The Funnel: a Screening Technique for Identifying Optimal Two-Drug Combination Chemotherapy Regimens. 2021

G L Drusano, and Sarah Kim, and Mohammed Almoslem, and Stephan Schmidt, and D Z D'Argenio, and Jenny Myrick, and Brandon Duncanson, and Jocelyn Nole, and David Brown, and C A Peloquin, and Michael Neely, and Walter Yamada, and Arnold Louie
Institute for Therapeutic Innovation, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA gdrusano@ufl.edu.

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug discovery effort has generated a substantial number of new/repurposed drugs for therapy for this pathogen. The arrival of these drugs is welcome, but another layer of difficulty has emerged. Single agent therapy is insufficient for patients with late-stage tuberculosis because of resistance emergence. To achieve our therapeutic ends, it is requisite to identify optimal combination regimens. These regimens go through a lengthy and expensive evaluative process. If we have a modest group of 6 to 8 new or repurposed agents, this translates into 15 to 28 possible 2-drug combinations. There is neither time nor resources to give an extensive evaluation for all combinations. We sought a screening procedure that would identify combinations that had a high likelihood of achieving good bacterial burden decline. We examined pretomanid, moxifloxacin, linezolid, and bedaquiline in log-phase growth, acid-phase growth, and nonreplicative persister (NRP) phase in the Greco interaction model. We employed the interaction term α and the calculated bacterial burden decline as metrics to rank different regimens in different metabolic states. No relationship was found between α and bacterial kill. We chose bacterial kill as the prime metric. The combination of pretomanid plus moxifloxacin emerged as the clear frontrunner, as the largest bacterial declines were seen in log phase and acid phase with this regimen and it was second best in NRP phase. Bedaquiline also produced good kill. This screening process may identify optimal combinations that can be further evaluated in both the hollow-fiber infection model and in animal models of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009169 Mycobacterium tuberculosis A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation. Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
D004338 Drug Combinations Single preparations containing two or more active agents, for the purpose of their concurrent administration as a fixed dose mixture. Drug Combination,Combination, Drug,Combinations, Drug
D004359 Drug Therapy, Combination Therapy with two or more separate preparations given for a combined effect. Combination Chemotherapy,Polychemotherapy,Chemotherapy, Combination,Combination Drug Therapy,Drug Polytherapy,Therapy, Combination Drug,Chemotherapies, Combination,Combination Chemotherapies,Combination Drug Therapies,Drug Polytherapies,Drug Therapies, Combination,Polychemotherapies,Polytherapies, Drug,Polytherapy, Drug,Therapies, Combination Drug
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000995 Antitubercular Agents Drugs used in the treatment of tuberculosis. They are divided into two main classes: "first-line" agents, those with the greatest efficacy and acceptable degrees of toxicity used successfully in the great majority of cases; and "second-line" drugs used in drug-resistant cases or those in which some other patient-related condition has compromised the effectiveness of primary therapy. Anti-Tuberculosis Agent,Anti-Tuberculosis Agents,Anti-Tuberculosis Drug,Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs,Antitubercular Agent,Antitubercular Drug,Tuberculostatic Agent,Tuberculostatic Agents,Antitubercular Drugs,Agent, Anti-Tuberculosis,Agent, Antitubercular,Agent, Tuberculostatic,Anti Tuberculosis Agent,Anti Tuberculosis Agents,Anti Tuberculosis Drug,Anti Tuberculosis Drugs,Drug, Anti-Tuberculosis,Drug, Antitubercular
D014376 Tuberculosis Any of the infectious diseases of man and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. Koch's Disease,Kochs Disease,Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection,Infection, Mycobacterium tuberculosis,Infections, Mycobacterium tuberculosis,Koch Disease,Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections,Tuberculoses

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