World Health Organization site
Skip Navigation Links

Main
Note: This record shows only 22 elements of the WHO Trial Registration Data Set. To view changes that have been made to the source record, or for additional information about this trial, click on the URL below to go to the source record in the primary register.
Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03000517
Date of registration: 01/09/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Medical Center Groningen
Public title: PK of Levofloxacin in MDR-TB Patients
Scientific title: Pharmacokinetics of Levofloxacin in MDR-TB Patients
Date of first enrolment: May 4, 2016
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03000517
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Nepal
Contacts
Name:     Jan-Willem Alffenaar
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient with TB, with Mycobacterium tuberculosis by culture/ Gene Xpert

- Patient is 18 years or older with newly diagnosed or previously treated MDR-TB

- Patient with sputum smear positive for acid-fast bacilli or sputum smear negative but
Gene Xpert (MTB/RIF) positive, and resistant to both isoniazid and rifampicin

- Patients with MDR-TB receiving levofloxacin as a part of MDR-TB regimen

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient with neurologic or severe extra-pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis

- Pregnant women or breast feeding mothers with MDR-TB

- Patients with diminished renal functions or on medications for the treatment of renal
disorders

- Body weight <35 kg

- Patients treated with aluminium- and magnesium containing antacids and ferrous
sulphates, cimetidine and probenecid, theophylline, warfarin, zidovudine, digoxin or
cyclosporine.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
AUC [Time Frame: Period I (15-30) day and Period II (45-60) day]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
LFX/V0.1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
URL:
Disclaimer: Trials posted on this search portal are not endorsed by WHO, but are provided as a service to our users. In no event shall the World Health Organization be liable for any damages arising from the use of the information linked to in this section. None of the information obtained through use of the search portal should in any way be used in clinical care without consulting a physician or licensed health professional. WHO is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness and/or use made of the content displayed for any trial record.
Copyright - World Health Organization - Version 3.6 - Version history