Bedaquiline Roll-out Evidence in Contacts and People Living With HIV to Prevent TB

Recruiting now · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Tuberculosis, Latent

In brief

A seamless, staged Phase II/III, open-label, multicenter, non-inferiority trial, to compare the efficacy and safety of 4 weeks of bedaquiline (BDQ) versus a a standard regimen for preventing regimen for preventing confirmed or probable tuberculosis disease (TBD) during 72 weeks of follow-up among people living with HIV (PLHIV) and high-risk Close Contacts (CC) of adults with Drug Susceptible (DS) or Rifampin Resistant (RR) TB.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06568484

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

2530

Starts

2026-05-08

Expected to finish

2027-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-03

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• For Index Patient
• Any age
• A diagnosis of bacteriologically proven pulmonary TB
• Initiated on treatment for pulmonary TB within the past 90 days
• Have at least one close contact that is likely to be eligible for the study
• For PLHIV Indication
• Individuals must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to participate in this study:
• On a dolutegravir-based or other approved integrase inhibitor antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimen that does not interact with bedaquiline or rifapentine.
• If on a protease inhibitor-based ART regimen, a participant can be enrolled following a 5-day washout with switch to a dolutegravir-based regimen prior to enrollment. A 14-day washout is required for efavirenz-based ART regimen with switch to a dolutegravir-based regimen prior to enrollment
• If a participant is not currently on ART or is ART-naïve, the participant must have started a dolutegravir-based ART regimen prior to Enrollment.
• PLHIV who meet criteria for a TBD close contact should be enrolled under the close contact indication
• For Close Contact Indication (DS- or RR-TB Index Patient)
• Definition of Close Contact (either/or):
• o Lives or lived in the same dwelling unit or plot of land and shares or has shared the same housekeeping arrangements as the Index Patient for one or more nights ≤ 90 days prior to the Index Patient starting TB treatment
• o Has shared more than four hours of indoor airspace with the Index Patient during any one-week period ≤ 90 days prior to the Index Patient starting TB treatment. This may include indoor airspace within or outside the home.
• Close contacts must be in one of the following high-risk groups:
• All children 0 to <5 years old at the time of Enrollment, regardless of LTBI or HIV status
• Adults, adolescents, and children ≥5 years of age who are TBI test positive (either skin test positive* or IGRA-positive) and whose HIV status is negative, indeterminate, or unknown.
• Adults, adolescents, and children ≥5 years of age who have a documented HIV infection regardless of TBI test status.
• Universal Enrollment Inclusion Criteria for PLHIV and Close Contacts of DS- or RR-TB Index Patient
• A. Ability and willingness of participant (and/or parent/guardian) to provide informed consent (and assent, as applicable)
• B. Documentation of HIV Status
• For participants >=18 months of age known to be PLHIV:
• Certified copy of HIV clinic card or
• Certified copy of HIV testing that includes date, assay used and result

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion Criteria for Index Patient A. Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent B. No close contacts likely to be eligible for the study C. Study staff unable to obtain status of TB drug susceptibility or resistance D. Known bedaquiline resistance of M. tb isolate E. Known fluoroquinolone resistance of M. tb isolate (for Index Patients with RR-TB)
• Exclusion Criteria for PLHIV and Close Contacts of DS- or RR-TB Index Patient
• A. Unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
• B. Weight ≤ 3 kg
• C. A current diagnosis of confirmed or probable or possible pulmonary or extrapulmonary TB at time of enrollment or confirmed or unconfirmed TB for children.
• D. Previously completed treatment for TBD.
• E. Prior completion of TPT (including but not limited to 6 or 9H, 1HP, 3HP, 4R, 3HR, 6Lfx) *
• NOTE: Completion of TBD treatment or TPT based on the opinion of the site investigator that a sufficient course of TPT was taken to constitute treatment completion
• F. Current enrollment into another therapeutic clinical trial (See Section 5.8).
• G. Any of the following medical conditions:
• Severe renal impairment (DAIDS Grade 4) or end-stage renal disease requiring hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
• Severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh C)
• Evidence of acute hepatitis, such as abdominal pain, jaundice, dark urine, and/or light stools within 90 days prior to enrollment
• Severe cardiac arrythmia requiring medication
• Peripheral neuropathy ≥ Grade 2 (DAIDS)
• Diagnosis of porphyria at any time prior to study enrollment
• Corrected QTcF (Fridericia's formula) of >460 msec
• Unable to take oral medication
• Active drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the site investigator's opinion, would interfere with adherence to study treatment.
• Serious illness requiring systemic treatment including parenteral therapy (e.g., antibiotics) and/or hospitalization within 30 days prior to Enrollment
• Prior exposure to bedaquiline or clofazimine
• Receipt of more than 7 cumulative days of isoniazid, a rifamycin, or a fluoroquinolone in the 90 days prior to enrollment
• Known bedaquiline resistance in Index Patient
• Known allergy/sensitivity or any hypersensitivity to components of study drugs or their formulation
• Currently taking another medication that is prohibited with study medicines which cannot be stopped (with or without replacement) or requires a washout period longer than 14 days (See Appendix 7)

Where it is running

• Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute — Moshi, Tanzania (enrolling)
• Joint Clinical Research Centre — Kampala, Uganda (enrolling)
• MU-JHU Care Ltd. — Kampala, Uganda (enrolling)
• HNSEB (Hospital Nacional Sergio E. Bernales) — Lima, Peru
• SES Policlinico — Lima, Peru
• Makerere Lung Institute — Kampala, Uganda

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