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Published in final edited form as: Lancet Infect Dis. 2024 Sep 26;25(1):e47–e58. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00512-7

Table 5. Outcomes according to phase.

Phase Primary endpoint(s) Secondary endpoint(s)
II Adverse events of special interest (AESI)
Serious adverse events (SAE)
Pharmacokinetic analyses
Drug-drug interactions
Treatment interruption (tolerability)
Mortality and disability
Biomarkers of treatment response (pathogen and host inflammation)
III Mortalitya at 12 mo.
Disability by MRS at 12 mo.
Change in GCS or MRC grade
Change in neuroimaging
Occurrence of new events
Occurrence of paradoxical deterioration or TBM-IRIS
Cognitive status at 12 mo.
SAE with grade and relatedness
Duration of hospitalisation
AESI
Treatment interruption (with reason and duration)
Health Economic (improvement in DALY and QALY)
a

All cause and attributable to TBM

DALY = Disability adjusted life year(s)

EOT = End of treatment

GCS = Glasgow coma scale

MRS = Modified Rankin scale

QALY = Quality adjusted life year(s)

TBM-IRIS = HIV-tuberculosis associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome Table based on 12,15.