Antimony Plus Pentoxifylline in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

NCT01381055 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 164

Last updated 2017-01-26

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether pentoxifylline associated to pentavalent antimony has a higher cure rate than pentavalent antimony alone in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Conditions

  • Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Interventions

DRUG

Pentoxifylline

Patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis treated with pentavalent antimony/Meglumine antimoniate 20mg/kg/day during 20 days and pentoxifylline pills 400mg three times a day during 20 days.

DRUG

Placebo

Patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis treated with pentavalent antimony/metilglucamine 20mg/kg/day during 20 days and placebo pills three times a day during 20 days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Doenças Tropicais (INCT-DT)

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • Federal University of Bahia

    collaborator OTHER
  • Paulo Roberto Lima Machado

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paulo Roberto L Machado, MD, PhD · Federal University of Bahia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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