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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02920242
Date of registration: 29/09/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Sandoz
Public title: A Study Comparing Two Rifaximin Tablets in Patients With Travelers' Diarrhea.
Scientific title: A Randomized, Double-blind, Parallel Group, Placebo-controlled, Multi-center, Therapeutic Equivalence Study to Compare Rifaximin 200 mg Tablets (Sandoz GmbH) to Xifaxan® 200 mg Tablets (Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) and Placebo in Patients With Travelers' Diarrhea
Date of first enrolment: December 15, 2016
Target sample size: 28
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02920242
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Mexico
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient is able to read and understood the language of the Informed Consent Form and
Patient Information.

- International travelers with a duration of stay in host country long enough to attend
schedules visits.

- Affected by naturally acquired acute diarrhea, defined as the passage of at least 3
unformed stools within 24 hours immediately preceding randomization preceding
randomization

Exclusion Criteria:

- Hypersensitivity to rifaximin or any of the rifamycin antimicrobial agents or to any
of the excipients of the study drug.

- Pregnant, breast feeding or planning pregnancy

- Acute diarrhea for > 72 hours immediately prior to randomization.

- Presence of fever (= 100 °F/37.8°C) or hematochezia (blood in stool, noted visually)
or clinical findings suggesting moderate or severe dehydration.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Travelers' Diarrhea
Intervention(s)
Drug: Rifaximin (Xifaxan)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Rifaximin (Sandoz GmbH) tablet
Primary Outcome(s)
Clinical Cure Rate [Time Frame: study day 5 +/- 1 day]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Microbiological Cure Rate [Time Frame: study day 5]
The Presence or Absence and Severity of Signs and Symptoms of Enteric Infection [Time Frame: within 5 study days]
Proportion of Patients With Clinical Failure [Time Frame: within 5 study days]
Proportion of Patients With Improvement of Diarrheal Syndrome [Time Frame: within 5 study days]
Time to Last Unformed Stool [Time Frame: within 5 study days]
Number of Unformed Stools [Time Frame: within 5 study days]
Secondary ID(s)
1526 RIF_2
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 25/03/2019
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02920242
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