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Update on MDR TB services under RNTCP
Dr D BeheraDirector
LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory DiseasesNew Delhi
contents
• Burden of MDR-TB in India
• RNTCP response to the challenge of MDR-TB
• Status, vision and challenges
• Recent Key policy changes
• India is highest TB burden country with an
annual 1.98 million incident cases
• Estimated prevalence of 2.29 million cases
• Annual deaths due to TB 2,76,000
• TB/HIV Prevalence
– 2.31 million population living with HIV;
– ~ 0.9 million co-infected
– ~5% of TB patients estimated to be HIV +
Indonesia6%
Nigeria5%
Other countries20%
Other 13 HBCs16% China
14%
South Africa5%
Bangladesh4%
Ethiopia3%
Pakistan3%
Phillipines3%
India21%
Source: WHO Geneva; WHO Global Report 2009 & Short update to 2009 report
1.3 million
1.9 million
4.2 million
7.3million
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Estimated Incidence of TB Cases Notified
India Rest of world
24%21%
Challenges to TB Control
• Wide variations in capacity of Health Systems across the country
• Burden due to TB-HIV Co-infection• Ensuring adherence of treatment for
migratory population• Large and unregulated Private Sector • Limited availability of new rapid diagnostic
tools, drugs and vaccine• Drug Resistance
Global Burden of MDR-TB*
79%
1. China – 100,0002. India- 99,0003. Russian Fed. – 38,0004. Pakistan- 15,0005. Phillipines-13,0006. South Africa- 13,000
0.44 million “incident” cases
27 HBC which account for 85% of
all cases
* WHO 2010 M/XDR-TB Global Report on Surveillance and Response
Drug resistant TB in India
• MDR-TB
– India has 2nd highest MDR-TB burden in the world after China
– As per DRS surveys done in 2005-06 in the states of Gujarat and
Maharashtra prevalence of MDR-TB is:
• <3% in new cases and 14-17% in previously treated cases
• As per WHO estimates 99,000 MDR cases emerged in India in 2008
• Mono and Poly resistance (Non MDR) TB
– Relatively high levels of non MDR resistance to H & S seen both in new
and previously treated cases, either as mono-resistance or PDR
Drug resistance in cases detected in Drug resistance in cases detected in prevalence surveys 1968-2003prevalence surveys 1968-2003
0
5
10
15
20
25
1968-70 1971-73 1973-75 1976-78 1979-81 1981-83 1984-86 1991-92 1994-96 1999-01 2001-03
Year
Percentage
H
S
HRSH
Source: TRC Chennai
Drug resistant TB in India
• Extensively Drug Resistant TB (XDR-TB)
– Reported in India though the data is limited and non-
representative
– Gujarat DRS survey shows
• No XDR-TB amongst new cases
• 4% amongst those previously treated cases found to be
MDR
• High levels of non-XDR resistance seen to Ofx and Eto in
both new and previously treated cases
XDR-TB in IndiaStudy Setting No. of MDR
casesNo. Of HIV +ve
Prevalence of XDR-TB (%)
Reference
Mondal and Jain, 2007
Tertiary care centre, Lucknow
68 Not Reported 5(7.4) Emerg Infect Dis, 2007
Jain et al, 2007 Teritiary care centre, Mumbai
326 Not reported 36 (11) ATS, abstract, 2007
Singh et al, 2007
Tertiary care center, New Delhi
12 All HIV –infected
4 (33,3) AIDS, 2007
Thomas et al, 2007
Field trial, Chennai
66 Not reported 1(1.5) IJT, 2007
Sharma et al, 2009
AIIMS, New Delhi, tertiary care hospital
211 All HIV-negative
5(2.4) IJMR, 2009
Ramchandran et al, 2009
Gujrat, Field study
216 Not reported 7(3.1)All previously treated cases
IJTLD,2009
Causes of drug resistance • Essentially a man made phenomenon• Inadequate Regimens
– Irrational use – Inappropriate combinations– Sub-optimal doses and duration
• Inadequate supply or poor quality of drugs• Inadequate drug intake
DOTS Strategy adopted by RNTCP addresses all these
issues
Multi-faceted approach …..
Key focus is on prevention
Sustained high-quality DOTS implementation
Promote rational use of anti-TB drugs
Improve laboratory capacity: Diagnosing MDR-TB
Effective treatment of MDR-TB patients
Initiation and rapid scale up of MDR-TB services
Evaluate the extent of the threat of second-line anti-TB drug
resistance and management of XDR-TB
Strategies….. • Prevention of drug resistance through sustained
high-quality DOTS implementation
• Improve laboratory capacity
• Effective treatment of MDR-TB patients
– RNTCP DOTS Plus (Category IV services)
Promote rational use of anti-TB drugs in the
country
• Implement infection control measures
DOTS PLUS – model of care
DOTS PLUS SITE(IN-PATIENT FACILITY)CULTURE AND DST LAB
DISTRICT
HEALTH FACILITY (PHI)
MDR SUSPECT•Cat I/III failure•Cat II sm+ at 4 months of Rx •Contacts of MDR cases
SPUTUM SAMPLE MDR CASE
MDR CASE
RESULT
Initial hospitalization followed by
ambulatory care
Follow up protocol•Physical exam•Culture •Kidney function
Treatment Delivery
• Standardized regimen- Cat IV– Intensive phase (6-9 months)
• Kanamycin, levofloxacin (ofloxacin), Cycloseine, Ethionamide, Z, E
– Continuation phase (18 months)• Levofloxacin (Ofloxacin), Cycloseine, Ethionamide , E
– PAS is used as a substitute drug – Three weight bands –
• 16-25 Kg ; 26-45 Kg and >45 Kg
– Daily DOT (Kanamycin is given 6/7 days)
– Follow up• Smear and Culture monthly during IP and quarterly during CP• S Creatinine monthly till Kanamycin is administered
– Patients who remain culture + after 6 months of Rx are subjected to SLDST (Km and Ofx)
• If found to be XDR will be started on Cat V regimen
DOTS Plus Site – Gujarat
DOTS-Plus In-patient site •Tertiary level centre @1 per 10 million population•Dedicated in-patient facility with infection control measures in place •Trained staff available•Facilities for pre-Rx assessment & management of adverse reactions
Drug logistics
• Quality assured drugs procured nationally
– GLC
– GoI procurement
• Supply line
– Loose drugs supplied to State drug stores
– Repackaged into 3 monthly IP and CP boxes
– Supplied to the districts and downwards
– Loose drugs provided at DOTS Plus sites
• Logistics and reporting on consumption
integrated with first line drugs
3 monthly drug box
Recording and reporting
• Standardized records and reports
– Treatment card
– DOTS Plus TB register
– C & DST lab register
– DTC Referrral register
• Quarterly reporting
– Case finding report
– Interim culture conversion reports
– Final outcome report
• Plan to establish a dedicated web based
DOTS Plus information management
system shortly
History…….• 2005
– Plan to initiate DOTS Plus services under RNTCP II project (2006-2011)• 24 IRLs to be established and enroll 5000 patients on treatment annually
– Constitution of National DOTS Plus committee • 2006
– National DOTS Plus guidelines developed • 2007
– Gujarat and Maharashtra initiate MDR services • 62 patients enrolled on Rx
• 2008– Services available in 8 States- AP, WB, Haryana, Kerala and Delhi
• 252 patients enroled on Rx
• 2009– Services available in 10 States-Rajasthan and Orissa
• 1415 patients enroled on Rx
Implementing DOTS Plus
Implement shortly
Under preparation
Present status
• 10 States implementing DOTS Plus services
– 127/632 districts covered
• Another 5 States to initiate services shortly
• More than 2300 patients on treatment
10 States implementing MDR services
~2300 patients on Rx
Status of c & dst labs 2Q10
• 14 C & DST labs accredited– 10 IRLs
• Gujarat, Maharashtra, AP, Kerala, Delhi, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Orissa and Jharkhand
– 4 other sector labs• Medical Colleges- CMC, Vellore; SMS Jaipur• NGO Lab- BPRC, Hyderabad• Private sector – Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai
• Labs to be accredited shortly– IRL- Haryana; – KGMU, Lucknow
• Labs under accreditation process– IRL-Chattisgarh, Uttarakhand – PGI, Chandigarh; AIIMS, New Delhi, – Quest diagnostics; Ranbaxy Mumbai, Metropolis , Mumbai
TRC
HARYANANDTC
AIIMS
RNTCP Culture & DST Labs(15 August 2010)
LRS
NTI
Med Col / NGO / Private Labs (Accredited)
IRL (Accredited)
IRL (Under Accreditation)
Med Col / NGO / Private Labs (Under Accreditation)
IRL (Equipments being supplied)
Med Col / NGO / Private Labs (Preparatory)
National Reference Labs
10 Govt and 4 other
sector labs accredited
Gurgaon
Final Treatment outcomes
• First cohort of patients (2007)
– Most of them were chronic cases with h/o multiple Cat II treatments
– High level of second line drug resistance
Patients registered
Cured Rx completed
Failure Death Default
62 32(52%) 1 (1%) 5 (7%) 12 (20%) 12 (20%)
DOTS Plus Vision……
• By 2010, RNTCP Category IV services will be introduced in all states with
complete geographical coverage by 2012
• By 2012, access to laboratory based quality assured MDR-TB diagnosis
and treatment for
– all smear positive re-treatment TB cases and
– new cases who have failed an initial first-line drug treatment
• By 2015, access to MDR-TB diagnosis and treatment for all smear
positive TB (new and re-treatment) cases registered under RNTCP
• RNTCP plans to initiate at least 30,000 MDR cases on treatment annually
by 2013
35000
80000
144000
160000160000
8000
1500
8000
15000
2500030000 32000
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
% S
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s fo
r D
ST
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20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
Patients tested for MDR-TB MDR-TB detected
Multi-year plan…..
*Based on RNTCP 2012 goal of MDR diagnosis for all S+ retreatment patients,
Strategies for achieving the vision
• Enhancing the laboratory capacity
– National Laboratory scale up plan
– Additional support from private and NGO laboratories
• Scaling up treatment services
• Mobilization of Resources
Lab scale up plan
• ~43 laboratory units to be established– Enhanced sputum processing capacity
– Solid culture and DST in all lab units
– Line Probe Assay (LPA) in all lab units
– Liquid culture in 33 lab units
Lab unit 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Total
Enhanced capacity for solid culture and sputum processing
12 13 18 43
Establish Molecular unit-LPA 12 13 18 43
Establish liquid culture systems 13 9 11 33
Expected annual DST capacity 35000 80000 144000 220000
Scaling up treatment services• DOTS Plus sites
– 120 DOTS Plus sites across the country (1/10 m population)
– Tertiary care centres with in patient facilities
– Upgraded to incorporate infection control measures
– Function
• Pre-treatment evaluation and treatment initiation
• Follow up of progress of patient
• Management of adverse reactions
• Recording and Reporting
• Uninterrupted supply of adequate quality assured second line drugs
• Provision for daily DOT
– Includes 6-9 months of injectables
Resource mobilization• Lab scale up to be undertaken with support from
– UNITAID Expand TB– Global Fund –RCC and Rd 9– World Bank – USAID through WHO
• Second line drugs Source 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Global Fund –RCC
800 1200 2450 3500 4250
World Bank
2350 3450 4550 9000 13250
UNITAID 4850 5000 - - -
Global Fund Rd 9
- 5350 18000 17500 14500
Total 8000 15000 25000 30000 32000
Recent Key policy changes….• Revision of MDR-TB suspect definition
– Cat I and III failures– Cat II patients who remain smear positive after 4 months of treatment
or later– Contacts of MDR-TB cases found to have smear positive TB
• Replacement of Ofloxacin by Levofloxacin in Cat IV regimen
– Regimen will now be
• IP: Km, Lvx, Cs, Eto, Z, E (6-9 months)
• CP: , Lvx, Cs, Eto, E (18 months)
• Earlier exclusion criteria (pregnancy, paediatric age group,
intake of SLD >1 mth) removed
Key policy changes ….2• Guidelines on the management of XDR-TB patients under RNTCP
finalized
– XDR-TB to be suspected in Category IV patients who remain culture positive after 6 months of treatment, SLDST to be done
– Such patients are to be treated with the Category IV regimen
• Guidelines on management of patients who default from Category IV treatment for more than 2 months and subsequently report back to RNTCP developed
• Management of DR-TB patients other than MDR-TB
– Patients with any rifampicin resistance will be treated with the MDR TB regimen, in addition to those with MDR-TB.
– Need to generate more evidence on treatment of other forms of mono and poly (non MDR) drug resistant TB
Challenges in diagnosis of MDR TB…
• Delay in establishment of accredited state level laboratories due to a host of reasons
• Sub-optimal functioning of the accredited labs
– Non-availability of trained manpower
• Dedicated regular staff in addition to the contractual posts
– Uninterrupted power supply
• Diagnostic delay with conventional method (3-4 months turn around time)
• Special requirements for introduction of newer rapid diagnostics- laboratory infrastructure and training
Treatment Challenges…….
• Long duration, toxic, expensive treatment – ~2,100 $ per patient course
• Daily ambulatory DOT – 6-9 months of injectables
• Availability of DOTS-Plus in-patient sites (1 per 10 million population)
• Extensive training, supervision and monitoring needed at all levels • Ensuring treatment adherence and timely follow up• Uninterrupted supply of second line drugs
•
Rational use of anti-TB drugs
• Problem – In 2006, substantial quantity of FLDs and almost 100% of SLDs were sold and used outside of RNTCP
– Well documented that management of TB patients outside of RNTCP is often poor leading to risk of failure of treatment and development of drug resistance
– Large unregulated private sector
– Conflict of Interest
– Easy availability of anti TB drugs
• Steps to promote rational use of anti TB drugs – “Chennai Consensus Statement” developed and disseminated
– IMA on behalf of RNTCP interacting with MCI for guidelines to all healthcare providers on rational use of anti TB drugs
– Interactions with office of DCGI to draft guidelines for the regulation of anti-TB drugs, especially SLDs,
– Encouragement of additional pre-qualified drug manufacturers
•
Infection Control……. • Problem
– Infection control considered synonymous with waste management
– Lack of National guidelines on Airborne Infection control in context of TB
– Overcrowding/lack of space at health facilities
– Lack of awareness and commitment of hospital administrators
• Steps taken – National Airborne Infection Control Committee constituted – “National guidelines for airborne infection control” for all healthcare facilities developed and pilot
tested – Provision of support to upgrade IC measures at
• DOTS-Plus site indoor facilities• Intermediate Reference laboratories
– Collaboration with AIDS control programme to ensure IC measures at ICTCs and ART centres– Encouraging Medical Colleges (through NTF, ZTF and STF mechanism) to develop and implement
infection control measures
•
strengthening lab capacity• Medical colleges (public and private) with functional Mycobacteriology
laboratories encouraged to apply for accreditation
• Steps for accreditation-
– Download the application format for accreditation from www.tbcindia.org
– Submit the format to the State TB Officer with a copy to CTD
– Pre-accreditation visit
– Proficiency testing
– Accreditation
• Once accredited the lab can provide diagnostic and follow up services under RNTCP
• RNTCP will provide financial/commodity assistance for services provided
Treatment services • RNTCP can benefit from the rich experience of the Medical Colleges in
treating MDR TB • Medical Colleges (Public and Private) can serve as DOTS Plus sites
– Dedicated in patient facility (ward) • Separate space/ward for Male and Female patients • Adequate number of beds
– Facilities for pre-treatment evaluation– Constitution of DOTS Plus site Committee– Upgradation to incorporte infection control measures
• Responsibilities– Treatment initiation and follow up of MDR patients – Management of adverse reactions – Recording and Reporting
• RNTCP support– Funds upto 10 lakhs for upgradation – Human Resource- 1 Medical Officer; 1 Statistical Assistant – Computer with Internet facility