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. 2021 Apr 21;73(11):2083–2092. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab335

Table 3.

Electrocardiographic Findings

Finding All Patients (n = 183) BDQ Only (n = 4) BDQ and CFZ (n = 179) BDQ and LPV/r (With or Without CFZ) (n = 23) BDQ Without LPV/r (n = 160)
QTcF, mean (SD), ms
 Baseline 404.6 (22.2) 398.8 (21.1) 404.7 (22.2) 405.1 (20.3) 404.5 (22.5)
 mo 1 418.7 (24.3) 403.5 (20.2) 419.1 (24.4) 425.5 (35) 417.8 (22.5)
 mo 2 421.2 (25.4) 429.2 (13.6) 421.0 (25.6) 411.9 (16.8) 422.3 (26.1)
 mo 6 427.6 (22.1) 427.6 (22.1) 427.5 (22.3) 427.6 (22.2)
Maximum QTcF, mean (SD) (all participants) 434.4 (24.5) 416.7 (27.3) 434.8 (24.4) 437.1 (31.0) 434.0 (23.5)
Participants receiving MFX before BDQ initiation, no. 117 2 115 13 104
 Participants who stopped MFX before starting BDQ, no. (%) 96 (82) 2 (100) 94 (82) 11 (85) 85 (82)
 Duration of MFX washout before baseline ECG, median (IQR), d 1 (0–2) 1 (1–69) 1 (0–2) 1 (0–2) 1 (0–2)
QTcF increase from baseline to mo 6, mean (SD) 23.7 (22.7) 23.7 (22.7) 26.4 (22.2) 23.4 (22.9)
Participants, no. (%)
 With mean QTcF increase >60 ms 8 (4.4) 0 (0) 8 (4.5) 2 (8.7) 6 (3.8)
 With mean QTcF increase >30 ms 61 (33.3) 1 (25) 60 (33.5) 6 (26.1) 55 (34.4)
 With QTcF >500 ms 4 (2) 0 (0) 4 (2.2) 2 (8.7) 2 (1.3)
 With QTcF >450 ms 42 (23) 0 (0) 42 (23.5) 5 (21.7) 37 (23.1)

Abbreviations: BDQ, bedaquiline; CFZ, clofazimine; ECG, electrocardiogram; IQR, interquartile range; LPV/r, lopinavir-ritonavir; MFX, moxifloxacin; QTcF, QT interval corrected by the Fridericia method; SD, standard deviation.