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Dried blood spot and saliva samples are collected during multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment to measure the drug concentration of levofloxacin. Feasibility of both analytical procedures in a high burdened setting is explored.


Clinical Trial Description

Background: Measuring pharmacokinetic variability of anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs and responding by dose correction will allow individualized treatment to improve microbiological response, curb acquired drug-resistance, protect and extend the efficacy of novel drugs rolled-out to endemic areas (pharmacovigilance), reduce toxicity to patients and lead to treatment duration shortening. Aims and Objectives: Implement Dried Blood Spot (DBS) collection for performance of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to optimize multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) treatment in Tanzania. Simultaneously, provide a proof-of-principle-demonstration that the developed saliva point of care drug assay for measurement of fluoroquinolone concentration works in a field setting. Methods: This will be a phase II prospective diagnostic study among patients from a national referral of MDR-TB in Tanzania. The investigators anticipate recruiting a minimum of 50 study participants to power for the primary aim. Subjects will have a minimum amount of blood and saliva collected for therapeutic drug monitoring and the investigational drug assays respectively. Expected results include agreement of saliva point-of-care and DBS for measurement of fluoroquinolone concentrations in HPLC. Other important findings related to field-testing include the best time for sample collection within the dosing interval and the algorithmic use of DBS and saliva, and clinical - demographic factors such as HIV coinfection, concomitant drugs, and diabetes mellitus that may influence the saliva drug assay results. Performance characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, negative and positive predictive values) of the saliva point-of care (PoC) and DBS will be calculated as a measurement of accuracy with reference to the gold standard. ;


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • MDR-TB
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant

NCT number NCT04124055
Study type Interventional
Source University Medical Center Groningen
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date September 24, 2019
Completion date December 31, 2019

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