Title: Lisa Eisenbeis RN, BScN, BSc -- Starting the Circle (asking good questions) Research at the Edmonton TB Clinic
1Starting the circle(asking good questions)
Research at the Edmonton Tuberculosis Clinic
- Lisa Eisenbeis RN BScN BSc
- 22March2012
- 2012 TB Symposium - Edmonton
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3- My mother made me a scientist without ever
intending to. Every other Jewish mother in
Brooklyn would ask her child after school So
Did you learn anything today - But not my mother. Izzy she would say
- did you ask a good question today
- That difference - asking good questions -
made me become a scientist. - Isidor Isaac Rabi
4Currently under way (or soon to be)
- 4 months Rifampin vs 9 months Isoniazid for LTBI
in adults phase 3 effectiveness (4R9H) - Biomarker component amendment to above study
- 4 months Rifampin vs 9 months Isoniazid treating
LTBI in children - comparing safety and
tolerability (P4R9H) - Drug Induced Liver Injury (international
consortium)
5The international team of principle investigators
and study coordinators
- The Principal Investigator for the Edmonton site
is Dr. Richard Long
6Participating Countries
71. 4 months Rifampin vs 9 months Isoniazid for
treatment of latent TB infection in adults
Phase III - effectiveness
8Objectives
- Primary Objective
- To compare the cumulative incidence during 28
months after randomization of confirmed active
tuberculosis among all persons randomized
(effectiveness using intention to treat
analysis) to 4Rif and 9INH
Is Rif just as good as INH
9In a nutshell
- Pragmatic trial
- Phase 2 demonstrated increased compliance fewer
side effects and better cost analysis with
Rifampin - Open label trial
- Non-inferiority
- Recruiting adults with risk factor for
reactivation - 28 months follow up after randomization
(q3months) - Goal of 6000 participants
10Eligibility Criteria
11So far
- Halfway through recruitment (Dec 2013)
- Approaching 3000 enrollees
- First interim safety review demonstrated even
less AE associated with rifampin than reported in
phase 2
12Research serves to make building stones out of
stumbling blocks. -Arthur D. Little
132.Biomarker amendment
14Objectives
- To compare the change in T-cell cytokine response
to TB specific antigens from therapy initiation
to four months later between compliant subjects
allocated to 4RIF vs. 9INH. Compliant subjects
are those taking at least 80 of the allocated
study drug up to that time. - Among participants in this trial to compare the
change in T-cell cytokine response to TB specific
antigens from initiation of therapy to 9 months
later (i.e. after treatment completion) by level
of compliance as estimated by the percentage of
recommended doses taken of 9INH or 4RIF.
What does the IGRA do after treatment
15In a nutshell
- Incorporated as part of the adult 4RIF9INH trial
and thus same eligiblity - IGRAs to be done at baseline 4 months and 9
months post randomization - Opt out consent
- A Biobank will also be constructed for future use
i.e. test new diagnostic technologies - The IGRAs will be performed here in the lab of
Dr. Dennis Kunimoto
16What is research but a blind date with
knowledge. -William Henry
173.4 months Rifampin vs 9 months Isoniazid for
latent TB infection in Children Safety and
tolerability
18Objectives
To compare the rates of premature discontinuation
of study therapy because of adverse events of all
grades judged probably related to 4RIF or 9INH
by the majority of an independent panel of 3
reviewers blinded to study drug.
How do kids do on Rif INH
19In a nutshell
- Close attention to adverse events
- Period of follow up is 16 months
- Will be using predetermined dosing at all sites
- Goal of 900 enrollees
- Challenges
- counting doses with liquid formulations
- Large age range differences in ability to take
medications
20Eligibility Criteria
Patient lt18 yrs and being recommended prophylaxis
21So far
- Recruitment is underway but not in all sites as
of yet - Edmonton awaiting first enrolment started March
12 2012 - ..wishing for our first soon
22Science is simply common sense at its best.
-Thomas Huxley
234.Drug Induced Liver Injury
- iDilic
- International Drug-Induced Liver Injury Consortium
24Background
25Under the 4R9H RCT
- Primary Objective
- identify and validate DNA variants useful in
predicting the risk of drug induced serious
adverse events specifically liver
injury/hepatitis - Under the 4RIF9INH RCT will look at Rifampin and
Isoniazid (other partners looking at other drugs)
Who is going to have liver problems during
treatment
26Eligibility Criteria
- Patients who are enrolled in the RCT Phase 3.
- 18 years of age or over
- Diagnosed with drug-induced liver injury
- Grade 3 or 4 severity
- gt3ULN ALT/AST symptoms
- gt5ULN ALT/AST
- gt10ULN ALT/AST
- Likely related to study drug
27In Appreciation
Dr. Dennis Kunimoto Medical Director ETBC
Edmonton TB Clinic Staff
28Questions
- He who does not research has nothing to teach.
- -Proverb