Randomized Study of Albendazole in Patients With Epilepsy Due to Neurocysticercosis
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2002-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the effect of antiparasitic treatment with albendazole on the
severity and duration of epilepsy due to neurocysticercosis.
II. Determine the effect of a short course of albendazole on Taenia solium cysts present in
the brain.
III. Determine the natural regression of cerebral T. solium cysts in patients given placebo
and their response to treatment at the end of the study.