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The changes included adding ethambutol to the intensive phase, using fixed-dose combination tablets and adjusting isoniazid and pyrazinamide dosages. This study aimed to estimate the effect of the regimen change on all-cause mortality and, secondarily, on TB-specific mortality, treatment success and loss to follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We analysed cohorts of individuals \u226510 y of age who initiated TB treatment before (n = 145 528) and after (n = 161 264) the regimen change. Data were obtained from the national notifiable disease and mortality information systems. Missing data were imputed and effects were estimated using multilevel logistic regression models with states as the clustering level. Covariates were selected using a directed acyclic graph.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The regimen change was not associated with all-cause mortality (relative risk [RR] 1.01 [95% confidence interval {CI} 0.98 to 1.04]) or TB-specific mortality (RR 0.98 [95% CI 0.95 to 1.02]). The treatment success rate was lower, and loss to follow-up was higher during the modified regimen period compared with the previous one. However, sensitivity analyses suggest that changes in the handling of transfers and missing outcome data may partly explain these findings.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We concluded that the modified regimen did not adversely affect survival among TB patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/trstmh\/traf100","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,29]],"date-time":"2025-08-29T11:36:46Z","timestamp":1756467406000},"page":"107-117","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effect of introducing ethambutol and integrating drugs into fixed-dose tablets on mortality in tuberculosis patients"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"120","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1134-1930","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fredi Alexander","family":"Diaz-Quijano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Causal Inference in Epidemiology \u2013 LINCE-USP, School of Public Health, University of S\u00e3o Paulo Department of Epidemiology, , S\u00e3o Paulo, SP 01246-904 ,","place":["Brazil"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Patricia","family":"Bartholomay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health and Environment Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health , Bras\u00edlia, DF 70719-040 ,","place":["Brazil"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kleydson Bonfim","family":"Andrade","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health and Environment Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health , Bras\u00edlia, DF 70719-040 ,","place":["Brazil"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniele Maria","family":"Pelissari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health and Environment Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health , Bras\u00edlia, DF 70719-040 ,","place":["Brazil"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Denise","family":"Arakaki-Sanchez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health and Environment Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health , Bras\u00edlia, DF 70719-040 ,","place":["Brazil"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fernanda Dockhorn","family":"Costa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health and Environment Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health , Bras\u00edlia, DF 70719-040 ,","place":["Brazil"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rejane Sobrino","family":"Pinheiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Public Health Institute, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-598 ,","place":["Brazil"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026020210313720300_bib1","volume-title":"Global tuberculosis report 2020","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2020"},{"issue":"3","key":"2026020210313720300_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"291","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMe1714609","article-title":"A neglected epidemic","volume":"378","author":"Bloom","year":"2018","journal-title":"N Engl J Med"},{"key":"2026020210313720300_bib3","volume-title":"Global tuberculosis report 2017","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2017"},{"key":"2026020210313720300_bib4","article-title":"Boletim Tuberculose 2021. 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