Pretomanid for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis

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Discovering novel drugs active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is currently one of the most unmet medical needs. In this context, pretomanid (PA-824), a novel nitroimidazole prodrug that targets both replicating and nonreplicating cells, is being developed by TB Alliance under license from Novartis. In replicating Mtb, pretomanid inhibits mycolic acid biosynthesis, which is an important building block of Mtb cell wall. Under nonreplicating conditions, pretomanid is reduced by deazaflavin-dependent nitroreductase, leading to generation of reactive nitrogen species exhibiting potent antimycobacterial activity. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved pretomanid under the Limited Population Pathway for Antibacterial and Antifungal Drugs (LPAD pathway) for treatment of adult patients with treatment-intolerant or nonresponsive multidrug-resistant TB and extensively drug-resistant TB in combination with bedaquiline and linezolid as part of the oral.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998) - 56(2020), 10 vom: 04. Okt., Seite 655-668

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Thakare, R [VerfasserIn]
Dasgupta, A [VerfasserIn]
Chopra, S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibacterial drugs
Antitubercular Agents
Bacterial infections
Journal Article
Nitric oxide (NO) donors
Nitroimidazoles
Pretomanid
Tuberculosis

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 07.12.2020

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1358/dot.2020.56.10.3161237

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317531247