B-PaLMZ for TB Meningitis

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Minnesota

About this trial

This two-stage study will compare consented research participants with tuberculous meningitis receiving BPaLMZ to controls receiving SOC of rifampicin (R), isoniazid (H), pyrazinamide (Z), and ethambutol (E), known as RHZE.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

First Episode definite or probable TBM with physician intent to treat

Age ≥18 years

Provision of Informed Consent by participant or surrogate

Living with HIV

Disqualifiers

Additional active and confirmed CNS infection

Known rifampicin-resistant TB

Allergy or contraindication to a study medicine

More than 5 doses of any TB therapy received within the previous 14 days

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • BPaLMZ Regimen

    Drug

    bedaquiline, pretomanid, linezolid, moxifloxacin, and pyrazinamide

Treatment groups

240 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: BPaLMZ RegimenExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Standard of Care RegimenNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Time to Death

Time frame
24 Weeks
2

Functional Status

Modified Rankin score

Time frame
24 Weeks

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Minnesota

Lead sponsor

Infectious Diseases Institute

Collaborator

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