9 Result(s)

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Liver toxicity associated with tuberculosis chemotherapy in the REMoxTB study

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a common complication of tuberculosis treatment. We utilised data from the REMoxTB clinical trial to describe the incidence of predisposing factors and the natural history i...

Conor Duncan Tweed, Genevieve Helen Wills, Angela M. Crook, Rodney Dawson… in BMC Medicine (2018)

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A comparison of liquid and solid culture for determining relapse and durable cure in phase III TB trials for new regimens

Tuberculosis kills more people than any other infectious disease, and new regimens are essential. The primary endpoint for confirmatory phase III trials for new regimens is a composite outcome that includes ba...

Patrick P. J. Phillips, Carl M. Mendel, Andrew J. Nunn, Timothy D. McHugh… in BMC Medicine (2017)

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Spot sputum samples are at least as good as early morning samples for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis

The use of early morning sputum samples (EMS) to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) can result in treatment delay given the need for the patient to return to the clinic with the EMS, increasing the chance of patients ...

Michael E. Murphy, Patrick P. J. Phillips, Carl M. Mendel, Emily Bongard… in BMC Medicine (2017)

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Erratum to: Limited role of culture conversion for decision-making in individual patient care and for advancing novel regimens to confirmatory clinical trials

Patrick P. J. Phillips, Carl M. Mendel, Divan A. Burger, Angela M. Crook… in BMC Medicine (2016)

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Limited role of culture conversion for decision-making in individual patient care and for advancing novel regimens to confirmatory clinical trials

Despite recent increased clinical trials activity, no regimen has proved able to replace the standard 6-month regimen for drug-sensitive tuberculosis. Understanding the relationship between microbiological mar...

Patrick P. J. Phillips, Carl M. Mendel, Divan A. Burger, Angela M. Crook… in BMC Medicine (2016)

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Evaluation of a standardized treatment regimen of anti-tuberculosis drugs for patients with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (STREAM): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

In contrast to drug-sensitive tuberculosis, the guidelines for the treatment of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) have a very poor evidence base; current recommendations, based on expert opinion, are ...

Andrew J Nunn, ID Rusen, Armand Van Deun, Gabriela Torrea, Patrick PJ Phillips… in Trials (2014)

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The value of the pragmatic-explanatory continuum indicator summary wheel in an ongoing study: the bullous pemphigoid steroids and tetracyclines study

The Pragmatic-Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary (PRECIS) tool is intended to be used in the design phase of trials to help investigative teams design trials in-line with their purpose. Our team applied t...

Daniel J Bratton, Andrew J Nunn, Fenella Wojnarowska, Gudula Kirtschig… in Trials (2012)

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Alternative approaches to tuberculosis treatment evaluation: the role of pragmatic trials

Daniel J Bratton, Andrew J Nunn in Trials (2011)

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The evolution of and challenges in defining the clinical endpoint in tuberculosis treatment trials with non-inferiority designs

Patrick PJ Phillips, Angela Crook, Andrew J Nunn in Trials (2011)