Effects of 2 Different Duration of Albendazole Therapy in Patients With Neurocysticercosis in Brain ≤ 5 Lesions on CT

NCT02243644 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 97

Last updated 2016-01-01

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Summary

Comparing the effect of two different duration of same drug albendazole in patients with Neurocysticercosis less than or equal to 5 lesions on CT head at the end of 6 months.

Conditions

  • Neurocysticercosis

Interventions

DRUG

7 days of albendazole 15 mg/kg/day

group A will receive 7 days of oral albendazole 15 mg/kg/day

DRUG

28 days of albendazole 15 mg/kg/day

group B will receive 28 days of oral albendazole 15 mg/kg/day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sheffali Gulati, MD · AIIMS, New Delhi

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2015-10-31

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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