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Curr Respir Med Rev. 2013 Jun 01;9(3):200-210. doi: 10.2174/1573398x113099990017.

Recent advances in tuberculosis: New drugs and treatment regimens.

Current respiratory medicine reviews

Derek J Sloan, Geraint R Davies, Saye H Khoo

Affiliations

  1. Tropical and Infectious Disease Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, L7 8XP, UK.

PMID: 24683386 PMCID: PMC3968807 DOI: 10.2174/1573398x113099990017

Abstract

The current treatment regimen against drug susceptible tuberculosis (DS-TB) was defined by the 1980s. Since then the emergence of the global HIV pandemic and the escalation of drug resistant (DR-) forms of TB have presented new challenges for therapeutic research. Priority goals include shortening DS-TB treatment, improving DR-TB treatment and making combined TB-HIV therapy easier. To help achieve these goals, a range of new drugs and treatment strategies are currently being evaluated. Phase IIb and III clinical trials are ongoing to assess combinations involving the high-dose rifamycins, the 8-methoxyquinolones, a diarylquinoline (bedaquiline) and the nitroimidazoles. Other compounds (e.g. novel oxazolidinones and ethylenediamines) are at earlier stages of clinical development. Overall, there are grounds for optimism that recent advances will contribute towards achievement of new treatment regimens in the foreseeable future. However, long-term investment, political commitment and scientific endeavour are crucial to ensure that progress is sustained and the benefits of recent advances reach those in the greatest need.

Keywords: Bedaquiline (TMC-207); Delamanid (OPC-67683); Gatifloxacin; Moxifluxacin; PA-824; Rifampicin; Rifapentine; Sterilising activity

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