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.
Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Duke University School of Medicine - Duke Clinical Research Institute - Duke Clinical Research Unit, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Kilimanjaro National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
TASK, Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa
Uganda CWRU Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
Task Applied Science - Brooklyn Chest Hospital, Ysterplaat, Cape Town, South Africa
King DinuZulu Hospital Complex, Sydenham, Durban, South Africa
Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa
University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
Klerksdorp Tshepong Hospital, Jouberton, Klerksdorp, South Africa
The Aurum Institute: Tembisa Hospital, Tembisa, Gauteng, South Africa
NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
MDS Pharma Services, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Quintiles Phase I Services - Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Ucsf Hiv/Aids Crs, San Francisco, California, United States
Johns Hopkins University CRS, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Ohio State University CRS, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Centre for Tuberculosis Research Innovation, UCT Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
Task Applied Science, Karl Bremer Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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