Comparison of Two Dose Regimens of Snake Antivenom for the Treatment of Snake Bites Envenoming in Nepal

Summary

This study aims at comparing two doses of antivenom in the treatment of snake bite envenoming. It will take place in 3 centers in rural Nepal and will involve 250 snake bite victims presenting with one or more sign of neurotoxic envenoming. The objective of the study is to generate enough scientific evidence to improve Nepal's current national guidelines for the management of snake bites.

Timeline

Start

2011-04

Primary completion

2012-10-15

Completion

2013-03-20

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

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Publications

• Sharma SK, Alirol E, Ghimire A, Shrestha S, Jha R, Parajuli SB, Shrestha D, Shrestha SJ, Bista A, Warrell D, Kuch U, Chappuis F, Taylor WRJ. Acute Severe Anaphylaxis in Nepali Patients with Neurotoxic Snakebite Envenoming Treated with the VINS Polyvalent Antivenom. J Trop Med. 2019 May 2;2019:2689171. doi: 10.1155/2019/2689171. eCollection 2019.
• Alirol E, Sharma SK, Ghimire A, Poncet A, Combescure C, Thapa C, Paudel VP, Adhikary K, Taylor WR, Warrell D, Kuch U, Chappuis F. Dose of antivenom for the treatment of snakebite with neurotoxic envenoming: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Nepal. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 May 16;11(5):e0005612. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005612. eCollection 2017 May.

Drugs

Indications