Status:

COMPLETED

Miltefosine for Children With PKDL

Lead Sponsor:

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Collaborating Sponsors:

Thrasher Research Fund

Conditions:

Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis

Eligibility:

All Genders

730-6569 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Hypothesis: Primary hypothesis: 1. Oral treatment with Miltefosine in children with PKDL at allometric daily dose (based on body weight and height) for 12 weeks is safe with a cure rate of ≥95%. ...

Detailed Description

Background: Visceral leishmaniasis also known as kala-azar is a neglected tropical disease affecting the poorest of the poor living in the rural areas of Bangladesh, Nepal, India, South Sudan, Sudan ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • a child of either sex, treated for VL in the past, currently with skin lesions like PKDL, positive for rK39 test, and positive for Leishmania LD bodies by microscopy and / DNA by qPCR in their skin specimens
  • more than 2 years and less than 18 years old
  • clinically healthy and free from other chronic illness
  • received no treatment for PKDL in the last 6 months
  • normal hepatic, renal, and hematological functions
  • parent / guardian provided informed voluntary written consent for his/her child participation

Exclusion

  • do not fulfill inclusion criteria
  • lesions with mucosal involvement
  • serious concomitant illness
  • cannot be followed up

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 30 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02193022

Start Date

July 1 2014

End Date

June 30 2019

Last Update

August 21 2019

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International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1212