Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Short-Course TB Treatment: Landmark Trial Results Published in Peer-Reviewed Journal

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Short-Course TB Treatment: Landmark Trial Results Published in Peer-Reviewed Journal

Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB

A large international clinical trial has established that a new four-month daily treatment regimen is as safe and effective as the standard six-month daily regimen at curing drug-susceptible tuberculosis disease, researchers report today in the New England Journal of MedicineResults from the Phase 3 trial, led by the CDC's Tuberculosis Trials Consortium and supported in part by the NIAID-funded AIDS Clinical Trials Group, were first presented in October 2020 at the Union World Conference on Lung Health. A shorter regimen has the potential to increase completion of therapy, improve patient quality of life, reduce treatment costs, and decrease development of drug resistance. 

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