TMC207-C202: Study to Evaluate Bactericidal Activity of Multiple Oral Doses of TMC207 in Subjects With Sputum-Smear Positive Tuberculosis

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This is a Phase IIa, open-label, randomized trial in treatment-naïve, sputum smear-positive, subjects with pulmonary TB to assess the extended early bactericidal activity (eEBA) of TMC207. The study population will consist of 60 treatment-naive subjects with M. tuberculosis infection.

Subjects will receive orally 25 mg TMC207 po q.d. (Treatment A), 100 mg TMC207 po q.d. (Treatment B) or 400 mg TMC207 po q.d. (Treatment C) daily for 7 days. Subjects in treatment group D will receive 600 mg rifampin po q.d. daily for 7 days and subjects in treatment group E will receive 300 mg isoniazid po q...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Treatment-naive subjects with pulmonary M. tuberculosis infection, willing to start anti-TB therapy
• • Positive for acid-fast bacilli on direct smear exam of sputum specimen
• • Must consent to HIV testing
• • Must agree to hospital admission
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • History or presence of hepatic or GI disease that may interfere with the absorption of TMC207, isoniazid or rifampin
• • Subjects who received previous anti-mycobacterial drugs for the treatment of a mycobacteria infection and subjects who have received more than 2 weeks of treatment with a fluoroquinolone
• • Subjects who have received antiretroviral therapy and/or oral or I.V. anti-fungal medication w/in the last 90 days
• • Subjects with sputum cultures of M. tuberculosis resistant to rifampin
• • Impaired hepatic function