Miltefosine to Treat Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Bolivia

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is typically treated with the parenteral product pentavalent antimony. Miltefosine is an oral agent shown to be active for mucosal leishmaniasis due to L braziliensis in Bolivia and cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L panamensis in Colombia. This trial is intended to evaluate miltefosine for cutaneous leishmaniasis due to L braziliensis in Bolivia. Patients will be randomly assigned to miltefosine or pentavalent antimony. Standard dose regimens will be used for both drugs.

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Key information

Conditions

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Euglenozoa Infections Infections Leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous Parasitic Diseases Protozoan Infections Skin Diseases Skin Diseases, Infectious Skin Diseases, Parasitic Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases Vector Borne Diseases

Age range

3 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Puesto de Salud, Campamento OSCAR,

Palos Blancos, Bolivia

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Presentation: At least 1 lesion must be ulcerative. Parasitology: Parasitological confirmation of 1 lesion will be made by visualization or culture of leishmania from the biopsy or aspirate of the lesion.

Previous RX: No specific or putatively specific therapy for leishmaniasis (Sb, pentamidine, amphotericin B, imidazoles, allopurinol)

Other diseases: No concomitant diseases by history and by approximately normal complete blood counts (white blood count, hemoglobin, platelet count), values of liver transaminases (SGOT) and kidney function tests (creatinine).

Treatment and study plan

Miltefosine

Drug

antimony

Drug

Primary outcomes

cure rate

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AB Foundation

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2005
Study completion: 2007
First posted: Oct 6, 2005
Registry last updated: Jun 2, 2010

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