Safety and Efficacy Study of Paromomycin to Treat Visceral Leishmaniasis

Summary

Symptomatic Visceral Leishmaniasis(VL)is fatal; Due to the increasing resistance to standard therapy with antimonials, there is a need for new safe, efficacious, low-cost therapies for the treatment of VL. Paromomycin is an off-patent aminoglycoside antibiotic with anti-leishmaniasis activity. This study will test the safety and efficacy of paromomycin in the treatment of patients with VL in India.

Timeline

Start

2003-06

Primary completion

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Completion

2004-11

Publications

• Sundar S, Jha TK, Thakur CP, Sinha PK, Bhattacharya SK. Injectable paromomycin for Visceral leishmaniasis in India. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jun 21;356(25):2571-81. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa066536.

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