Single-Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B Treatment for Cryptococcal Meningitis.
Single-Dose Liposomal Amphotericin B Treatment for Cryptococcal Meningitis.
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DOI:
10.1056/nejmoa2111904
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2022-03-24
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Ambition Study Group
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Jarvis JN;Lawrence DS;Meya DB;Kagimu E;Kasibante J;Mpoza E;Rutakingirwa MK;Ssebambulidde K;Tugume L;Rhein J;Boulware DR;Mwandumba HC;Moyo M;Mzinganjira H;Kanyama C;Hosseinipour MC;Chawinga C;Meintjes G;Schutz C;Comins K;Singh A;Muzoora C;Jjunju S;Nuwagira E;Mosepele M;Leeme T;Siamisang K;Ndhlovu CE;Hlupeni A;Mutata C;van Widenfelt E;Chen T;Wang D;Hope W;Boyer-Chammard T;Loyse A;Molloy SF;Youssouf N;Lortholary O;Lalloo DG;Jaffar S;Harrison TS;Ambition Study Group
Cryptococcal meningitis is a leading cause of HIV-related mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on phase-II data, we performed a phase-III randomized controlled non-inferiority trial to determine the efficacy of a single high-dose liposomal amphotericin B based treatment regimen. HIV-positive adults with cryptococcal meningitis in Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe were randomized 1:1 to induction therapy of either (i) single, high-dose liposomal amphotericin B 10mg/kg given with 14 days of flucytosine 100mg/kg/day and fluconazole 1200mg/day (AmBisome group), or (ii) the current WHO recommended treatment of 7 daily doses of amphotericin B deoxycholate (1mg/kg/day) plus flucytosine (100mg/kg/day), followed by 7 days of fluconazole 1200mg/day (control group). The primary endpoint was all-cause mortality at 10 weeks with the trial powered to show non-inferiority at a 10% margin. We randomized 844 participants. None were lost-to-follow-up. In intention-to-treat analysis, 10-week mortality was 24.8% (101 of 407; 95% confidence interval [CI] 20.7-29.3%) in the AmBisome group and 28.7% (117 of 407; 95% CI 24.4-33.4%) in controls. The absolute difference in mortality was -3.9%, with an upper 1-sided 95% confidence interval of 1.2%. Fungal clearance from cerebrospinal fluid was -0.40 log10 CFU/ml/day in the AmBisome group and -0.42 log10 CFU/ml/day in the control group. Fewer participants experienced grade 3 or 4 adverse events in the AmBisome group than the control group (50.0% vs. 62.3%). Single dose liposomal amphotericin B (10mg/kg) on a backbone of flucytosine and fluconazole was non-inferior to the current WHO recommended standard of care for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis and associated with fewer adverse events. (Trial registration number: ISRCTN72509687.)