About this trial
The INSPIRE-TB study is a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority open-label trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of seven 9-month oral regimens compared to a 9-month standard of care (SOC) regimen in RR-TB participants susceptible to fluoroquinolones, and a bedaquiline-containing 9-month oral regimen compared to a 20-month conventional regimen in RR-TB participants resistant to fluoroquinolones
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Male or female patients aged 16-75 years with weight over 30kg, regardless of HIV status;
Pulmonary TB with rifampicin resistance diagnosed with either WHO-approved rapid molecular diagnostic test or phenotype drug susceptibility test (within 60 days prior to randomisation) ;
Signed informed consent form (ICF).
Disqualifiers
Known allergies, hypersensitivity, or contraindication to any of the study drugs as described in additional material;
Participants combined with central nervous system TB, tuberculous osteomyelitis or arthritis, hematogenous disseminated pulmonary TB;
Patients known to be pregnant or breastfeeding at the time of enrollment;
Patients who have received second-line MDR-TB treatment for 14 days or more prior to enrollment;
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Bdq(Lzd)+Lfx(Mfx)+Cfz(Cs)+Pto+E+H+Z
- A1
- A2a
- A2b
- A2c
- A3
- A4
- A5
- B-SOC
- B1
Treatment groups
10
Treatment groupsSee each treatment group below.