Persistent forms of tuberculosis (TB) have proven to be a major cause of global morbidity and mortality and a cause for significant concern. Research in recent years has been geared toward the development of novel therapies that target persistent forms of this disease, which have shown resistance to standard therapy regimens. Pretomanid is an antimycobacterial agent that is administered with Bedaquiline and Linezolid to treat resistant forms of pulmonary TB. It was the first TB drug developed by a nonprofit organization, known as TB Alliance, and was granted FDA approval on August 14, 2019. Unlike other therapeutic regimens for the treatment of resistant TB, which may take 18 months or longer and may not be effective, the pretomanid-containing regimen allows for a more efficacious and shorter duration of treatment with fewer drugs.
Pretomanid is indicated, as part of a combination regimen with bedaquiline and linezolid, for the treatment of adults with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) that is resistant to isoniazid, rifamycins, a fluoroquinolone and a second-line injectable antibacterial drug or adults with pulmonary TB resistant to isoniazid and rifampin, who are treatment-intolerant or non-responsive to standard therapy.
Viatris, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Institute of Phthisiopneumology Chiril Dragniuc, Chisinau, Moldova, Republic of
National Center for Communicable Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue, Lima, Peru
12701, Gaborone CRS, Gaborone, Botswana
12201, Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceicao CRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
12101, Instituto de Pesquisa Clinica Evandro Chagas (IPEC) CRS, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
TASK Eden, George, South Africa
NIMR Mbeya, Mbeya, Tanzania
TASK Brooklyn, Cape Town, South Africa
Care Clinical Trial Group Inc., Dasmariñas, Philippines
National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tropical Disease Foundation, Makati City, Philippines
Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines
The Aurum Institute (Tembisa CRS), Johannesburg, South Africa
Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), Klerksdorp, South Africa
Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Maputo, Mozambique
Clinical HIV Research Unit, Durban, South Africa
The Aurum Institute: Tembisa Clinical Research Centre, Tembisa, Gauteng, South Africa
Site 5071, Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagao Gesteira CRS, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Site 31441, BJMC CRS, Pune, India
Site 31976, PHRU Matlosana CRS, Klerksdorp, North West Province, South Africa
S N Medical College, Agra, Uttarpradesh, India
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