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The Tuberculosis Network European Trials group (TBnet) ERS Clinical Research Collaboration: addressing drug-resistant tuberculosis through European cooperation

Frank van Leth, Folke Brinkmann, Daniela M. Cirillo, Keertan Dheda, Raquel Duarte, Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Liga Kuksa, Christoph Lange, Carole Mitnick, Alena Skrahina, Khalequ Zaman, Graham Bothamley
European Respiratory Journal 2019 53: 1802089; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02089-2018
Frank van Leth
1Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Meibergdreef, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Folke Brinkmann
3Universitaetskinderklinik fuer Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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Daniela M. Cirillo
4Emerging Bacterial Pathogens, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Keertan Dheda
5Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, UCT Lung Institute and Dept of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
6University College London, London, UK
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Raquel Duarte
7Pneumology Dept, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
8ISPUP-EP unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Lorenzo Guglielmetti
9APHP, Centre National de Référence des Mycobactéries et de la Résistance des Mycobactéries aux Antituberculeux (CNR-MyRMA), Bactériologie-Hygiène, Hôpitaux Universitaires Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris, France
10Sorbonne Université, Université Pierre et Marie Curie 06, Unité 1135, Team E13 (Bactériologie), CR7 INSERM, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Paris, France
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Liga Kuksa
11Riga East University Hospital, and WHO Collaborating Centre, Riga, Latvia
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Christoph Lange
12German Center for Infection Research Tuberculosis Unit, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
13Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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Carole Mitnick
14Dept of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Alena Skrahina
15The Republican Research and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis, Minsk, Belarus
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Khalequ Zaman
16ICDDRB Infectious Disease Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Graham Bothamley
17Homerton University Hospital, London, UK
18Blizard Institute, Barts and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
19London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Abstract

The Tuberculosis Network European Trials group (TBnet) continues the successful ERS Clinical Research Collaboration on drug-resistant tuberculosis http://ow.ly/gGH330mHrDa

While the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) has fallen steadily within the European Union, the region has by far the highest estimated incidence of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB among TB patients [1, 2], which hampers the goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) of TB elimination in the region [3]. MDR-TB has the potential to be the most important infectious threat to European health over the coming decades, unless effective treatment can be found and relapses prevented.

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) established the mechanism of Clinical Research Collaborations (CRCs) to facilitate the collaboration between healthcare professionals, scientists, regulators and patients. The mechanism promotes cross-disciplinary research and builds a platform for clinical research in the field of respiratory medicine [4]. The Tuberculosis Network European Trials group (TBnet) was the first to develop the idea of an ERS CRC in 2009 and has concentrated on MDR-TB since 2012. This has provided the network with invaluable administrative support and embedded the work of TBnet clearly in the work of ERS through Assembly 10 (Respiratory Infections), and particularly with group 10.02 (TB) (figure 1).

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Intersections between the Tuberculosis Network European Trials group (TBnet) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) Assembly 10 in the ERS Clinical Research Collaboration. EU: European Union; EACCTB: European Advanced Course in Clinical Tuberculosis; ELF: European Lung Foundation.

The ERS CRC in MDR-TB by TBnet 1) raises awareness of the importance of MDR-TB in Europe, 2) provides a platform for multidisciplinary research in MDR-TB, 3) collects data from operational settings to improve diagnosis and treatment of MDR-TB, 4) addresses health inequalities in access to diagnostic tools and treatment, and 5) provides essential capacity building for early career clinicians and researchers.

TBnet

TBnet (www.tbnet.eu) is a pan-European network consisting of over 600 healthcare professionals and scientists, whose aim is to promote quality of care for TB patients through research and education [5]. It has two daughter organisations, ptbnet (for paediatric TB) and NTM-NET (for nontuberculous mycobacteria). So far, the collaborative research of TBnet has resulted in more than 60 peer-reviewed articles in leading medical journals.

Multicentre clinical studies are conducted by collaborations among the network's members. This is a departure from the work of conventional research groups where activities are steered by a small group of participants. As such, the network utilises country-specific expertise to its best advantage and embeds its activities in the operational characteristics of its members.

The educational flagship of TBnet is its annual Academy, a 3-day masterclass for early career clinicians and scientists. Selected participants are mentored before the start of the Academy by the TBnet faculty to prepare state-of-the-art lectures on key topics for the other participants during the Academy. This strategy stimulates development of international perspectives and kick-starts the creation of a participant's professional network. The Academy has taken place in Central/Eastern Europe (Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Russia) to limit barriers for participation.

The European Advanced Course in Clinical Tuberculosis (EACCTB) is a 3-day course with a strong focus on clinical management, geared towards young medical professionals. It has been organised in collaboration with international partners (KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation (from the Netherlands), Filha (the Finnish Lung Health Association), the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden), and the Hospital and University of Tartu, Estonia).

Membership of TBnet is free of charge. The network provides a platform where every member can propose new studies or participate in ongoing studies. TBnet is supporting data sharing as part of an “open science” environment. Requests for access to data collected through TBnet studies are reviewed by TBnet's Steering Committee to ensure the requested data can contribute to the proposed research question. Several TBnet studies have been included in individual patient data meta-analyses, thereby strengthening worldwide research collaborations.

All TBnet activities are reported and discussed at the network's annual meeting, which is scheduled for the day before the start of the ERS International Congress, to underline the close relationship between the two organisations.

TBnet's achievements

TBnet has made significant contributions to the management of TB, regarding the use of interferon-γ release assays, molecular testing for drug resistance, evaluating short-course chemotherapy for MDR-TB in Europe, and recommendations for outcome definitions [6].

Within the 2015–2018 ERS CRC, TBnet continued to expand its network of health facilities specialised in care for patients with MDR-TB. Of these, 23 facilities from 16 different European countries provided in-depth information on the magnitude and clinical management of drug-resistant TB in Europe, by implementing a European Union 7th Framework Programme-funded work package in the TB PAN-NET project (figure 2) [7].

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The Tuberculosis Network European Trials group (TBnet) health facilities collaborating in the clinical cohort studies.

The work showed the paucity of drug-sensitivity testing for second-line drugs other than fluoroquinolones and injectables [8, 9], mainly due to the absence of reliable tools for patients with MDR-TB. When available, drug-sensitivity testing revealed a high prevalence of additional drug resistance for ethambutol, pyrazinamide and protionamide/ethionamide, as well as moxifloxacin and kanamycin, especially in high-TB-incidence countries within Europe [8, 9]. All these drugs are key components of the short regimen for MDR-TB, resulting in limited scope of this regimen, with on average only 8% of patients with MDR-TB in Europe being eligible [10].

TBnet identified marked inequalities between low-, middle- and high-TB-incidence countries in Europe in access to initial treatment regimens for MDR-TB. Over 90% of MDR-TB patients were started on a personalised regimen in low-TB-incidence countries, compared to just over 15% in high-TB-incidence countries [11]. In these high-incidence countries, the high resistance to second-line drugs at the start of treatment and the higher frequency of acquired drug-resistance during therapy would seem to contradict the higher frequency of treatment success observed in these settings, compared to patients from low-TB-incidence countries, when applying WHO-defined treatment outcomes [11].

The WHO cure definition's reliance on at least three consecutive negative cultures in the continuation phase of MDR treatment is problematic. Only 13% of MDR-TB patients in low-incidence countries and 52% in high-incidence countries had three samples collected in that phase of treatment [12]. These figures are even lower for patients with drug-sensitive TB [13]. As a reaction to this finding, TBnet proposed revised TB treatment outcome definitions with three key concepts: 1) cure is defined independently of the number of sputum cultures in the continuation phase, 2) failure is defined independently of the change of treatment and duration of treatment, to reflect settings where drugs cannot be changed due to unavailability, and 3) incorporation of an observation period after treatment cessation to identify possible relapse [12, 14]. These changes make it possible to have identical classifications for all settings of TB treatment, including drug-sensitive TB and the paediatric population [15].

TBnet is able to elicit opinions and perform situation analyses through web-based surveys. Using focal points in participating countries, the network estimated the incidence of QT-prolongation and cardiotoxicity of currently used drugs [16], identified large inequalities in availability of TB drugs and in the price for a complete treatment course throughout Europe [17], mapped strategies in bacille Calmette–Guérin vaccination and their changes due to shortage of the vaccine [18, 19], identified key strategies to manage child MDR-TB contacts [20], and identified gaps in infection control strategies in the management of patients with drug-resistant TB in high-incidence countries [21].

The rapidly changing landscape in diagnostic tests and treatment demands guidance for clinical management long before formal scientific systematic reviews can be performed or are available. TBnet regularly combines expertise available in the network with key stakeholders within and outside the network, to arrive at well-founded consensus statements. The topics have been diverse and have included latent TB infection [22], contact investigation strategies [23] and diagnosis and treatment guidelines [24–27]. TBnet's publication authorship acknowledges the central role that frontline staff, rather than established investigators, make to healthcare research.

TBnet has established close collaborations with patient and advocacy groups, especially TakeThatTB and TBpeople. This ensures an increasing patient-centred view on TB-control activities.

Future plans

The aims for TBnet's 2018–2021 ERS CRC are ambitious. First, clinicians need to be able to manage MDR-TB with confidence. There is a need to update the consensus statements on molecular drug-sensitivity testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis [24] and the management of patients with MDR-TB [25]. It is anticipated that both consensus statements will provide a welcome basis for clinicians in their everyday work with patients with drug-resistant TB, thereby providing guidance on the use of newly available drugs and diagnostic tools, and improving the quality of care and treatment outcomes.

Secondly, there is a need for identifying best practices for inclusive care for TB among individuals new to Europe. A new TBnet consensus statement will cover a wide range of topics, including latent infections, screening, diagnosis, management, drug resistance, access to care, and legal frameworks, informing clinicians and policy makers alike on the critical task of providing inclusive care for TB patients.

Thirdly, accurate and meaningful data from operational settings need to be gathered. The clinical network is being strengthened and expanded for new data collection, which will capture the effects of introducing new treatment guidelines and access to new diagnostics. Special attention is given to the relationship between health inequalities and treatment outcomes. The “lessons learned” from the previous cohort will enable planning for a more robust use of routine data to emulate clinical trials. This is the most efficient approach when large-scale randomised clinical trials to estimate treatment efficacies of regimens are difficult or impossible [28, 29]. The cohort will provide crucial information on the safety of new TB drugs when used in routine care, and will provide a population for the validation of the proposed treatment outcome definitions. The strength of TBnet's cohort approach has been clearly recognised [30].

Fourthly, TBnet will align its advocacy activities more with the European Lung Foundation.

All these tasks require junior researchers, whose scientific development can be encouraged through the TBnet Academy and by sharing of up-to-date knowledge with established healthcare professionals through the EACCTB and ERS International Congress.

Conclusion

The ERS CRC mechanism provides TBnet with invaluable support, and embeds the network firmly in the wider activities of the ERS, by facilitating cross-disciplinary cooperation and liaison with other CRCs. The mechanism fosters capacity building of early career physicians and scientists, as well as cutting-edge research in the field of respiratory diseases in order to improve clinical care and outcomes of patients with MDR-TB.

Footnotes

  • Conflict of interest: F. van Leth has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: F. Brinkmann has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: D.M. Cirillo has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: K. Dheda has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: R. Duarte has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: L. Guglielmetti has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: L. Kuksa has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: C. Lange reports personal fees (sponsorship for independent lectures at sponsored symposia) from Chiesi, Gilead, Abbvie, MSD, Becton Dickinson, Janssen, Lucane, Novartis and Thermofisher, outside the submitted work.

  • Conflict of interest: C. Mitnick has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: A. Skrahina has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: K. Zaman has nothing to disclose.

  • Conflict of interest: G. Bothamley reports that the TBnet ERS CRC receives a grant from the ERS.

  • Received November 2, 2018.
  • Accepted November 14, 2018.
  • Copyright ©ERS 2019

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