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LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 21, Issue 3, Pages 354-365Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30914-2
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- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- South African Medical Research Council
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The study conducted in South Africa involved 20,207 volunteers, testing the performance of the RISK11 transcriptomic signature and 3HP preventive therapy. Results showed a higher prevalence and incidence of tuberculosis in RISK11-positive participants who received 3HP preventive therapy compared to RISK11-negative participants.
Background Targeted preventive therapy for individuals at highest risk of incident tuberculosis might impact the epidemic by interrupting transmission. We tested performance of a transcriptomic signature of tuberculosis (RISK11) and efficacy of signature-guided preventive therapy in parallel, using a hybrid three-group study design. Methods Adult volunteers aged 18-59 years were recruited at five geographically distinct communities in South Africa. Whole blood was sampled for RISK11 by quantitative RT-PCR assay from eligible volunteers without HIV, recent previous tuberculosis (ie, <3 years before screening), or comorbidities at screening. RISK11-positive participants were block randomised (1:2; block size 15) to once-weekly, directly-observed, open-label isoniazid and rifapentine for 12 weeks (ie, RISK11 positive and 3HP positive), or no treatment (ie, RISK11 positive and 3HP negative). A subset of eligible RISK11-negative volunteers were randomly assigned to no treatment (ie, RISK11 negative and 3HP negative). Diagnostic discrimination of prevalent tuberculosis was tested in all participants at baseline. Thereafter, prognostic discrimination of incident tuberculosis was tested in the untreated RISK11-positive versus RISK11-negative groups, and treatment efficacy in the 3HP-treated versus untreated RISK11-positive groups, during active surveillance through 15 months. The primary endpoint was microbiologically confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis. The primary outcome measures were risk ratio [RRJ for tuberculosis of RISK11-positive to RISK11-negative participants, and treatment efficacy. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov , NCT02735590. Findings 20 207 volunteers were screened, and 2923 participants were enrolled, including RISK11-positive participants randomly assigned to 3HP (n=375) or no 3HP (n=764), and 1784 RISK11-negative participants. Cumulative probability of prevalent or incident tuberculosis disease was 0.066 (95% CI 0.049 to 0.084) in RISK11positive (3HP negative) participants and 0.018 (0.011 to 0.025) in RISK11-negative participants (RR 3-69,95% CI 2.25-6.05) over 15 months. Tuberculosis prevalence was 47 (4.1%) of 1139 versus 14 (0.78%) of 1984 in RISK11positive compared with RISK11-negative participants, respectively (diagnostic RR 5.13, 95% CI 2.93 to 9.43). Tuberculosis incidence over 15 months was 2.09 (95% CI 0.97 to 3.19) vs 0.80 (0.30 to 1.30) per 100 person years in RISK11-positive (3HP-negative) participants compared with RISK11-negative participants (cumulative incidence ratio 2.6, 95% CI 1.2 to 5.9). Serious adverse events related to 3HP included one hospitalisation for seizures unintentional isoniazid overdose) and one death of unknown cause (possibly temporally related). Tuberculosis incidence over 15 months was 1.94 (95% CI 0.35 to 3.50) versus 2.09 (95% CI 0.97 to 3.19) per 100 person-years in 3HP-treated RISK11-positive participants compared with untreated RISK11-positive participants (efficacy 7.0%, 95% CI -145 to 65). Interpretation The RISK11 signature discriminated between individuals with prevalent tuberculosis, or progression to incident tuberculosis, and individuals who remained healthy, but provision of 3HP to signature-positive individuals after exclusion of baseline disease did not reduce progression to tuberculosis over 15 months. Copyright (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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