Status:
RECRUITING
Novel Interventions and Diagnostic Tests for Leprosy
Lead Sponsor:
Annemieke Geluk
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Leprosy Mission Bangladesh
Conditions:
Leprosy
Eligibility:
All Genders
5+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Contact with Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) infected individuals is a risk factor for development of leprosy. Thus, detection of asymtomatically M. leprae infected individuals, allowing informed dec...
Detailed Description
A stable leprosy new case detection rate in many endemic countries indicates that the transmission of M. leprae is continuing unabated and that the current control strategy of case finding and provisi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria patients:
- \- newly diagnosed multibacillary leprosy patients (BI 1-6)
- Inclusion Criteria contacts of MB leprosy patients:
- living in the same house (household members)
- living in a house on the same compound
- sharing the same kitchen
- direct neighbors (first neighbors)
- willing to participate
- provide informed consent
- Exclusion Criteria patients:
- refusal of examination of their contacts
- suffering from the pure neural form of leprosy
- residing only temporarily in the study area
- PB leprosy patients
- Exclusion Criteria contacts:
- diagnosed as leprosy patients during contact examination
- living less than 100 m away from a patient already included in the study
- first and second degree relatives of a patient already included in the study
- refusal informed consent
- pregnancy
- tuberculosis or leprosy treatment
- below 5 years of age
- known to suffer from liver disease or jaundice
- residing temporarily in the study area
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 4 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 15 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
1100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06222372
Start Date
March 4 2020
End Date
December 15 2026
Last Update
September 10 2025
Active Locations (1)
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The Leprosy Mission International - Bangladesh
Nilphamari, Bangladesh, 5300