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.
Worldwide Clinical Trials Early Phase Services, LLC, San Antonio, Texas, United States
THINK Clinical Trial Unit, Hillcrest, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
King DinuZulu Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis hospital, Minsk, Belarus
CHRU, Sizwe Tropical Diseases Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Isango Lethemba TB Research Unit Empilweni TB Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
The Aurum Institute: Rustenburg Clinical Research Centre, Rustenburg, South Africa
Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis hospital, Minsk, Belarus
King DinuZulu Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
THINK Clinical Trial Unit, Hillcrest, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis hospital, Minsk, Belarus
Sh Alimov Republican Specialised Scientific-Practical Medical Centre for Phthysiology and Pulmonology Hospital, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Helen Jospeh Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Advanced Pharma - Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Alliance for Multispecialty Research, LLC - Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
Madibeng Centre for Research, Brits, South Africa
CHRU, Empilweni TB Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Covance Clinical Research Unit, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Tshepong Hospital, Klerksdorp, North - West, South Africa
Institute of Phthisiopneumology Chiril Draganiuc, Chisinau, Moldova, Republic of
Moscow City Research and Practice Tuberculosis Treatment Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation
King DinuZulu Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Republican TB Hospital No. 2, Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis hospital, Minsk, Belarus
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