Addressing the Threat of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
A Realistic Assessment of the Challenge
WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Robert Giffin and Sally Robinson, Rapporteurs
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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN DRUG DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION FOR MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS: A WORKSHOP SERIES1
Donald M. Berwick,
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Enriqueta C. Bond,
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Gail H. Cassell,
Eli Lilly and Company
Anthony S. Fauci,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Gerald H. Friedland,
Yale University School of Medicine
Elaine Gallin,
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Stephen Groft,
Office of Rare Disease Research, National Institutes of Health
Margaret A. Hamburg,
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Jim Yong Kim,
Harvard Medical School
Nancy Sung,
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Roy Widdus,
Global Forum for Health Research
IOM Staff
Robert B. Giffin, Director
Rebecca A. English, Research Associate
Yeonwoo Lebovitz, Program Associate
Sally Robinson, Program Officer
Andrea Knutsen, Senior Program Assistant
Genea S. Vincent, Senior Program Assistant
Rona Briere, Consulting Editor
FORUM ON DRUG DISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, AND TRANSLATION1
Gail H. Cassell (Co-Chair),
Eli Lilly and Company, Indiana
Jeffrey M. Drazen (Co-Chair),
New England Journal of Medicine, Massachusetts
Barbara Alving,
National Center for Research Resources, Maryland
Hal Barron,
Genentech, California
Leslie Z. Benet,
University of California, San Francisco
Catherine Bonuccelli,
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Delaware
Linda Brady,
National Institute of Mental Health, Maryland
Robert M. Califf,
Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina
Scott Campbell,
American Diabetes Association, Virginia
C. Thomas Caskey,
University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center
Peter B. Corr,
Celtic Therapeutics, New York
James H. Doroshow,
National Cancer Institute, Maryland
Paul R. Eisenberg,
Amgen, Inc., California
Gary L. Filerman,
Atlas Research, Virginia
Garret A. FitzGerald,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Elaine K. Gallin,
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York
Steven K. Galson,
Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Maryland
Mikhail Gishizky,
Entelos, Inc., California
Stephen Groft,
National Institutes of Health, Maryland
Edward W. Holmes,
National University of Singapore
Peter K. Honig,
Merck & Co., Inc., Pennsylvania
A. Jacqueline Hunter,
GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom
Michael Katz,
March of Dimes Foundation, New York
Jack D. Keene,
Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina
Ronald L. Krall,
GlaxoSmithKline, Pennsylvania
Freda Lewis-Hall,
Pfizer, Inc., New York
William D. Matthew,
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Maryland
Musa Mayer,
AdvancedBC.org, New York
Mark B. McClellan,
Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
Carol Mimura,
University of California, Berkeley
John Orloff,
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, New Jersey
Amy P. Patterson,
National Institutes of Health, Maryland
Janet Shoemaker,
American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC
Lana Skirboll,
National Institutes of Health, Maryland
Nancy S. Sung,
Burroughs Wellcome Fund, North Carolina
Irena Tartakovsky,
Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC
Jorge A. Tavel,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Maryland
Joanne Waldstreicher,
Johnson & Johnson, New Jersey
Janet Woodcock,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Maryland
Raymond L. Woosley,
Critical Path Institute, Arizona
Reviewers
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Richard E. Chaisson, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Ann M. Ginsberg, Clinical Development, Global Alliance for TB Drug Development
Ruth Levine, Center for Global Development
Fuad Mirzayev, TB/HIV and Drug Resistance, Stop TB Department, World Health Organization
Lee B. Reichman, Global Tuberculosis Institute, New Jersey Medical School
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was over-
seen by Barry R. Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authors and the institution.
Tables, Figures, and Boxes
TABLES
S-1 |
Estimated Number of TB Cases and Number of Deaths, by Type, 2006, |
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Estimated Number of TB Cases and Number of Deaths, by Type, 2006, |
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2-2 |
Performance of National TB Programs, |
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Laboratory Capacity in High-Burden Countries, 2006, 52aboratory Capacity in High-Burden Countries, 2006, |
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6-1 |
Green Light Committee Projects and Patients, 2006–2009, |
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7-1 |
Four of the Eight TB Vaccine Candidates in Clinical Trials That Have Moved into Phase II Studies, |
FIGURES
S-1 |
MDR TB burden and patients in treatment, |
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2-1 |
Global incidence of TB, |
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Per capita incidence of TB, |
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Two-thirds of the MDR TB burden is located in just three countries, |
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Percentage of MDR TB among new TB cases (1994–2007), 26MDR TB among new TB cases (1994–2007), |
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African countries with a known MDR TB rate, |
2-6 |
Numbers of MDR TB and XDR TB patients in Tugela Ferry, 2005–2007, |
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A representation of the limited knowledge of the extent of MDR TB in KwaZulu-Natal Province, 2006, |
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2-8 |
High mortality due to MDR and XDR TB in Tugela Ferry (2005–2007), |
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3-1 |
MDR TB burden and patients in treatment, |
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3-2 |
Facilities in KwaZulu-Natal Province where at least one XDR TB case was described or diagnosed from June 2005 to March 2007, |
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3-3 |
Genotypes of 17 patients with MDR and XDR TB relapse, |
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3-4 |
Four TB strains in a single patient, |
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3-5 |
Partners In Health’s community-based TB treatment triage strategy in Haiti, |
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6-1 |
Commodity logistics system in Kenya (as of April 2004), |
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6-2 |
Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) supply chain risk map, |
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6-3 |
Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) supply chain incentives map, |
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7-1 |
Discovery timeline of currently available TB drugs, |
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Distribution of TB drug targets, |
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7-3 |
Global clinical portfolio of TB drugs in development, |
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Federal funding for HIV/AIDS, 1982–2008, |
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7-5 |
Funding for TB from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in fiscal year 2007, |
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8-1 |
A patient being carried by a family member to a clinic, |
BOXES
3-1 |
Transmission of MDR and XDR TB in Shanghai, |
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5-1 |
Universal Access for MDR Care: The Cambodian and Ethiopian Perspectives, |
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7-1 |
Examples of Push and Pull Mechanisms for Stimulating Drug and Vaccine Development, |
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8-1 |
Specific Recommendations from the Report Stemming the Tide of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Major Barriers to Addressing the Growing Epidemic, |
Acronyms
ACH air changes per hour
ACT artemisinin combination therapy
ACTG AIDS Clinical Trial Group
AFRO African regional office
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
ANRS French National Agency for AIDS Research
ATP adenosine triphosphate
CDC U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CGD Center for Global Development
DOTS directly observed treatment, short course
DST drug susceptibility testing
EMEA European Medicines Agency
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FIND Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
GDF Global Drug Facility
GLC Green Light Committee
GLI Global Laboratory Initiative
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
IDA International Dispensary Association
IHR International Health Regulations
IOM Institute of Medicine
IT information technology
IUATLD International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
LIMS laboratory information management system
MDR TB multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
MEND Medicine in Need
MIRU mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit
MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MSH Management Sciences for Health
NGO nongovernmental organization
NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NIH National Institutes of Health
PCR polymerase chain reaction
PEPFAR U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
PETT CDC’s Preserving Effectiveness of TB Treatment study
PHLIP Public Health Laboratory Interoperability Project
POC point of care
PRV priority review voucher
R&D research and development
RFLP restriction fragment length polymorphism
SA Staphylococcus aureus
SRL Global Supranational Reference Laboratory
TB tuberculosis
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
UV ultraviolet
WHO World Health Organization
XDR TB extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis