Biomarkers That Correlate with Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment Response : a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Current WHO recommendations for monitoring treatment response in adult pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) are sputum smear microscopy and/or culture conversion at the end of the intensive phase of treatment. These methods either have suboptimal accuracy or a long turnaround time. There is a need to identify alternative biomarkers to monitor TB treatment response. We conducted a systematic review of active pulmonary TB treatment monitoring biomarkers. We screened 9,739 articles published between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2020, of which 77 met the inclusion criteria. When studies quantitatively reported biomarker levels, we meta-analyzed the average fold change in biomarkers from pretreatment to week 8 of treatment. We also performed a meta-analysis pooling the fold change since the previous time point collected. A total of 81 biomarkers were identified from 77 studies. Overall, these studies exhibited extensive heterogeneity with regard to TB treatment monitoring study design and data reporting. Among the biomarkers identified, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interferon gamma-induced protein 10 (IP-10), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) had sufficient data to analyze fold changes. All four biomarker levels decreased during the first 8 weeks of treatment relative to baseline and relative to previous time points collected. Based on limited data available, CRP, IL-6, IP-10, and TNF-α have been identified as biomarkers that should be further explored in the context of TB treatment monitoring. The extensive heterogeneity in TB treatment monitoring study design and reporting is a major barrier to evaluating the performance of novel biomarkers and tools for this use case. Guidance for designing and reporting treatment monitoring studies is urgently needed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical microbiology - 60(2022), 2 vom: 16. Feb., Seite e0185921

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zimmer, Alexandra J [VerfasserIn]
Lainati, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Aguilera Vasquez, Nathaly [VerfasserIn]
Chedid, Carole [VerfasserIn]
McGrath, Sean [VerfasserIn]
Benedetti, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
MacLean, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Ruhwald, Morten [VerfasserIn]
Denkinger, Claudia M [VerfasserIn]
Kohli, Mikashmi [VerfasserIn]

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82115-62-6
9007-41-4
Biomarkers
C-Reactive Protein
Interferon-gamma
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Systematic Review
Treatment monitoring
Tuberculosis
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Date Completed 16.03.2022

Date Revised 16.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/JCM.01859-21

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334476119