eLearning modules

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​​​​​​The following eLearning units have been developed to provide guidance to physicians caring for MDR-TB patients enrolled in the endTB project.

The endTB COVID-19 Interim Guidance

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This document is designed to give guidance to the endTB Project sites on the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. It is intended to be a resource for physicians and other health care professionals. It is a living document that will be regularly updated and enriched. 

DR-TB Drugs Under the Microscope: 7th edition

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This MSF Access Campaign report – now in its seventh edition – covers recent developments, pricing and patent barriers for shorter treatment regimens for TB preventive therapy and newer TB medicines required for the optimal treatment of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), including an update on pediatric DR-TB formulations.

Publication: Introducing new and repurposed TB drugs: the endTB experience

In 2015, the initiative Expand New Drug Markets for TB (endTB) began, with the objective of reducing barriers to access to the new and repurposed TB drugs. Here we describe the major implementation challenges encountered in 17 endTB countries. We provide insights on how national TB programmes and other stakeholders can scale-up the programmatic use of new and repurposed TB drugs, while building scientific evidence about their safety and efficacy.

Publication: Setting up pharmacovigilance based on available endTB Project data for bedaquiline

Active pharmacovigilance (PV) is recommended for TB programmes, notably for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) patients treated with new drugs. Launched with the support of UNITAID in April 2015, endTB (Expand New Drug markets for TB) facilitated treatment with bedaquiline (BDQ) and/or delamanid of >2600 patients in 17 countries, and contributed to the creation of a central PV unit (PVU).

Publication: Culture Conversion in Patients Treated with Bedaquiline and/or Delamanid. A Prospective Multicountry Study

Bedaquiline and delamanid offer the possibility of more effective and less toxic treatment for multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB). With this treatment, however, some patients remain at high risk for an unfavorable treatment outcome. The endTB Observational Study is the largest multicountry cohort of patients with rifampin-resistant TB or MDR-TB treated in routine care with delamanid- and/or bedaquiline-containing regimens according to World Health Organization guidance.

Publication: Culture Conversion at 6 Months in Patients Receiving Delamanid-containing Regimens for the Treatment of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis

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Delamanid should be effective against highly resistant strains of Mycobacteriumtuberculosis, but uptake has been slow globally. In the endTB (expand new drug markets for TB) Observational Study, which enrolled a large, heterogeneous cohorts of patients receiving delamanid as part of a multidrug regimen, 80% of participants experienced sputum culture conversion within 6 months.

endTB Interim Analysis Report (EN / ES / RUS)

Front cover, endTB Interim Analysis Report

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Bedaquiline- and delamanid- containing regimens achieve excellent interim treatment response without safety concerns: This report presents the results of three different analyses (a safety analysis, a delamanid analysis, and an injectables analysis) to improve the evidence base for using bedaquiline and delamanid in drug-resistant TB regimens. Available in English, Spanish, and Russian.

endTB Study Group Members

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The endTB Study Group is the group that is responsible for the endTB Observational Study (NCT02754765), which includes more than 2700 patients started on bedaquiline and delamanid containing regimens in 17 countries. Organized by country, this is a list of doctors, nurses, data managers, pharmacists, social workers, administrators and others who have spent many hours collecting and cleaning data, working closely with patients, and ensuring that the endTB Observational Study works smoothly in every aspect of its complex existence.

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