Feasibility studies on division of fixed dose combinations of anti-tubercular drugs: an improvement in the tuberculosis therapy

Ashokraj, Yasvanth; Kohli, Gunjan; Kaur, Kanwal J.; Bhade, S. R.; Varma, Manthena V.; Sarkar, Mahua; Kapoor, Namita; Singh, Inderjit; Kandavilli, Sateesh; Panchagnula, Ramesh

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2710.2006.00725.x

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“…This is particularly important when medicines in tablets are being split in halves and thirds. Two studies described that the APIs isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol and rifampicin may be not uniformly distributed in the split proportions thus risking overdosing or underdosing 72 73. This is particularly important for medicines for children for whom drug bioavailability tends to be more variable than in adults 74.…”

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Estimating the prevalence of poor-quality anti-TB medicines: a neglected risk for global TB control and resistance

Tabernero

Newton

2023

BMJ Glob Health

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ObjectivesTuberculosis (TB) remains a major global public health problem, especially with the recent emergence of multidrug-resistant TB and extensively drug-resistant TB. There has been little consideration of the extent of substandard and falsified (SF) TB medicines as drivers of resistance. We assessed the evidence on the prevalence of SF anti-TB medicines and discussed their public health impact.Materials/methodsWe searched Web of Science, Medline, Pubmed, Google Scholar, WHO, US Pharmacopeia and Medicines Regulatory Agencies websites for publications on anti-TB medicines quality up to 31 October 2021. Publications reporting on the prevalence of SF anti-TB drugs were evaluated for quantitative analysis.ResultsOf the 530 screened publications, 162 (30.6%) were relevant to anti-TB medicines quality; of those, 65 (40.1%) described one or more TB quality surveys in a specific location or region with enough information to yield an estimate of the local prevalence of poor-quality TB medicines. 7682 samples were collected in 22 countries and of those, 1170 (15.2%) failed at least one quality test. 14.1% (879/6255) of samples failed in quality surveys, 12.5% (136/1086) in bioequivalence studies and 36.9% (87/236) in accelerated biostability studies. The most frequently assessed were rifampicin monotherapy (45 studies, 19.5%) and isoniazid monotherapy (33, 14.3%), rifampicin-isoniazid-pyrazinamide-ethambutol fixed dose combinations (28, 12.1%) and rifampicin-isoniazid (20, 8.6%). The median (IQR) number of samples collected per study was 12 (1–478).ConclusionsSF, especially substandard, anti-TB medicines are present worldwide. However, TB medicine quality data are few and are therefore not generalisable that 15.2% of global anti-TB medicine supply is SF. The evidence available suggests that the surveillance of the quality of TB medicines needs to be an integral part of treatment programmes. More research is needed on the development and evaluation of rapid, affordable and accurate portable devices to empower pharmacy inspectors to screen for anti-TB medicines.

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