Tests a shorter BPaLM treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in adults in France

Trial details

Who runs it

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Trial code

NCT07486024

Record updated

16 September 2026

Original description

The FAST-MDR trial is an externally-controlled, multicentre trial with one prospective arm, evaluating the non-inferiority of the effectiveness of BPaLM in the interventional arm versus the effectiveness of the long, conventional regimen in a French historical cohort of MDR-TB patients (2006-2022). In light of recent WHO recommendations suggesting using BPaLM as a first choice for routine MDR-TB treatment and of the expected benefits of BPaLM over the standard treatment, there will be no internal comparator arm in the study.Read full original descriptionShow less

Feasibility of the Application of a New Six-month Treatment for Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Patients in France - FAST-MDR

The FAST-MDR trial is an externally-controlled, multicentre trial with one prospective arm, evaluating the non-inferiority of the effectiveness of BPaLM in the interventional arm versus the effectiveness of the long, conventional regimen in a French historical cohort of MDR-TB patients (2006-2022). In light of recent WHO recommendations suggesting using BPaLM as a first choice for routine MDR-TB treatment and of the expected benefits of BPaLM over the standard treatment, there will be no internal comparator arm in the study.

Inclusion: Is 18 years old or more; Is affected by bacteriologically- or molecularly-confirmed tuberculosis, due to strains of M. tuberculosis resistant to rifampicin (with or without resistance to isoniazid) according to a rapid molecular test; Is willing and able to give informed consent to be enrolled in the research project (signed or witnessed consent if the patient is illiterate); Patients seen in consultation or hospitalized in one of the centers involved for rifampicin-resistant TB, with screening results available and compatible within 14 days following consent signature; Is willing to use effective* contraception: women with childbearing potential** must agree to use effective contraception, unless their partner has had a vasectomy, for the duration of study treatment and up to 6 months after the end of study treatment; men who have not had a vasectomy must agree to use effective contraception for the duration of study treatment and up to 3 months after the end of study treatment; The following contraception methods are considered effective, according to local regulation (CTFG recommendations, March 2024):; Combined hormonal contraception (oestrogen + progestin); Progestin-only hormonal contraception; Intrauterine device (IUD); Intrauterine hormone-releasing system (IUS); Bilateral tubal occlusion; Vasectomised partner; A woman is considered of childbearing potential (WOCBP), i.e. fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile. Permanent sterilisation methods include hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy and bilateral oophorectomy. A postmenopausal state is defined as no menses for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. A high follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level in the postmenopausal range may be used to confirm a post-menopausal state in women not using hormonal contraception or hormonal replacement therapy. However in the absence of 12 months of amenorrhea, a single FSH measurement is insufficient; Is affiliated to a social security system (as beneficiary) or has state medical aid (AME) or has an ongoing demand for AMEor has an ongoing demand for an emergency medical care (dispositif de soins d'urgence, as applicable for tuberculosis).

Exclusion: Is unable to take oral drugs; Is taking or needs to take contraindicated medications in association with investigational medicinal products; Has known allergies, hypersensitivity or intolerance or any other medical condition and contra indications to any drug of the regimen; Has ≥500 msec QTcF interval on any ECG taken at screening or baseline visits, or has any cardiac risk factor for severe arrhythmia; Is already on a MDR/RR-TB treatment regimen since 4 weeks or more, and has no need to change the treatment regimen (i.e. adverse events, treatment failure); Has any other condition (social or medical) which, in the opinion of the site investigator, would make the study participant unsafe; Has significant and uncorrectable lab abnormalities at baseline: haemoglobin ≤7.9 g/dL, platelet count <75 000/mm3; absolute neutrophil count <1 000/ mm3; potassium <3.0 mEq/L; serum creatinine >3 x upper level of normality (ULN); alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≥3 x ULN; Unwilling to comply to study procedures, at the clinician appreciation; Has proven or likely resistance to bedaquiline, clofazimine, linezolid, pretomanid or moxifloxacine, or has had exposure (for 30 days or more) in past five years to bedaquiline, clofazimine, delamanid, linezolid, or pretomanid; Has severe extrapulmonary TB, including meningo-encephalitis, brain abscess, osteo-arthritis, osteomyelitis; Is concurrently participating in another trial of any medicinal product; Has peripheral neuropathy of grade 3 or 4 (CTCAE scale); Is known to be pregnant or is unwilling or unable to stop breastfeeding an infant; Individuals permanently legally incompetent adults, under judicial or administrative protection and vulnerable persons.

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