STREAM Stage 2 Trial begins

Stage 2 of trial aims to reduce MDR-TB treatment from 24 months to 6 or 9 months.

STREAM Stage 2 Trial will evaluate simpler and shorter treatment regimens for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). The current treatment standard for MDR-TB involves a complex regime that can last up to 24 months.

The study will include bedaquiline to test its effectiveness within a shortened MDR-TB treatment regimen - an all-oral 9-month regimen and a 6-month regimen.

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Source: The Union

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By International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Published: April 14, 2016, 2:04 p.m.

Last updated: April 14, 2016, 2:10 p.m.

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