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Animal models: other Flashcards

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What are the reasons for the use of animal models in TB drug and regimen development? (2)

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  • In vitro systems cannot address crucial component
  • DS-TB: safe and highly effective treatment regimens are already available for active/latent infection
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Which crucial components can in vitro systems not address in TB drug and regimen development? (5)

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  • Safety and tolerability of drugs
  • PK properties of drug and drug-drug interactions
  • Bacterial susceptibility to drugs in vivo
  • Selection of in vivo drug resistance mechanisms
  • Treatment duration
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What are the common animal models for TB treatment? (5)

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  • Mice
  • Guinea pigs
  • Rabbits
  • Zebrafish
  • NHP
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Why are guinea pigs, rabbits and zebrafish difficult model systems for TB?

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They have drug metabolism, tolerance and toxicity issues –> cannot tolerate long durations of drug testing

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TB: Which animal models have housing requirements that make it difficult to conduct statistically robust experiments? (3)

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  • Guinea pigs
  • Rabbits
  • NHP
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Why is a mouse model the preferred model system for TB?

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No other animal model has demonstrated equivalent or superior predictive value for translation to human clinical studies

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What is the fundamental goal of an animal model for TB?

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To have a model of TB treatment with translational value that provides critical information to inform the design of (human) clinical trials

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What are NOT the goals for designing an animal model for TB? (2)

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  • Finding treatments for mouse TB
  • Mimicking human disease
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Which studies do you need to consider when selecting a TB mouse model? (2)

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  • PK studies conducted in uninfected mice (M/F)
  • PD and PK/PD studies conducted in female TB infected mice
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Why do you need to consider PK studies conducted in uninfected mice (M/F) when selecting a mouse model for TB? (4)

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  • Before testing in humans: to understand drug exposure in mice
  • After testing in humans: to mimic exposure levels in humans
  • Detect potential drug-drug interactions
  • Identify PK differences between M/F mice
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Why do you need to consider PD and PK/PD studies conducted in female TB infected mice when selecting a mouse model for TB? (4)

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  • Anti-TB activity and correlation with drug exposure
  • PK differences between infected and uninfected mice
  • Pharmacological parameters that drive activity
  • Good companion drugs and characterize regimens
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Tuberculosis: What factors do you need to consider in the research question? (5)

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  • M.Tuberculosis strain
  • Mouse strain
  • Primary outcomes
  • Inoculation regimen
  • Timelines
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What factors do you need to consider when choosing an M.Tuberculosis strain? (3)

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  • Origin
  • Virulence of the strain in mice
  • Drug susceptibility
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What are the most common M.tuberculosis strains used for TB treatment studies? (3)

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  • H37Rv (lab)
  • Erdman (lab)
  • Beijing lineage (clinical isolate)
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What factors do you need to consider when choosing a mouse strain for TB experiments? (3)

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  • Susceptibility
  • Course of infection and TB disease
  • PK differences between mouse strains
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What are the most common mouse strains used for TB treatment studies? (3)

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  • BALB/c
  • C3HeB/FeJ
  • Nude
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What is special about the BALB/c mouse strain in TB research?

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Immunocompetent –> possible to control infection

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What is special about the C3HeB/FeJ mouse strain in TB research?

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Caseous necrotic lung lesions & cavity formation –> human-like pathology

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What is special about the nude mouse strain in TB research?

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Lacking mature T cells –> immunocompromised

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How do we quantify the primary outcome of TB treatment experiments? (2)

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  • Bactericidal activity
  • Sterilizing activity
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What is meant with bactericidal activity?

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Change in lung bacterial load (CFUs) during treatment

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What is meant with sterilizing activity?

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Proportion of mice that are culture negative 3-6 months after stopping treatment

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What does an altered bactericidal activity indicate in TB treatment experiments?

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Speed and magnitude of killing

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What does the sterilizing activity indicate?

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Relative duration of treatment needed to eliminate the infection

25
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Which two models exist for the inoculation regimen in TB treatment experiments?

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  • Acute/sub-acute model
  • Chronic model
26
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How does the acute/sub-acute inoculation model work?

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Inoculation with high dose of TB -> makes mice unable to control infection

27
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How does the chronic inoculation model work?

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Inoculation with lower dose -> mice are able to control the infection (chronic, stable)

28
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What does/doesn’t the chronic model show?

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Shows killing, but doesn’t show inhibition or slowing of growth (due to stable population)

29
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What is the timeline range of TB treatment experiments?

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9 weeks - 1.5 years

30
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Why are female mice preferred for TB treatment experiments?

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Can be housed together for long durations -> male mice harm/kill on another

31
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What is the current dose-finding regimen for antibiotics?

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potency of a drug in vivo (MIC) - exposure to the bug in vivo (PK) –> antimicrobial efficacy of the drug –> effect on host

32
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What does MIC stand for? Why is this used?

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Minimal inhibitory concentration –> in vitro characteristics of an antibiotic

33
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What is the optimal approach in case a high concentration of antibiotics is rapidly cleared?

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Frequent dosing with lower doses

34
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What are ways to study the optimum dosing regimen of antibiotic X in patients? (3)

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  • In vitro
  • In vivo in animals
  • In vivo in clinical trials
35
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What are the advantages of in vitro testing for the optimum dosing regimen of antibiotic X in patients? (4)

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  • Cheap
  • Simple
  • Fast results
  • Translational value is increasing
36
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What are the DISadvantages of in vitro testing the optimum dosing regimen of antibiotic X in patients? (3)

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  • Often only studies a single dose
  • Artificial growth medium
  • Translational value unclear
37
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What are the advantages of in vivo (animal) testing for the optimum dosing regimen of antibiotic X in patients? (3)

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  • Relatively cheap
  • Fast results
  • Antimicrobial efficacy at specific body sites
38
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What are the DISadvantages of in vivo (animal) testing the optimum dosing regimen of antibiotic X in patients? (4)

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  • Ethical concerns
  • Mouse is not man
  • Most human pathogens are non-pathogenic in rodents
  • Requires advanced personnel training
39
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What is the advantage of in vivo (clinical trial) testing the optimum dosing regimen of antibiotic X in patients?

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In humans –> short time to implementation –> easy translation

40
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What are the DISadvantages of in vivo (clinical trial) testing the optimum dosing regimen of antibiotic X in patients? (3)

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  • May be disadvantageous for volunteer/patients
  • Time consuming
  • Expensive
41
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Antibiotics: Which mouse model can be used to prevent interference from the immune system?

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Neutropenic mice, thigh and lung infection

42
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Where can you measure local antibiotic concentrations?

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Epithelial lung fluid (BAL)

43
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What is the common compound to induce neutropenia?

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Cyclophosphamide

44
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Antibiotics: How can the amount of mice be reduced?

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By injecting 2 strains per mouse (1/thigh)

45
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Antibiotics: mice are sampled at different timepoints (q), depending on?

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Expected half-life (t1/2)

46
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Which readout is used in antibiotic experiments?

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Colony-forming unit (CFU)

47
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CFU can be used to determine the bacteriostatic dose. This can be used for the treatment of which type of infections?

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Treatment of milder infections

48
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CFU can be used to determine the 1 or 2 log kill doses. This can be used for which type of infections?

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Severe infections

49
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What does AUC stand for?

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Area under the curve = total systemic exposure of drug

50
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What does Cmax stand for?

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Highest concentration of the drug in blood

51
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How can the PK be defined in an equation? (3)

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  • PK = AUC/MIC
  • PK = Cmax/MIC
  • T > MIC
52
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What is the pharmacodynamic index?

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Quantitative model to establish the relationship between pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters

53
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The pharmacodynamic index can be divided into three categories:

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  • Time-dependent
  • Cmax-dependent
  • AUC-dependent
54
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How can efficacy be described in the time-dependent pharmacodynamic index? What kind of dosing regimen is best?

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q6 > q12 > q24 –> frequent dosing more effective

55
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How can efficacy be described in the Cmax-dependent pharmacodynamic index? What kind of dosing regimen is best?

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q6 < q12 < q24 –> single high dose is more effective

56
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How can efficacy be described in the AUC-dependent pharmacodynamic index? What kind of dosing regimen is best?

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q6 = q12 = q24 –> dosing fréquence is not of influence

57
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T1/2 is/is not the same between mice and man

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Not the same

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