Adjunct oral immunotherapy in patients with re-treated, multidrug-resistant or HIV-coinfected TB.

This Phase IIb, placebo-controlled study involved 55 TB patients treated with anti-TB therapy. They were divided into two groups, matched by age, gender, baseline bodyweight and clinical manifestations: one group (n = 27) received a once-daily V-5 Immunitor (V5) immunotherapy pill and the other (n = 28) received placebo. Only one (3.

Enhancement of efficacy of tuberculosis drugs with Immunoxel (Dzherelo) in HIV-infected patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis.

Immunoxel (Dzherelo) is an oral, herbal immunomodulator used in Ukraine for adjunct therapy of infectious and autoimmune diseases. Antiretroviral drug-naive, tuberculosis (TB)/HIV coinfected patients with active pulmonary TB were divided into two arms, A (n = 20) and B (n = 20), to receive first-line anti-TB therapy (ATT) or ATT + Dzherelo, respectively. As a result, three (16%) versus 12 (67%; p = 0.

Effect of Immunomodulating Adjuvant Dzherelo (Immunoxel) in HIV Infected Patients Receiving Standard Antiretroviral Therapy.

Open-label, matched-case, comparative trial was conducted in 40 HIV-infected patients to evaluate the adjunct effect of Dzherelo (Immunoxel) on immune and viral parameters. Arm A (n=20) received anti-retroviral therapy (ART) consisting of zidovudine, lamivudine, and efavirenz and arm B (n=20) received ART with Dzherelo. After 2 months total T-lymphocytes increased in ART recipients from 664 to 819 cells/mul (P=0.

Cytokine profiles of HIV patients with pulmonary tuberculosis resulting from adjunct immunotherapy with herbal phytoconcentrates Dzherelo and Anemin.

Dzherelo (Immunoxel) and Anemin when combined with standard anti-tuberculosis therapy (ATT) were shown to produce better clinical outcome than chemotherapy alone. Sixty HIV-positive patients with active pulmonary TB were equally divided into three matched groups to receive either ATT, ATT+Dzherelo, or ATT+Dzherelo+Anemin. Peripheral blood samples were measured by ELISA for plasma levels of IL-2, IL-6, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, and IFN-alpha.