Anti-tuberculosis (TB) Drug Levels and Correlation With Drug Induced Hepatotoxicity

NCT ID: NCT01456845

Last Updated: 2012-08-31

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

110 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-08-31

Study Completion Date

2012-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the study is to estimate plasma drug levels ( free and total drug levels ) of rifampicin and other antituberculosis drugs and compare these drug levels in patients who develop drug induced hepatotoxicity versus those who do not .The study hypothesis is that the ATT drug induced hepatotoxicity is related to free drug levels of rifampicin and other antituberculosis drugs .

Detailed Description

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Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem in both the developing and developed countries because of its resurgence in the immunosuppressed patients. World Health Organization (WHO) in 1993 declared tuberculosis to be a 'global emergency' with more than a third of the world's population infected. Globally 8.9 million new cases of tuberculosis occur annually, of which 1.8 million (20%) occur in India.

Short-course chemotherapy containing isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RMP) and pyrazinamide (PZA) has proved to be highly effective in the treatment of tuberculosis. One of its adverse effects is hepatotoxicity. It is the most common side effect leading to interruption of therapy. It is associated with mortality of 6-12% if these drugs are continued even after the onset of symptoms. Risk of hepatotoxicity is increased when these drugs are combined.

The time interval between the start of anti-TB drugs and appearance of hepatotoxicity varies from 3 to 135 days. In most cases hepatitis is evident within three months of start of antituberculosis treatment (ATT).

The pathogenesis of drug-induced hepatotoxicity (DIH) is still not entirely clear for most anti TB drugs including rifampicin. Hypersensitivity is a definite possibility. Rifampicin induced hepatitis has been postulated to occur as a part of systemic allergic reaction and due to unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia as a result of competition with bilirubin for uptake at hepatocyte plasma membrane. DIH caused by rifampicin occurs earlier as compared to isoniazid. While a dose related toxicity may exist, a direct correlation between serum drug levels and hepatotoxicity has not been well reported. Thus the clinical relevance of therapeutic monitoring of serum rifampicin concentrations in managing DIH is still being explored. Rifampicin is highly protein bound and hypoalbuminemia is a known risk factor for DIH ,so free drug levels in plasma has more significance than total drug levels in plasma.

Present study is done to estimate free and total drug levels of rifampicin and other antituberculosis drugs in patients on ATT and to compare it between patients who develop DIH vs those who do not and to assess the predicting ability of these drug levels in the subsequent development of drug induced hepatoxicity.

Conditions

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Hepatitis Tuberculosis

Keywords

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Plasma levels isoniazid rifampicin pyrazinamide hepatoxicity

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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2

Cases - those patients who develop DIH while on regular treatment with anti-TB drugs.

Controls - patients who do not develop DIH while on regular treatment with anti-TB drugs.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age: patients in the range between 18 to 65 years
* Patients of either gender
* Probable or confirmed cases of TB
* Patients receiving daily antituberculosis drugs

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with serological evidence of acute viral hepatitis A, B, C, or E and carriers of HBV and/or HCV
* HIV positive patients
* Presence of chronic liver disease or cirrhosis
* Cognitive dysfunction
* Terminally sick patients and unlikely to survive for 6-9 months
* Concomitant administration of other potentially hepatotoxic drugs(Methotrexate, Phenytoin, phenobarbitone, carbamazepine ,valproate Atenolol, labetalol, Salicylates , allopurinol, quinine, quinidine, fluconazole, cimetidine, ethionamide, verapamil, probenecid, TCA, halothane)
* Chronic alcoholics consuming \>48 g/day for more 1 year
* Patients not willing to give informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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S.K.SHARMA

Professor and Head

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Surendra K Sharma, MD,Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India

Locations

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences

New Delhi, , India

Site Status

Countries

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India

References

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Satyaraddi A, Velpandian T, Sharma SK, Vishnubhatla S, Sharma A, Sirohiwal A, Makharia GK, Sinha S, Biswas A, Singh S. Correlation of plasma anti-tuberculosis drug levels with subsequent development of hepatotoxicity. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2014 Feb;18(2):188-95, i-iii. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.13.0128.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 24429311 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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SKS/DIH/2011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id