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BMC Infect Dis ; 22(1): 920, 2022 Dec 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36494644

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BACKGROUND: Current tuberculosis (TB) regimen development pathways are slow and in urgent need of innovation. We investigated novel phase IIc and seamless phase II/III trials utilizing multi-arm multi-stage and Bayesian response adaptive randomization trial designs to select promising combination regimens in a platform adaptive trial. METHODS: Clinical trial simulation tools were built using predictive and validated parametric survival models of time to culture conversion (intermediate endpoint) and time to TB-related unfavorable outcome (final endpoint). This integrative clinical trial simulation tool was used to explore and optimize design parameters for aforementioned trial designs. RESULTS: Both multi-arm multi-stage and Bayesian response adaptive randomization designs were able to reliably graduate desirable regimens in ≥ 95% of trial simulations and reliably stop suboptimal regimens in ≥ 90% of trial simulations. Overall, adaptive phase IIc designs reduced patient enrollment by 17% and 25% with multi-arm multi-stage and Bayesian response adaptive randomization designs respectively compared to the conventional sequential approach, while seamless designs reduced study duration by 2.6 and 3.5 years respectively (typically ≥ 8.5 years for standard sequential approach). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we demonstrate that adaptive trial designs are suitable for TB regimen development, and we provide plausible design parameters for a platform adaptive trial. Ultimately trial design and specification of design parameters will depend on clinical trial objectives. To support decision-making for clinical trial designs in contemporary TB regimen development, we provide a flexible clinical trial simulation tool that can be used to explore and optimize design features and parameters.


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Projetos de Pesquisa , Tuberculose , Humanos , Teorema de Bayes , Distribuição Aleatória , Tuberculose/tratamento farmacológico , Simulação por Computador
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Int J Tuberc Lung Dis ; 26(6): 483-499, 2022 06 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35650702

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BACKGROUND: Optimal drug dosing is important to ensure adequate response to treatment, prevent development of drug resistance and reduce drug toxicity. The aim of these clinical standards is to provide guidance on 'best practice´ for dosing and management of TB drugs.METHODS: A panel of 57 global experts in the fields of microbiology, pharmacology and TB care were identified; 51 participated in a Delphi process. A 5-point Likert scale was used to score draft standards. The final document represents the broad consensus and was approved by all participants.RESULTS: Six clinical standards were defined: Standard 1, defining the most appropriate initial dose for TB treatment; Standard 2, identifying patients who may be at risk of sub-optimal drug exposure; Standard 3, identifying patients at risk of developing drug-related toxicity and how best to manage this risk; Standard 4, identifying patients who can benefit from therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM); Standard 5, highlighting education and counselling that should be provided to people initiating TB treatment; and Standard 6, providing essential education for healthcare professionals. In addition, consensus research priorities were identified.CONCLUSION: This is the first consensus-based Clinical Standards for the dosing and management of TB drugs to guide clinicians and programme managers in planning and implementation of locally appropriate measures for optimal person-centred treatment to improve patient care.


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Antituberculosos , Monitoramento de Medicamentos , Tuberculose , Humanos , Assistência ao Paciente , Padrões de Referência , Tuberculose/tratamento farmacológico , Antituberculosos/administração & dosagem
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Clin Infect Dis ; 74(10): 1736-1747, 2022 05 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34604901

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BACKGROUND: We evaluated Nix-TB trial data (NCT02333799, N = 109) to provide dosing recommendations to potentially minimize linezolid toxicity in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. . METHODS: A pharmacokinetic model and toxicodynamic models for peripheral neuropathy, hemoglobin, and platelets were developed. Simulations compared safety outcomes for daily linezolid of 1200 and 600 mg, with and without dose adjustments for toxicity. Severe neuropathy was based on symptom scores from the Brief Peripheral Neuropathy Screen. Severe anemia and thrombocytopenia were defined as ≥ grade 3 adverse events according to the NIAID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Disease Adult Toxicity table. RESULTS: Predicted concentration-time profiles were a major predictor in all toxicodynamic models. Simulations showed higher percentages of patients with severe neuropathy (median, 19%; 90% confidence interval [CI], 17%-22% vs 5%, 4%-7%) and severe anemia (15%, 12%-17% vs 1%, 0%-2%) between 1200 and 600 mg daily linezolid. No differences in severe thrombocytopenia were observed (median, <1% for both daily doses). Generally, neuropathy occurred after 3 to 6 months of treatment and, with protocol-specified management, reversed within 15 months after onset. Simulations indicated that a >10% decrease in hemoglobin level after 4 weeks of treatment would have maximum sensitivity (82%) and specificity (84%) for predicting severe anemia. Reducing the dose from 1200 to 600 mg triggered by this marker may prevent 60% (90% CI, 45%-72%) of severe anemia. CONCLUSIONS: Simple neuropathy symptom and hemoglobin monitoring may guide linezolid dosing to avoid toxicities, but prospective testing is needed to confirm the benefit-to-risk ratio.


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Anemia , Tuberculose Extensivamente Resistente a Medicamentos , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico , Trombocitopenia , Tuberculose Resistente a Múltiplos Medicamentos , Adulto , Antituberculosos/efeitos adversos , Tuberculose Extensivamente Resistente a Medicamentos/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Linezolida/efeitos adversos , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/induzido quimicamente , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/tratamento farmacológico , Estudos Prospectivos , Trombocitopenia/induzido quimicamente , Resultado do Tratamento , Tuberculose Resistente a Múltiplos Medicamentos/tratamento farmacológico
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Trials ; 22(1): 515, 2021 Aug 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34344435

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BACKGROUND: Safe, more efficacious treatments are needed to address the considerable morbidity and mortality associated with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). However, the current practice in TB therapeutics trials is to use composite binary outcomes, which in the absence of standardization may inflate false positive and negative errors in evaluating regimens. The lack of standardization of outcomes is a barrier to the identification of highly efficacious regimens and the introduction of innovative methodologies METHODS: We conducted a systematic review of trials designed to advance new pulmonary TB drugs or regimens for regulatory approval and inform practice guidelines. Trials were primarily identified from the WHO International Clinical Trial Registry Platform (ICTRP). Only trials that collected post-treatment follow-up data and enrolled at least 100 patients were included. Protocols and Statistical Analysis Plans (SAP) for eligible trials from 1995 to the present were obtained from trial investigators. Details of outcome data, both explicit and implied, were abstracted and organized into three broad categories: favorable, unfavorable, and not assessable. Within these categories, individual trial definitions were recorded and collated, and areas of broad consensus and disagreement were identified and described. RESULTS: From 2205 trials in any way related to TB, 51 were selected for protocol and SAP review, from which 31 were both eligible and had accessible documentation. Within the three designated categories, we found broad consensus in the definitions of favorable and unfavorable outcomes, although specific details were not always provided, and when explicitly addressed, were heterogeneous. Favorable outcomes were handled the most consistently but were widely variable with respect to specification. In some cases, the same events were defined differently by different protocols, particularly in distinguishing unfavorable from not assessable events. Death was often interpreted as conditional on cause. Patients who did not complete the study because of withdrawal or loss to follow-up presented a particular challenge to consistent interpretation and analytic treatment of outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: In a review of 31 clinical trials, we found that outcome definitions were heterogeneous, highlighting the need to establish clearer specification and a move towards universal standardization of outcomes across pulmonary TB trials. The ICH E9 (R1) addendum provides guidelines for undertaking and achieving this goal. PROSPERO REGISTRATION: PROSPERO CRD42020197993 . Registration 11 August 2020.


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Tuberculose Pulmonar , Humanos , Resultado do Tratamento , Tuberculose Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Tuberculose Pulmonar/tratamento farmacológico
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Anim Genet ; 52(2): 155-170, 2021 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33544919

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ROHs are long stretches of DNA homozygous at each polymorphic position. The proportion of genome covered by ROHs and their length are indicators of the level and origin of inbreeding. Frequent common ROHs within the same population define ROH islands and indicate hotspots of selection. In this work, we investigated ROHs in a total of 1131 pigs from 20 European local pig breeds and in three cosmopolitan breeds, genotyped with the GGP Porcine HD Genomic Profiler. plink software was used to identify ROHs. Size classes and genomic inbreeding parameters were evaluated. ROH islands were defined by evaluating different thresholds of homozygous SNP frequency. A functional overview of breed-specific ROH islands was obtained via over-representation analyses of GO biological processes. Mora Romagnola and Turopolje breeds had the largest proportions of genome covered with ROH (~1003 and ~955 Mb respectively), whereas Nero Siciliano and Sarda breeds had the lowest proportions (~207 and 247 Mb respectively). The highest proportion of long ROH (>16 Mb) was in Apulo-Calabrese, Mora Romagnola and Casertana. The largest number of ROH islands was identified in the Italian Landrace (n = 32), Cinta Senese (n = 26) and Lithuanian White Old Type (n = 22) breeds. Several ROH islands were in regions encompassing genes known to affect morphological traits. Comparative ROH structure analysis among breeds indicated the similar genetic structure of local breeds across Europe. This study contributed to understanding of the genetic history of the investigated pig breeds and provided information to manage these pig genetic resources.


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Endogamia , Sus scrofa/genética , Animais , Europa (Continente) , Genoma , Genótipo , Homozigoto , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Densidade Demográfica
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Anim Genet ; 51(4): 541-556, 2020 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32510676

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In this study, we identified copy number variants (CNVs) in 19 European autochthonous pig breeds and in two commercial breeds (Italian Large White and Italian Duroc) that represent important genetic resources for this species. The genome of 725 pigs was sequenced using a breed-specific DNA pooling approach (30-35 animals per pool) obtaining an average depth per pool of 42×. This approach maximised CNV discovery as well as the related copy number states characterising, on average, the analysed breeds. By mining more than 17.5 billion reads, we identified a total of 9592 CNVs (~683 CNVs per breed) and 3710 CNV regions (CNVRs; 1.15% of the reference pig genome), with an average of 77 CNVRs per breed that were considered as private. A few CNVRs were analysed in more detail, together with other information derived from sequencing data. For example, the CNVR encompassing the KIT gene was associated with coat colour phenotypes in the analysed breeds, confirming the role of the multiple copies in determining breed-specific coat colours. The CNVR covering the MSRB3 gene was associated with ear size in most breeds. The CNVRs affecting the ELOVL6 and ZNF622 genes were private features observed in the Lithuanian Indigenous Wattle and in the Turopolje pig breeds respectively. Overall, the genome variability unravelled here can explain part of the genetic diversity among breeds and might contribute to explain their origin, history and adaptation to a variety of production systems.


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Variações do Número de Cópias de DNA , DNA/genética , Sus scrofa/genética , Animais , Cruzamento , Feminino , Itália , Masculino , Fenótipo , Especificidade da Espécie , Sequenciamento Completo do Genoma/veterinária
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32071052

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This study was conducted in treatment-naive adults with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to assess the safety, bactericidal activity, and pharmacokinetics of nitazoxanide (NTZ). This was a prospective phase II clinical trial in 30 adults with pulmonary tuberculosis. Twenty participants received 1 g of NTZ orally twice daily for 14 days. A control group of 10 participants received standard therapy over 14 days. The primary outcome was the change in time to culture positivity (TTP) in an automated liquid culture system. The most common adverse events seen in the NTZ group were gastrointestinal complaints and headache. The mean change in TTP in sputum over 14 days in the NTZ group was 3.2 h ± 22.6 h and was not statistically significant (P = 0.56). The mean change in TTP in the standard therapy group was significantly increased, at 134 h ± 45.2 h (P < 0.0001). The mean NTZ MIC for Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates was 12.3 µg/ml; the mean NTZ maximum concentration (Cmax) in plasma was 10.2 µg/ml. Negligible NTZ levels were measured in sputum. At the doses used, NTZ did not show bactericidal activity against M. tuberculosis Plasma concentrations of NTZ were below the MIC, and its negligible accumulation in pulmonary sites may explain the lack of bactericidal activity. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under identifier NCT02684240.).


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Antituberculosos/farmacocinética , Antituberculosos/uso terapêutico , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efeitos dos fármacos , Nitrocompostos/farmacocinética , Nitrocompostos/uso terapêutico , Tiazóis/farmacocinética , Tiazóis/uso terapêutico , Tuberculose Pulmonar/tratamento farmacológico , Adulto , Antituberculosos/efeitos adversos , Feminino , Haiti , Humanos , Masculino , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Nitrocompostos/efeitos adversos , Escarro/microbiologia , Tiazóis/efeitos adversos , Adulto Jovem
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Sci Rep ; 9(1): 13546, 2019 09 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31537860

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Genetic characterization of local breeds is essential to preserve their genomic variability, to advance conservation policies and to contribute to their promotion and sustainability. Genomic diversity of twenty European local pig breeds and a small sample of Spanish wild pigs was assessed using high density SNP chips. A total of 992 DNA samples were analyzed with the GeneSeek Genomic Profiler (GGP) 70 K HD porcine genotyping chip. Genotype data was employed to compute genetic diversity, population differentiation and structure, genetic distances, linkage disequilibrium and effective population size. Our results point out several breeds, such as Turopolje, Apulo Calabrese, Casertana, Mora Romagnola and Lithuanian indigenous wattle, having the lowest genetic diversity, supported by low heterozygosity and very small effective population size, demonstrating the need of enhanced conservation strategies. Principal components analysis showed the clustering of the individuals of the same breed, with few breeds being clearly isolated from the rest. Several breeds were partially overlapped, suggesting genetic closeness, which was particularly marked in the case of Iberian and Alentejana breeds. Spanish wild boar was also narrowly related to other western populations, in agreement with recurrent admixture between wild and domestic animals. We also searched across the genome for loci under diversifying selection based on FST outlier tests. Candidate genes that may underlie differences in adaptation to specific environments and productive systems and phenotypic traits were detected in potentially selected genomic regions.


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Desequilíbrio de Ligação/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único/genética , Suínos/genética , Animais , Animais Domésticos/genética , Cruzamento/métodos , Variação Genética/genética , Genética Populacional/métodos , Genoma , Genômica/métodos , Genótipo , Análise de Sequência com Séries de Oligonucleotídeos/métodos , Fenótipo , Densidade Demográfica , Análise de Componente Principal/métodos
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J Pediatr Urol ; 15(6): 608.e1-608.e6, 2019 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31455581

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INTRODUCTION: Acute scrotum is a common presentation to the pediatric emergency department, and ultrasound is frequently used to narrow the differential diagnosis. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly used by urologists and emergency physicians and could potentially be used to detect pediatric testicular torsion. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to determine the accuracy of POCUS by pediatric emergency physicians in diagnosing testicular torsion and the agreement between point-of-care ultrasound and final diagnosis for other causes of acute scrotum. STUDY DESIGN: A chart review of patients presenting to the study emergency department who received POCUS by a pediatric emergency physician, as well as radiology department ultrasound and/or surgery, was performed. Charts were reviewed for POCUS diagnoses, final diagnoses, and imaging time metrics. RESULTS: A total of 120 patients met study criteria, with 12 cases of testicular torsion. The diagnostic accuracy of POCUS for testicular torsion is described in the summary table. For all causes of acute scrotum, point-of-care ultrasound agreed with final diagnosis in 70% (95% confidence interval [CI] 62-78%) of cases, and more experienced point-of-care ultrasound users displayed higher agreement with final diagnosis. Point-of-care ultrasound results were generated a median of 73 min (Q1 = 51, Q3 = 112) before radiology department ultrasound results. DISCUSSION: Scrotal POCUS performed by pediatric emergency physicians appears to be an accurate tool to detect testicular torsion in children with acute scrotum and saves time compared with radiology ultrasound. The study results may not be generalizable to hospitals without a multidisciplinary POCUS system for quality assurance and image sharing. Future work on POCUS for acute scrotum should investigate its impact on patient outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and family satisfaction. CONCLUSION: Point-of-care ultrasound by pediatric emergency physicians is accurate for detecting testicular torsion in children with acute scrotum and could expedite diagnosis of this time-sensitive condition.


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Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência , Sistemas Automatizados de Assistência Junto ao Leito , Escroto/diagnóstico por imagem , Torção do Cordão Espermático/diagnóstico , Ultrassonografia/métodos , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Seguimentos , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Estudos Retrospectivos
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Anim Genet ; 50(2): 166-171, 2019 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30741434

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Autochthonous pig breeds are usually reared in extensive or semi-extensive production systems that might facilitate contact with wild boars and, thus, reciprocal genetic exchanges. In this study, we analysed variants in the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene (which cause different coat colour phenotypes) and in the nuclear receptor subfamily 6 group A member 1 (NR6A1) gene (associated with increased vertebral number) in 712 pigs of 12 local pig breeds raised in Italy (Apulo-Calabrese, Casertana, Cinta Senese, Mora Romagnola, Nero Siciliano and Sarda) and south-eastern European countries (Krskopolje from Slovenia, Black Slavonian and Turopolje from Croatia, Mangalitsa and Moravka from Serbia and East Balkan Swine from Bulgaria) and compared the data with the genetic variability at these loci investigated in 229 wild boars from populations spread in the same macro-geographic areas. None of the autochthonous pig breeds or wild boar populations were fixed for one allele at both loci. Domestic and wild-type alleles at these two genes were present in both domestic and wild populations. Findings of the distribution of MC1R alleles might be useful for tracing back the complex genetic history of autochthonous breeds. Altogether, these results indirectly demonstrate that bidirectional introgression of wild and domestic alleles is derived and affected by the human and naturally driven evolutionary forces that are shaping the Sus scrofa genome: autochthonous breeds are experiencing a sort of 'de-domestication' process, and wild resources are challenged by a 'domestication' drift. Both need to be further investigated and managed.


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Domesticação , Membro 1 do Grupo A da Subfamília 6 de Receptores Nucleares/genética , Receptor Tipo 1 de Melanocortina/genética , Sus scrofa/genética , Alelos , Animais , Cruzamento , Europa Oriental , Itália , Membro 1 do Grupo A da Subfamília 6 de Receptores Nucleares/metabolismo , Receptor Tipo 1 de Melanocortina/metabolismo
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Clin Transl Sci ; 10(5): 366-379, 2017 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28561946

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Disappointing results of recent tuberculosis chemotherapy trials suggest that knowledge gained from preclinical investigations was not utilized to maximal effect. A mouse-to-human translational pharmacokinetics (PKs) - pharmacodynamics (PDs) model built on a rich mouse database may improve clinical trial outcome predictions. The model included Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth function in mice, adaptive immune response effect on bacterial growth, relationships among moxifloxacin, rifapentine, and rifampin concentrations accelerating bacterial death, clinical PK data, species-specific protein binding, drug-drug interactions, and patient-specific pathology. Simulations of recent trials testing 4-month regimens predicted 65% (95% confidence interval [CI], 55-74) relapse-free patients vs. 80% observed in the REMox-TB trial, and 79% (95% CI, 72-87) vs. 82% observed in the Rifaquin trial. Simulation of 6-month regimens predicted 97% (95% CI, 93-99) vs. 92% and 95% observed in 2RHZE/4RH control arms, and 100% predicted and observed in the 35 mg/kg rifampin arm of PanACEA MAMS. These results suggest that the model can inform regimen optimization and predict outcomes of ongoing trials.


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Modelos Teóricos , Pesquisa Translacional Biomédica , Tuberculose/tratamento farmacológico , Animais , Antituberculosos/farmacocinética , Antituberculosos/farmacologia , Antituberculosos/uso terapêutico , Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Quimioterapia Combinada , Humanos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Nus , Camundongos SCID , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efeitos dos fármacos , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do Tratamento
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Clin Pharmacol Ther ; 102(2): 321-331, 2017 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28124478

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Rifapentine is a highly active antituberculosis antibiotic with treatment-shortening potential; however, exposure-response relations and the dose needed for maximal bactericidal activity have not been established. We used pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic data from 657 adults with pulmonary tuberculosis participating in treatment trials to compare rifapentine (n = 405) with rifampin (n = 252) as part of intensive-phase therapy. Population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analyses were performed with nonlinear mixed-effects modeling. Time to stable culture conversion of sputum to negative was determined in cultures obtained over 4 months of therapy. Rifapentine exposures were lower in participants who were coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus, black, male, or fasting when taking drug. Rifapentine exposure, large lung cavity size, and geographic region were independently associated with time to culture conversion in liquid media. Maximal treatment efficacy is likely achieved with rifapentine at 1,200 mg daily. Patients with large lung cavities appear less responsive to treatment, even at high rifapentine doses.


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Antibióticos Antituberculose/administração & dosagem , Antibióticos Antituberculose/farmacocinética , Rifampina/análogos & derivados , Tuberculose Pulmonar/tratamento farmacológico , Tuberculose Pulmonar/metabolismo , Adulto , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Rifampina/administração & dosagem , Rifampina/farmacocinética , Tuberculose Pulmonar/epidemiologia
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CPT Pharmacometrics Syst Pharmacol ; 6(2): 87-109, 2017 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27884052

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This article represents the first in a series of tutorials on model evaluation in nonlinear mixed effect models (NLMEMs), from the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP) Model Evaluation Group. Numerous tools are available for evaluation of NLMEM, with a particular emphasis on visual assessment. This first basic tutorial focuses on presenting graphical evaluation tools of NLMEM for continuous data. It illustrates graphs for correct or misspecified models, discusses their pros and cons, and recalls the definition of metrics used.


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Modelos Biológicos , Farmacocinética , Varfarina/farmacocinética , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Dinâmica não Linear , Varfarina/administração & dosagem
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J Clin Microbiol ; 54(12): 3028-3033, 2016 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27733634

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The Xpert MTB/RIF assay is both sensitive and specific as a diagnostic test. Xpert also reports quantitative output in cycle threshold (CT) values, which may provide a dynamic measure of sputum bacillary burden when used longitudinally. We evaluated the relationship between Xpert CT trajectory and drug exposure during tuberculosis (TB) treatment to assess the potential utility of Xpert CT for treatment monitoring. We obtained serial sputum samples from patients with smear-positive pulmonary TB who were consecutively enrolled at 10 international clinical trial sites participating in study 29X, a CDC-sponsored Tuberculosis Trials Consortium study evaluating the tolerability, safety, and antimicrobial activity of rifapentine at daily doses of up to 20 mg/kg of body weight. Xpert was performed at weeks 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 12. Longitudinal CT data were modeled using a nonlinear mixed effects model in relation to rifapentine exposure (area under the concentration-time curve [AUC]). The rate of change of CT was higher in subjects receiving rifapentine than in subjects receiving standard-dose rifampin. Moreover, rifapentine exposure, but not assigned dose, was significantly associated with rate of change in CT (P = 0.02). The estimated increase in CT slope for every additional 100 µg · h/ml of rifapentine drug exposure (as measured by AUC) was 0.11 CT/week (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.05 to 0.17). Increasing rifapentine exposure is associated with a higher rate of change of Xpert CT, indicating faster clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA. These data suggest that the quantitative outputs of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay may be useful as a dynamic measure of TB treatment response.


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DNA Bacteriano/genética , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efeitos dos fármacos , Rifampina/análogos & derivados , Escarro/microbiologia , Tuberculose Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Tuberculose Pulmonar/tratamento farmacológico , Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genética , Rifampina/efeitos adversos , Rifampina/uso terapêutico , Sensibilidade e Especificidade , Adulto Jovem
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Clin Pharmacol Ther ; 100(5): 537-547, 2016 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27415606

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One-third of type-2 diabetic patients respond poorly to metformin. Despite extensive research, the impact of genetic and nongenetic factors on long-term outcome is unknown. In this study we combine nonlinear mixed effect modeling with computational genetic methodologies to identify predictors of long-term response. In all, 1,056 patients contributed their genetic, demographic, and long-term HbA1c data. The top nine variants (of 12,000 variants in 267 candidate genes) accounted for approximately one-third of the variability in the disease progression parameter. Average serum creatinine level, age, and weight were determinants of symptomatic response; however, explaining negligible variability. Two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in CSMD1 gene (rs2617102, rs2954625) and one SNP in a pharmacologically relevant SLC22A2 gene (rs316009) influenced disease progression, with minor alleles leading to less and more favorable outcomes, respectively. Overall, our study highlights the influence of genetic factors on long-term HbA1c response and provides a computational model, which when validated, may be used to individualize treatment.


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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/metabolismo , Progressão da Doença , Hemoglobinas Glicadas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/genética , Metformina/uso terapêutico , Proteínas de Transporte de Cátions Orgânicos/genética , Variantes Farmacogenômicos/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/uso terapêutico , Estudos Longitudinais , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Dinâmica não Linear , Transportador 2 de Cátion Orgânico , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único/genética , Proteínas Supressoras de Tumor , Adulto Jovem
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Clin Pharmacol Ther ; 98(6): 622-9, 2015 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26260983

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Pediatric tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Standard treatment includes isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. Current rifampin dosing achieves low cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations, and CSF penetration of ethambutol is poor. In adult trials, higher-dose rifampin and/or a fluoroquinolone reduced mortality and disability. To estimate optimal dosing of rifampin and levofloxacin for children, we compiled plasma and CSF pharmacokinetic (PK) and outcomes data from adult TBM trials plus plasma PK data from children. A population PK/pharmacodynamic (PD) model using adult data defined rifampin target exposures (plasma area under the curve (AUC)0-24 = 92 mg*h/L). Levofloxacin targets and rifampin pediatric drug disposition information were literature-derived. To attain target rifampin exposures, children require daily doses of at least 30 mg/kg orally or 15 mg/kg intravenously (i.v.). From our pediatric population PK model, oral levofloxacin doses needed to attain exposure targets were 19-33 mg/kg. Our results provide data-driven guidance to maximize pediatric TBM treatment while we await definitive trial results.


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Antituberculosos/administração & dosagem , Cálculos da Dosagem de Medicamento , Levofloxacino/administração & dosagem , Modelos Biológicos , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/efeitos dos fármacos , Rifampina/administração & dosagem , Tuberculose Meníngea/tratamento farmacológico , Administração Intravenosa , Administração Oral , Adolescente , Adulto , Fatores Etários , Antituberculosos/sangue , Antituberculosos/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Antituberculosos/farmacocinética , Peso Corporal , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Ensaios Clínicos Fase II como Assunto , Simulação por Computador , Humanos , Lactente , Levofloxacino/sangue , Levofloxacino/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Levofloxacino/farmacocinética , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto , Rifampina/sangue , Rifampina/líquido cefalorraquidiano , Rifampina/farmacocinética , Tuberculose Meníngea/diagnóstico , Tuberculose Meníngea/microbiologia
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Clin Pharmacol Ther ; 96(3): 370-9, 2014 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24853734

RESUMO

One-third of type 2 diabetes patients do not respond to metformin. Genetic variants in metformin transporters have been extensively studied as a likely contributor to this high failure rate. Here, we investigate, for the first time, the effect of genetic variants in transcription factors on metformin pharmacokinetics (PK) and response. Overall, 546 patients and healthy volunteers contributed their genome-wide, pharmacokinetic (235 subjects), and HbA1c data (440 patients) for this analysis. Five variants in specificity protein 1 (SP1), a transcription factor that modulates the expression of metformin transporters, were associated with changes in treatment HbA1c (P < 0.01) and metformin secretory clearance (P < 0.05). Population pharmacokinetic modeling further confirmed a 24% reduction in apparent clearance in homozygous carriers of one such variant, rs784888. Genetic variants in other transcription factors, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4-α, were significantly associated with HbA1c change only. Overall, our study highlights the importance of genetic variants in transcription factors as modulators of metformin PK and response.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/genética , Hipoglicemiantes/farmacocinética , Metformina/farmacocinética , Farmacogenética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangue , Feminino , Estudo de Associação Genômica Ampla , Hemoglobinas Glicadas/metabolismo , Fator 4 Nuclear de Hepatócito/genética , Homozigoto , Humanos , Hipoglicemiantes/administração & dosagem , Masculino , Metformina/administração & dosagem , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Modelos Biológicos , Análise Multivariada , PPAR alfa/genética , Fenótipo , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fator de Transcrição Sp1/genética , Resultado do Tratamento , Estados Unidos , Adulto Jovem
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