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SUBMITTER: Svensson RJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5888114 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Svensson Robin J RJ Aarnoutse Rob E RE Diacon Andreas H AH Dawson Rodney R Gillespie Stephen H SH Boeree Martin J MJ Simonsson Ulrika S H USH
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 20170807 4
Accumulating evidence suggests that increasing doses of rifampicin may shorten tuberculosis treatment. The PanACEA HIGHRIF1 trial assessed safety, pharmacokinetics, and antimycobacterial activity of rifampicin at doses up to 40 mg/kg. Eighty-three pulmonary tuberculosis patients received 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, or 40 mg/kg rifampicin daily over 2 weeks, supplemented with standard doses of isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol in the second week. This study aimed at characterizing rifampicin pharma ...[more]