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Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global public health emergency, with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) posing critical challenges. Conventional longer regimens are characterized by suboptimal effectiveness, high toxicity, and poor tolerability. Consequently, there is an urgent demand for more effective, safer, shorter regimens with enhanced tolerability to replace traditional treatments. The present study aimed to systematically assess the effectiveness and safety of bedaquiline-containing modified shorter regimens (adaptations of the WHO-recommended 9–12-month bedaquiline-containing shorter regimen, with ethionamide, ethambutol, isoniazid, and pyrazinamide partially or fully substituted by linezolid, cycloserine/terizidone, and/or delamanid) for MDR/RR-TB. Databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Web of Science) were searched up to 17 December 2025. Data on treatment success, adverse events, and patient characteristics were extracted. Heterogeneity was assessed using Cochrane Q test and I2 statistic. Eleven studies involving 8166 patients were included. The pooled treatment success rate was 78.5% (95% CI: 0.69~0.87, I2: 98.45%; p = 0.00). The incidence of serious adverse events was 10.0%. Bedaquiline-containing modified shorter regimens may offer a potentially viable treatment option for MDR/RR-TB patients, giving an option for patients who are ineligible for standardized regimens. In order to verify these findings, further large-scale trials are required.

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BACKGROUND: Rising prevalence of bedaquiline resistance undermines benefits from this life-saving drug for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR tuberculosis). Despite increasing awareness, patient-level outcomes for bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis have not been well characterised and case management has been poorly defined. METHODS: We did a retrospective cohort study of bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis with matched RR tuberculosis controls at a tuberculosis referral hospital in East London, South Africa. Cases included patients aged 13 years or older with a phenotypic bedaquiline-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolate identified between Jan 1, 2018 and June 30, 2023. Controls with confirmed bedaquiline-susceptible tuberculosis, matched 1:1 by baseline culture status, age, and HIV status, were selected from a prospective observational study conducted during an overlapping period at the same facility. Primary outcomes included time to sputum culture conversion (SCC), a modified WHO-defined unfavourable outcome, and tuberculosis-free survival (alive, with SCC, and in care or treatment completed) up until 18 months. Adjusted analyses used Cox proportional hazards and logistic regression models. FINDINGS: 82 patients with bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis were included, 57 (70%) of whom were HIV positive. Bedaquiline was prescribed for 72 (88%) of 82 patients and meropenem (plus amoxicillin-clavulanate) for 32 (39%) of 82. Together with bedaquiline, the most frequently prescribed drugs included clofazimine, linezolid, and terizidone. Median time to SCC after treatment initiation was 175 days (IQR 100-254) in the bedaquiline-resistant cohort and 32 days (30-42) in matched controls. In the analysis of the combined cohorts, bedaquiline resistance (adjusted hazard ratio 0·03, 95% CI 0·0023-0·29, p=0·003) was associated with longer time to SCC when adjusted for baseline microscopy grade and baseline fluoroquinolone resistance. WHO treatment outcomes in those with bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis were unfavourable in 54 (67%) of 81 patients, driven by treatment failure in 35 (43%) of 81. At 18 months, 43 (52%) of 82 patients had reached tuberculosis-free survival, 19 (23%) of 82 had died, and 50 (79%) of 63 survivors were still on treatment. INTERPRETATION: Current treatment options for bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis result in prolonged therapy, delayed microbiological responses, and poor clinical outcomes. Implementation of more rapid resistance testing, including targeted next-generation sequencing, and access to novel treatment options within randomised controlled trials for bedaquiline-resistant tuberculosis, are priorities for tuberculosis programmes. FUNDING: The South African Medical Research Council.

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Infants of mothers treated for tuberculosis might be exposed to drugs via breast milk. The existing information on the exposure of breastfed infants lacks a critical review of the published data. We aimed to evaluate the quality of the existing data on antituberculosis (anti-TB) drug concentrations in the plasma and milk as a methodologically sound basis for the potential risk of breastfeeding under therapy. We performed a systematic search in PubMed for bedaquiline, clofazimine, cycloserine/terizidone, levofloxacin, linezolid, pretomanid/pa824, pyrazinamide, streptomycin, ethambutol, rifampicin and isoniazid, supplemented with update references found in LactMed®. We calculated the external infant exposure (EID) for each drug and compared it with the recommended WHO dose for infants (relative external infant dose) and assessed their potential to elicit adverse effects in the breastfed infant. Breast milk concentration data were mainly not satisfactory to properly estimate the EID. Most of the studies suffer from limitations in the sample collection, quantity, timing and study design. Infant plasma concentrations are extremely scarce and very little data exist documenting the clinical outcome in exposed infants. Concerns for potential adverse effects in breastfed infants could be ruled out for bedaquiline, cycloserine/terizidone, linezolid and pyrazinamide. Adequate studies should be performed covering the scenario in treated mothers, breast milk and infants.

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Recommendations for treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB) during pregnancy and post-partum now include Group A and B antituberculosis drugs. While pharmacokinetic data for most of these drugs among adults receiving treatment for RR-TB are limited, the data from pregnant patients and their infants are extremely scarce. Existing data suggest that fluoroquinolones, bedaquiline, clofazimine and terizidone may be used safely in pregnancy. Pharmacokinetic exposures, particularly between trimesters, are potentially sub-optimal; however, there is currently no evidence to support dose adjustment during pregnancy. Linezolid poses a potentially serious toxicity risk, particularly as exposures appear to be high in the later stages of pregnancy and post-partum following extended use, but this should be considered alongside the benefits of this extremely effective drug in the treatment of this life-threatening disease. While plenty of questions remain regarding the exposure to Group A and B antituberculosis drugs through breastmilk, existing literature suggests minimal harm to the breastfed infant. Pregnant patients and their infants should be included in therapeutic trials and pharmacokinetic studies of effective antituberculosis drugs.

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Analytical techniques for Pirfenidone and Terizidone: A review - IJPCA- Print ISSN No: - 2394-2789 Online ISSN No:- 2394-2797 Article DOI No:- 10.18231/j.ijpca.2019.001, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Analysis-Int J Pharm Chem Anal

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ABSTRACT Clofazimine is included in drug regimens to treat rifampicin/drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), but there is little information about its interaction with other drugs in DR-TB regimens. We evaluated the pharmacokinetic interaction between clofazimine and isoniazid, linezolid, levofloxacin, and cycloserine, dosed as terizidone. Newly diagnosed adults with DR-TB at Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital, South Africa, were started on the then-standard treatment with clofazimine temporarily excluded for the initial 2 weeks. Pharmacokinetic sampling was done immediately before and 3 weeks after starting clofazimine, and drug concentrations were determined using validated liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assays. The data were interpreted with population pharmacokinetics in NONMEM v7.5.1 to explore the impact of clofazimine co-administration and other relevant covariates on the pharmacokinetics of isoniazid, linezolid, levofloxacin, and cycloserine. Clofazimine, isoniazid, linezolid, levofloxacin, and cycloserine data were available for 16, 27, 21, 21, and 6 participants, respectively. The median age and weight for the full cohort were 39 years and 52 kg, respectively. Clofazimine exposures were in the expected range, and its addition to the regimen did not significantly affect the pharmacokinetics of the other drugs except levofloxacin, for which it caused a 15% reduction in clearance. A posteriori power size calculations predicted that our sample sizes had 97%, 90%, and 87% power at P < 0.05 to detect a 30% change in clearance of isoniazid, linezolid, and cycloserine, respectively. Although clofazimine increased the area under the curve of levofloxacin by 19%, this is unlikely to be of great clinical significance, and the lack of interaction with other drugs tested is reassuring.

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A 24 year old man with multi-drug resistant pulmonary tuberculosis was treated with a regime that included terizidone and then cycloserine. Serum drug levels of cycloserine were higher on milligram equivalent doses of cycloserine. Guidance implies that terizidone should be considered bioequivalent to cycloserine, but this case illustrates that this cannot be presumed. Any reduction in neuropsychiatric side-effects with terizidone may be due to lower cycloserine exposure and thereby reduced anti-mycobacterial efficacy.

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