Preclinical design and clinical translation of TB regimens (predictr) consortium

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UM1AI179699
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$49,359,999

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93.855 Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research
Completion date 52% complete
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San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

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Abstract
The long duration and multidrug nature of tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimens pose obstacles to treatment completion for patients and providers, but also challenge research efforts to develop new and improved regi- mens. Without a validated early biomarker able to discriminate regimens with different curative potential, the field depends heavily on preclinical models. However, TB regimen development has been slow, often hindered and misled by poor preclinical-to-clinical translation. Animal models and pharmacometric modeling played key roles in developing groundbreaking novel regimens capable of shorting treatment durations for drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant TB to 4 and 6 months, respectively. However, these tools are still not utilized to their full potential. Recent successes in TB drug discovery have produced additional clinical and preclinical drug candi- dates, which have revealed a new challenge: with many possible combinations, how to prioritize multidrug regi- mens to test in resource-intensive clinical trials? The most efficient "critical path" of preclinical experiments and modeling to follow to identifying and optimizing the best regimens for advancement to clinical trials remains uncertain. The proposed project will establish a comprehensive, collaborative, multidisciplinary consortium of scientific leaders, drug developers and other stakeholders to develop and pursue a preclinical and translational research agenda to identify novel regimens with the greatest potential for clinical success in adults and children with TB. The overarching hypothesis is that integration and analysis of specific preclinical and early clinical data using validated models and tools will enable data-driven clinical trial simulations that yield quantitative predictions of phase 2 and phase 3 trial endpoints useful to identify and rank regimens with the highest probability of clinical success in patients across the age and disease spectrum of pulmonary TB. Initial efforts will be aimed at refining and validating preclinical in vivo (balb/c and C3HEB/FEJ mouse) and in vitro models and translational tools by leveraging the largest data warehouse on TB drugs and regimens ever assembled, with data spanning from early preclinical stages to phase 3 clinical trials, for both back translation and forward prediction approaches to validation. The overall goal is to develop a fully data- and knowledge-driven approach to evaluate, prioritize and optimize novel drug regimens for clinical trials requiring only preclinical and early clinical trial data. In addition to endpoints based on bacterial burden and relapse (in mice), the RS ratio, a new portable biomarker of bacterial "health", will be evaluated as a complementary pharmacodynamic (PD) biomarker to increase efficiency and predictive accuracy of preclinical studies. The expected outcomes are novel methodologies of combining pre- clinical and early clinical data, a defined set of critical path experiments with predictive value, and a framework for model-informed decision-making based on quantitative predictions of clinical outcomes for emerging regi- mens prior to initiation of phase 2/3 trials. The predictions will be used to rank order candidate regimens for advancement to clinical trials.

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Universiteit Leiden In leasing the DSMG, Van Wijk will support the Data Science and Modeling Group (DSMG) which are to apply and further develop the translation tools on lesion… $100,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Kelly Dooley, MD, MPH, PhD (Co-Principal Investigator, 2.4 calendar months, years 1-5) is Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Division of Infectious… $415,742
The Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (JHU) (Eric Nuermberger, PI) will perform studies using in vitro and mouse models of tuberculosis to evaluate the pharmacokinetics… $3,644,087
Universiteit Leiden Dr. Van Wijk at Leiden University will lead the Data Science and Modeling Group (DSMG). In addition to Dr. Van Wijk and the supporting postdoc (6.4 person… $100,000
The Global Alliance For TB Drug Development Inc. TB Alliance (TBA) (Nader Fotouhi, Eugene Sun, Todd Black, Jerry Nedelman, Dean Hickman and Raj Taneja) will be providing the assets and experience in TB drug… $551,652
The Regents Of The University Of Colorado The PhyBM PL at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU-AMC) will support the JHU-mouse PL and CSU-mouse PLs with molecular assays of Mtb cellular… $1,163,274
Colorado State University The Robertson Laboratory at CSU will support the objectives of the “UM1 Consortium for the Design of TB Drug Regimens� project by performing murine… $1,096,631
HMH Hospitals Corporation Work at CDI will focus on providing lesion-centric pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) measures for the refinement of a clinical prediction… $1,328,250
Trustees Of Tufts College Bree Aldridge (co-I and PI of a preclinical laboratory group) Dr. Aldridge will be responsible leading the preclinical laboratory group that will make in… $1,237,500
The Rockefeller University The Rock lab will assist the Schnappinger/Ehrt groups in analysis of CRISPRi chemical-genetic experiments. $254,250
Weill Medical College Of Cornell University Work at WMC will focus on profiling Tuberculosis (TB) drug regimens by chemical genomics and metabolomics. The chemical genomics work will be led by Dr. Ehrt… $2,288,250
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Who received award UM1AI179699?

UM1AI179699 was awarded to The Regents Of The University Of California. San Francisco by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (National Institutes of Health) on March 26, 2024.

How much is award UM1AI179699 worth?

$49,359,999 has been obligated on UM1AI179699.

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