How Applicable Is the Single-Dose AMBITION Regimen for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated Cryptococcal Meningitis to High-Income Settings?

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America..

The AmBisome Therapy Induction Optimization (AMBITION-cm) trial, conducted in eastern and southern Africa, showed that a single, high dose (10 mg/kg) of liposomal amphotericin B, given with an oral backbone of fluconazole and flucytosine, was noninferior to the World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended regimen of 7 days of amphotericin B deoxycholate plus flucytosine for treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated cryptococcal meningitis and has been incorporated into WHO treatment guidelines. We believe that the trial also has important implications for the treatment of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in high-income settings. We advance the arguments, supported by evidence where available, that the AMBITION-cm trial regimen is likely to be as fungicidal as the currently recommended 14-day liposomal amphotericin-based treatments, better tolerated with fewer adverse effects, and confer significant economic and practical benefits and, therefore, should be included as a treatment option in guidance for HIV-associated cryptococcal treatment in high-income settings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 76(2023), 5 vom: 04. März, Seite 944-949

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Harrison, Thomas S [VerfasserIn]
Lawrence, David S [VerfasserIn]
Mwandumba, Henry C [VerfasserIn]
Boulware, David R [VerfasserIn]
Hosseinipour, Mina C [VerfasserIn]
Lortholary, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Meintjes, Graeme [VerfasserIn]
Mosepele, Mosepele [VerfasserIn]
Jarvis, Joseph N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

8VZV102JFY
Amphotericin B
Antifungal Agents
Clinical Trial
Cryptococcal meningitis
D83282DT06
Fluconazole
Flucytosine
HIV
Journal Article
Liposomal amphotericin B
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 12.03.2023

Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciac792

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346820375