Effect of Albendazole and steroids vs steroids alone on whole body MRI in disseminated cysticercosis patients.
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: B699- Cysticercosis, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/12/048558
- Lead Sponsor
- KING GEORGE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY,UTTAR PRADESH LUCKNOW
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
All the cases of disseminated cysticercosis
Disseminated cysticercosis will be diagnosed as >= 3 NCC with involvement of at least one extra site like subcutaneous tissues, skeletal muscles, eyes, or presence in any visceral organ.
Patients of neurocysticercosis will be diagnosed on the basis of Del Brutto criteria.
Exclusion Criteria
1)Patient in cysticercal encephalitis.
2)Patient with subretinal cysticercosis.
3)Patients having evidence of systemic illness as malignancy, Tuberculosis, HIV etc
4)Patients with hypersensitivity to albendazole
5)Patients with alcohol /substance abuse
6)Patients with primary psychiatric disease prior to developing neurocysticercosis
7)Pregnant females
8)Patients/ attendants refusing consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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