensive Phase Therapy. [ Time Frame: Week 8 ]
   LJ culture conversion
2. To Compare the Safety and Tolerability of the 2 Intensive Phase Regimens. [ Time Frame: Weekly or more frequent ]
   Study was prematurely terminated and data was not collected for this outcome measure.

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 100 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Presumptive diagnosis of sputum smear-positive pulmonary TB.
• Age: ≥18 years
• Seven (7) or fewer days of multidrug therapy for TB disease in the preceding 6 months.
• Seven (7) or fewer days of fluoroquinolone therapy in the preceding 3 months.
• Documentation of HIV infection status.
• For HIV seropositive individuals, a CD4 T lymphocyte count of greater than or equal to 200 cells/mm3.

• Documentation of study baseline laboratory parameters done at, or ≤ 14 days prior to screening:

  • AST less than or equal to 2.5 times upper limit of normal.
  • Total bilirubin level less than 2.5 times upper limit of normal.
  • Creatinine level less than 2 times upper limit of normal.
  • Hemoglobin level of at least 8.0 g/dl.
  • Platelet count of at least 75,000 mm3.
  • Potassium level of at least 3.5.
  • Negative pregnancy test (women of childbearing potential).
• Karnofsky score of at least 60 (requires occasional assistance but is able to care for most of his/her needs).
• Male or nonpregnant, nonnursing female.
• Provision of informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• CD4 count < 200 cells/cu mm.
• Presence of active AIDS-related opportunistic infection (other than TB) or active AIDS-related malignancy.
• Known intolerance to any of the study drugs.
• Concomitant disorders or conditions for which any of the study drugs is contraindicated. These include severe hepatic damage, acute liver disease of any cause, and acute uncontrolled gouty arthritis.
• Inability to take oral medication.
• Central nervous system TB.
• Pulmonary silicosis.
• Current or planned therapy, during study phase (intensive phase of TB treatment), with any one or more of the following drugs: quinidine, procainamide, amiodarone, sotalol, disopyramide, terfenadine, cisapride, erythromycin, clarithromycin, phenothiazines, haloperidol, olanzapine, ziprasidone, tricyclic antidepressants, chronic corticosteroids administered either orally or intravenously, chronic fluconazole,chronic itraconazole, chronic ketoconazole, oral or intravenous tacrolimus, oral or intravenous cyclosporine, HIV protease inhibitor, HIV non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
• Concurrent severe and/or uncontrolled medical or psychiatric condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, could cause unacceptable safety risks or compromise compliance with the protocol.
• Unable or unwilling to receive directly observed therapy and/or adhere with follow-up (e.g. due to residence remote from the study site).
• Refusal of consent.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Brazil

Centro de Referência Professor Hélio Fraga - ENSP - FIOCRUZ

Curicica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22.780-192

Posto de Saude Albert Sabin

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 20211-110

Hospital Universitario Clementio Fraga Filho

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sponsors and Collaborators

Johns Hopkins University

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Susan Dorman, MD; Johns Hopkins University

More Information

Publications:

Rosenthal IM, Williams K, Tyagi S, Peloquin CA, Vernon AA, Bishai WR, Grosset JH, Nuermberger EL. Potent twice-weekly rifapentine-containing regimens in murine tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Jul 1;174(1):94-101. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200602-280OC. Epub 2006 Mar 30.

Nuermberger EL, Yoshimatsu T, Tyagi S, O'Brien RJ, Vernon AN, Chaisson RE, Bishai WR, Grosset JH. Moxifloxacin-containing regimen greatly reduces time to culture conversion in murine tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Feb 1;169(3):421-6. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200310-1380OC. Epub 2003 Oct 24.

Nuermberger EL, Yoshimatsu T, Tyagi S, Williams K, Rosenthal I, O'Brien RJ, Vernon AA, Chaisson RE, Bishai WR, Grosset JH. Moxifloxacin-containing regimens of reduced duration produce a stable cure in murine tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Nov 15;170(10):1131-4. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200407-885OC. Epub 2004 Aug 11.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Conde MB, Mello FC, Duarte RS, Cavalcante SC, Rolla V, Dalcolmo M, Loredo C, Durovni B, Armstrong DT, Efron A, Barnes GL, Marzinke MA, Savic RM, Dooley KE, Cohn S, Moulton LH, Chaisson RE, Dorman SE. A Phase 2 Randomized Trial of a Rifapentine plus Moxifloxacin-Based Regimen for Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. PLoS One. 2016 May 9;11(5):e0154778. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154778. eCollection 2016.

• Responsible Party: Johns Hopkins University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00728507
• Other Study ID Numbers: 06-0018
• First Posted: August 5, 2008
• Results First Posted: April 20, 2017
• Last Update Posted: April 20, 2017
• Last Verified: March 2017

Keywords provided by Johns Hopkins University:

Tuberculosis; Moxifloxacin; Rifapentine

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Moxifloxacin; Rifapentine; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary; Mycobacterium Infections; Actinomycetales Infections; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections and Mycoses; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Rifampin; Isoniazid; Pyrazinamide; Ethambutol; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; Topoisomerase Inhibitors; Enzyme Inhibitors; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antineoplastic Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Antitubercular Agents; Leprostatic Agents; Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers