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临床试验/NCT02184689
NCT02184689已完成2 期

Efficacy and Safety of Fexinidazole in Children at Least 6 Years Old and Weighing Over 20 kg With Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) Due to T.b. Gambiense: a Prospective, Multicentre, Open Study, plug-in to the Pivotal Study

Drugs for Neglected Diseases0 个研究点目标入组 125 人开始时间: 2014年5月3日最近更新:
适应症
干预措施
相关药物

试验速览

阶段
2 期
状态
已完成
发起方
入组人数
125
主要终点
Outcome (success or failure) at the test of cure (ToC)

研究概览

简要总结

The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy and safety of an oral regimen of fexinidazole (once daily for 10 days) in the treatment of stage 1 and stage 2 T.b. gambiense sleeping sickness in children at least 6 years old and over 20 kg bodyweight.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Na
干预模型
Single Group
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
None

入排标准

年龄范围
6 Years 至 14 Years(Child)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Informed consent form signed by one of the parents or the child's legal representative
  • Child assent to participate in the study collected in the presence of an impartial witness
  • Age between 6 and 15 years old
  • > 20 Kg bodyweight
  • Boy or girl
  • Able to ingest at least one complete meal per day (or at least one Plumpy'Nut® sachet)
  • Able to swallow 600mg fexinidazole tablets
  • Karnofsky index > 50
  • Presence of trypanosomes in blood and/or lymph and/or CSF
  • Permanent address and ability to comply with follow-up visit schedule

排除标准

  • Child refusing to be included in the trial
  • Bodyweight < 20 Kg
  • Severe malnutrition, defined as having a BMI below 16 (- 2 Z-score of the norm according to WHO 2007 Growth reference data)
  • Inability to take oral medication
  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding
  • Clinically relevant medical condition other than HAT that, in the Investigator's opinion, may jeopardize subject safety or interfere with participation in the study, including but not limited to significant liver or cardiovascular disease, active documented or suspected infection, central nervous system (CNS) trauma or seizure disorders, coma or altered consciousness
  • Severely deteriorated general condition, such as cardiovascular shock, respiratory distress, or terminal illness
  • Any medical condition (except HAT-specific symptoms) hindering communication with the Investigator as required for the completion of this study
  • Any contraindication to imidazole products (known hypersensitivity to imidazoles)
  • History of HAT treatment in the past 2 years
  • Patients previously enrolled in the study or having already received fexinidazole.
  • Expected follow-up difficulties (migrants, refugees, itinerant vendors, etc.).
  • Current alcohol or drug abuse
  • Clinically significant abnormal laboratory findings, including ASAT and/or ALAT > 2 times ULN // Total bilirubin > 1.5 times ULN // Severe leukopenia (< 2000/mm3) // Potassium (K+) < 3.5 mmol // Any other clinically significant abnormal laboratory value (see details in Investigator Manual)
  • Pregnancy confirmed by a positive urine pregnancy test obtained within 24 hours (h) prior to start of study treatment (see Section 5.8.3 Contraception; p36) for girls over 12 years old and over
  • ECG abnormalities assessed by a central cardiologist
  • QTcF≥ 450 ms, as measured automatically (if first measurement is abnormal, a second assessment will be done at least 10-20 min later, with the patient in resting position).
  • Patients not tested for malaria and/or not treated adequately for this infection
  • Patients not treated adequately for soil transmitted helminthic diseases

研究组 & 干预措施

Fexinidazole

Experimental

干预措施: fexinidazole (Drug)

结局指标

主要结局

Outcome (success or failure) at the test of cure (ToC)

时间窗: 12 months after the end of treatment

Success at 12 months, adapted from the WHO criteria (51), is defined as a cured patient: * Patient alive; * AND no evidence of trypanosomes in any body fluid; * AND WBC ≤20/µL in CSF.

次要结局

未报告次要终点

研究者

发起方
Drugs for Neglected Diseases
申办方类型
Other
责任方
Sponsor

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