Reduced Doses of Antimony Plus Ranulocyte Monocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

NCT00973128 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2009-09-09

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Summary

The present study was designed as a randomized, single blind, placebo-controlled, study to evaluate the effect of 400 µg of recombinant human GM-CSF applied intralesionally and associated with half of the total dose of antimony in a reduced time schedule (20mgSbV/Kg/d for 10 days) as compared to the full dose of antimony (20mgSbV/Kg/d for 20 days) to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis ulcers.

Conditions

  • Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Interventions

DRUG

GMCSF plus Antimony reduced dose

400 µg, divided in two doses a week apart, antimony (20mg/daily for 10 days)

DRUG

Meglumine antimoniate

20mg/daily for 20 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia

    collaborator OTHER
  • Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roque P Almeida, MD, PhD · Hospital Universitário Prof Edgard Santos-UFBA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Primary Completion
2006-10-31
Completion
2007-05-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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