Abdurafi Health Center
Ābderafī, Amhara, Ethiopia
Location status: Recruiting
NCT Number: NCT07659002
Snakebite Envenomation is recognised as a Neglected Tropical Diseases with high lethality in Sub-Saharan Africa. The current syndromic treatment approach is also fraught by supply pipeline constraints and need for cold-chain, thus negatively impacting outcomes in resource limited settings.
Despite the lack of clinical outcome data from studies in humans, after a comprehensive risk-benefit assessment, the World Health Organisation (WHO), in May 2023, recommended the use of Premium-PANAF polyvalent snake antivenom that is lyophilised, and therefore does not require cold-chain conditions. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) also updated its treatment protocol with Premium PANAF being standard of care since June 2025 at Abdurafi (Midre Genet) Health Centre in north west Ethiopia.
Real-world effectiveness by means of Phase IV post marketing studies or pharmacovigilance programmes in countries where it has recently been rolled out is not yet available. This prospective observational cohort study, with a capped sample size of 600 patients, would thus provide much needed evidence on the safety and effectiveness of Premium-PANAF in resource limited settings to help inform national and international treatment guidelines.
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Ābderafī, Amhara, Ethiopia
Location status: Recruiting
Healthy volunteers accepted: No
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Time frame: 6 hours
Proportion of patients with severe allergic reactions within 6 hours of antivenom administration according to the Brown grading system
Time frame: 6 hours
Correction of coagulopathy as measured by the 20-minute whole blood clotting test at 6 hours after antivenom administration
Time frame: 14 days
Number of doses (vials) needed to reverse the envenomation syndrome
Time frame: 14 days
Proportion of patients who require rescue treatment with EchiTab-Plus or SAIMR due to lack of responsiveness to Premium-PANAF
Time frame: 42 days
Death from any cause within 42 days of treatment with antivenom
Time frame: 42 days
Patient-specific Function Scale (PSFS) score
Time frame: 7 days
Proportion of patients with in-hospital major bleeding (defined according to the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis criteria)
Time frame: 6 hours
Proportion of patients with cessation of bleeding
Time frame: 14 days
Proportion of patients with reversal of correction of coagulopathy as measured by serial 20min WBCT
Time frame: 14 days
Proportion of patients who require blood transfusion during hospitalization
Time frame: 14 days
Proportion of patients who require surgical intervention
Time frame: 48 hours
Mean and median total surface area of full thickness skin necrosis in cm2
Time frame: 6 hours
Reduction of swelling extension
Time frame: 14 days
Proportion of participants referred for renal replacement therapy
Time frame: 14 days
Peak serum creatine kinase in U/L
Time frame: 48 hours
Proportion of participants needing mechanical or manual ventilation
Time frame: 3 hours
Proportion of patients with shock (shock defined as systolic blood pressure <90mmHg in adults, or age adjusted blood pressure in children)
Time frame: 14 days
Proportion of patients requiring adrenaline
Time frame: 2 hours
Proportion of patients experiencing anaphylaxis after antivenom administration
Time frame: 2 hours
Proportion of patients requiring IV fluids following an allergic reaction
Time frame: 28 days
Proportion of patients with confirmed or probable serum sickness
Time frame: 7 days
Any other (serious) adverse events after enrolment in the study among participants with at least one dose of antivenom delivered
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Netherlands
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A Prospective Cohort Study of Polyvalent Antivenom (Premium-PANAF) for Snakebite Envenoming in Ethiopia
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