Safety and Efficacy of Drug Combinations Against Triple Infections

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This randomised, controlled, double blinded clinical study investigates the safety and efficacy of the combination of albendazole, ivermectin and praziquantel in the treatment of children aged 5-18 years co-infected with lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development
• Treatments: Albendazole; Ivermectin; Praziquantel

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Those who will be in class one to six by the time of study

• Aged 5-18 years and found infected with either SCH, any STH or LF for treatment groups 1,2 or 3 or infected with both SCH and LF for treatment group 4 and infected with all the three for treatment group 5

• Who are willing and consent and whose parents will consent, will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those with acute and chronic diseases other than the targeted infections and those with a history of any serious adverse drug reactions will not be included in the study.

• Children with total bilirubin > 50µmol/L and ALAT (Alanine transferase) > 70IU/L will not qualify for recruitment.