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Modelling treatment response in tuberculosis early bactericidal activity trials

2026-01-21 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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Culture-based monitoring of bacterial load is slow and susceptible to missing data, contributing to the length and cost of TB clinical trials. Non-culture-based alternatives, like the Tuberculosis Molecular Load Bacterial Assay (TB-MBLA), could represent a solution. Our objectives were to evaluate TB-MBLA as a biomarker in early bactericidal activity (EBA) studies and explore whether combining biomarkers with joint modelling could provide insight into underlying biological processes and reduce d...

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