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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02193022
Date of registration: 23/06/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Public title: Miltefosine for Children With PKDL
Scientific title: A Study for Safety and Efficacy of Miltefosine for Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Post-Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) in Bangladesh and Association of Serum Vitamin E and Exposure to Arsenic With PKDL
Date of first enrolment: July 2014
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02193022
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 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 Criteria:

- do not fulfill inclusion criteria

- lesions with mucosal involvement

- serious concomitant illness

- cannot be followed up



Age minimum: 730 Days
Age maximum: 6569 Days
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Miltefosine
Primary Outcome(s)
2. Cure rate of 12 weeks treatment with Miltefosine at allometric dose in children ages < 18 years old. [Time Frame: 15 months]
1. Safety of 12 weeks treatment with Miltefosine at allometric dose in children ages < 18 years old. [Time Frame: 15 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
PR-13045
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Thrasher Research Fund
Ethics review
Results
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