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Harrison, Thomas S, Lawrence, David S, Mwandumba, Henry 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4470-3608, Boulware, David R, Hosseinipour, Mina C, Lortholary, Olivier, Meintjes, Graeme, Mosepele, Mosepele and Jarvis, Joseph N
(2022)
'How applicable is the single-dose AMBITION regimen for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis to high-income settings?'. Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol 76, Issue 5, pp. 944-949.
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Abstract
The AMBITION-cm phase III randomized controlled trial, conducted in east and southern Africa, showed that a single high dose (10 mg/kg) of liposomal amphotericin B, given with an optimized oral backbone of fluconazole and flucytosine, was non-inferior to the World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended regimen of seven days of amphotericin B deoxycholate plus flucytosine for treatment of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis, and has been incorporated into updated WHO treatment guidelines. We believe the trial findings also have important implications for the treatment of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis in high-income settings. We advance the arguments, supported by evidence where available, that the AMBITION-cm study regimen is likely to be (i) as fungicidal as the currently recommended 14-day liposomal amphotericin based treatments, (ii) better tolerated with fewer adverse effects, and (iii) confer significant economic and practical benefits, therefore should be included as a treatment option in guidance for HIV-associated cryptococcal treatment in high-income country settings.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | QV Pharmacology > QV 4 General works WC Communicable Diseases > Infection. Bacterial Infections > Bacterial Infections > WC 245 Meningococcal infections WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV Infections > WC 503 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. HIV infections WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV Infections > WC 503.5 Complications |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme (MLW) |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac792 |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Pubrouter |
| Depositing User: | JISC Pubrouter |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2022 14:16 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2023 10:39 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/21270 |
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