“In vivo activity of pretomanid was evaluated in acute, chronic and latent TB murine models as monotherapy and in combination with a variety of first- and second-line TB drugs, including the compounds in clinical development.”
Clinical monotherapy trials not ethical or feasible; component contribution shown in murine TB models
“Evaluation of drug monotherapies in TB clinical trials is not ethical nor feasible. The evidence for the contribution of the individual components to the BPaL regimen comes from the studies in the murine models of pulmonary tuberculosis,”
✓ VerifiedFDA multi-discipline review, p. 102Source ↗
Reviewer's view of the efficacy data
FDA: murine models showed BPaL bactericidal and sterilizing activity superior to components and dual combinations
“in which the three-drug BPaL regimen demonstrated bactericidal as well as sterilizing activity superior to that of individual components and to the dual combinations of bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid.”
✓ VerifiedFDA multi-discipline review, p. 102Source ↗