Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of a 4-month Daily Regimen (2HZPM/2HPM) for Treatment of Pulmonary TB (ESCAPE-TB)

Evaluation of the Efficacy and Safety of a Short-course, Daily, 4-month Regimen Including Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Rifapentine and Moxifloxacin (2HZPM/2HPM) for the Treatment of Drug-susceptible Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan (ESCAPE-TB)

The development of efficacious, safe, and shorter treatment regimens could significantly improve TB management and treatment success rates. This prospective, 3-year, single arm study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a short-course, 4-month regimen including isoniazid(H), pyrazinamide(P), rifapentine (P), and moxifloxacin(M) (2HZPM/2HPM) for the treatment of drug-susceptible, pulmonary tuberculosis, and compared with a historical control group receiving the standard six-month regimen.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: 4-month rifapentine-based regimen

Detailed Description

Shorter regimens have the potential to impact on TB control by reducing TB incidence and mortality, and improve outcomes by increasing patient adherence to treatments and decreasing duration to cure, in addition to reducing costs to the health system and the patient. The purpose of this prospective, three year, single arm study is to evaluate whether a short course, four-month regimen containing rifapentine and moxifloxacin (2HZPM/2HPM) are as effective and/or as tolerable as the standard six-month regimen for the treatment of drug-susceptible, pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). A historical group receiving the standard six-month regimen is used as control. The pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile of rifapentine in Asian patients. Analysis of of histocompatibility leucocyte antigen (HLA) associations with adverse events and changes in biomarkers will be done.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 366
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Susan Shin-Jung Lee, M.D., Ph.D.; Phone Number: 2029 +886-7342-2121; Email: ssjlee28@yahoo.com.tw
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Hsin-Wei Tung, R.N.; Phone Number: 2062 +886-7342-2121

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 813
    • Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
    • Contact: Susan Shin-Jung Lee, M.D., Ph.D.; Phone Number: 2029 +886-7342-2121; Email: ssjlee28@yahoo.com.tw
    • Contact: Hsin-Wei Tung, R.N.; Phone Number: 2062 +886-73422121
    • Sub-Investigator: Ya-Wei Weng, M.D.
    • Sub-Investigator: Chih-Chen Chou, M.D.
    • Sub-Investigator: Huan-Yi Wu, M.D.
  • Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taiwan University Hospital
    • Contact: Chin-Chung Shu, M.D.; Phone Number: 65132 +886-2312-3456
  • Taipei, Taiwan, 112
    • Taipei Veterans General Hospital
    • Contact: Jia-Yih Feng, M.D.; Phone Number: 7564 +886-2871-2121
    • Principal Investigator: Jia-Yih Feng, M.D.
    • Sub-Investigator: Sheng-Wei Pan, M.D.
  • Taoyuan City, Taiwan, 333
    • Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
    • Contact: Tsai-Yu Wang, M.D.; Phone Number: 8470 +886-3-3281200
    • Principal Investigator: Tsai-Yu Wang, M.D.
    • Sub-Investigator: Chung-Shu Lee, M.D.
    • Sub-Investigator: Po-Jui Chang, M.D.
    • Sub-Investigator: Meng-Heng Hsieh, M.D.

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Suspected newly diagnosed pulmonary TB plus one of the following: a) at least one sputum specimen positive for acid-fast bacilli on smear microscopy OR b) at least one sputum specimen positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis by culture or "Gene Xpert MTB/RIF" testing, with rifamycin resistance not detected, OR c) histopathologic findings compatible with mycobacterial infection including a positive acid-fast stain
2. Patient with a history of being untreated for 3 years after cure from a previous episode of TB can be included.
3. Age 20 years or older
4. For women of childbearing potential, a negative pregnancy test at or within seven (7) days prior to screening is required, and must agree to practice a barrier method of contraception during study drug treatment, or be surgically sterilized or have an intrauterine contraceptive device in place.

5. Laboratory parameters performed at or within 14 days prior to enrollment:

   • Serum or plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) less than or equal to 3 times the upper limit of normal
   • Serum or plasma total bilirubin less than or equal to 2.5 times the upper limit of normal
   • Serum or plasma creatinine level less than or equal to 2 times the upper limit of normal or Creatinine clearance (CrCl) level greater than 30 mL/min.
   • Serum or plasma potassium level greater than or equal to 3.5 milliequivalent/L
   • Hemoglobin level of 7.0 g/dL or greater
   • Platelet count of 100,000/mm3 or greater
6. Patient signed a written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnant or breast-feeding.
2. Unable to take oral medications.
3. Previously enrolled in this study.
4. Received any investigational drug in the past 3 months.
5. More than 14 days of systemic treatment with any antituberculous drugs preceding initiation of study drugs.
6. Known history of prolonged QT syndrome.
7. Suspected or documented TB involving the central nervous system and/or bones and/or joints, and/or miliary tuberculosis and/or pericardial tuberculosis.
8. Weight less than 40.0 kg.
9. Known allergy or intolerance to any of the study medications.
10. Individuals will be excluded from enrollment if, at the time of enrollment, their M. tuberculosis isolate is already known to be resistant to any one or more of the following: rifampin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, or fluoroquinolones.
11. Medical conditions, including HIV infection and others conditions that, in the investigator's judgment, make study participation not in the individual's best interest.
12. Late exclusions: Drug-resistant TB by either rapid sputum based test (Gene Expert) or resistance testing using an indirect susceptibility test in liquid culture to isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide or resistance to moxifloxacin or rifapentine by microdilution agar proportion test.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: 4-month regimen (2HZPM/2HPM); Eight weeks of daily treatment with isoniazid (H), pyrazinamide (Z), rifapentine (P), and moxifloxacin (M), followed by; Nine weeks of daily treatment with isoniazid, rifapentine and moxifloxacin	Drug: 4-month rifapentine-based regimen; 8 weeks of isoniazid, pyrazinamide, rifapentine, and moxifloxacin, followed by 9 weeks of isoniazid, rifapentine and moxifloxacin; Other Names: moxifloxacin; priftin; rifapentine
NO_INTERVENTION: Standard 6-month regimen (2HERZ/4HR) historical control; a standard, six-month regimen, with; Eight weeks of daily treatment with isoniazid (H), rifampin (R), pyrazinamide (Z) and ethambutol (E) followed by; Eighteen weeks of daily treatment with isoniazid and rifampin, with or without ethambutol

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Treatment Efficacy	TB disease-free survival at 12 months after study treatment assignment	12 months after study treatment assignment
Safety and tolerability	The proportion of participants with grade 3 or higher adverse events during study drug treatment	0-4 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Early sterilizing activity	The proportion of patients with a negative sputum culture at the end of intensive phase therapy at 8 weeks	8 weeks
Sputum culture conversion	Time to stable sputum culture conversion	4, 8, 12, 17 weeks, 6 months, 12 months
Speed of decline of sputum viable bacilli	Speed of decline of sputum viable bacilli by automated mycobacteria growth indicator tube (MGIT) days to detection	2-8 weeks
TB disease-free survival at 12 months sensitivity analysis (unfavorable outcome)	TB disease-free survival at 12 months after study treatment assignment assuming all losses to follow-up and non-TB deaths have an unfavorable outcome (Sensitivity analyses assuming all losses to follow-up and non-TB deaths have an unfavorable outcome)	12 months
TB disease-free survival at 12 months sensitivity analysis (favorable outcome)	TB disease-free survival at 12 months after study treatment assignment assuming all losses to follow-up and non-TB deaths have an favorable outcome (Sensitivity analyses assuming all losses to follow-up and non-TB deaths have an favorable outcome)	12 months
Rate of treatment discontinuation	Rates of treatment discontinuation for reasons other than ineligibility (late exclusions due to drug resistance or HIV status)	0-4 months
All-cause mortality	All-cause mortality at 4 months and 12 months post-treatment assignment	4, 12 months
Attributable mortality	Attributable mortality at 4 months and 12 months post-treatment assignment	4, 12 months
Changes in interferon-gamma levels	Changes in interferon-gamma levels during treatment compared to baseline	2, 4, 8, 12 weeks
Changes in tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels	Changes in tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels during treatment compared to baseline	2, 4, 8, 12 weeks
Changes in interleukin-12 and interleukin-6 levels	Changes in interleukin-12 and interleukin-6 levels during treatment compared to baseline	2, 4, 8, 12 weeks
Changes in triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) levels	Changes in triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) levels during treatment compared to baseline	2, 4, 8, 12 weeks

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
HLA associations with severe drug adverse events	HLA Genotyping to detect predictors for occurrence of severe drug adverse events including skin rash and hepatitis.	0-4 months
Maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) of rifapentine	Serum concentration of rifapentine by determining area under the curve	0, 2, 4, 8, 12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
• Collaborators: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan; National Taiwan University; Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ANTICIPATED): May 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED): December 31, 2023
• Study Completion (ANTICIPATED): December 31, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 31, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 22, 2021
• First Posted (ACTUAL): April 23, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): April 23, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 22, 2021
• Last Verified: April 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial Infections and Mycoses; Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections; Actinomycetales Infections; Mycobacterium Infections; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Anti-Infective Agents; Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; Enzyme Inhibitors; Antineoplastic Agents; Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; Topoisomerase Inhibitors; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Leprostatic Agents; Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers; Antitubercular Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C8 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inducers; Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inducers; Moxifloxacin; Rifapentine; Rifampin
• Other Study ID Numbers: KSVGH-20561

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No