Efficacy of iOWH032 in Dehydrating Cholera

Summary

The primary hypothesis is that administration of iOWH032 to adult and pediatric males and females with acute cholera due to V. cholerae O1 reduces stool output in the first 24 hours significantly more than does the current standard of care.

Timeline

Start

2014-06

Primary completion

2016-01

Completion

2016-05

Publications

• Background Bardhan PK, Khan WA, Ahmed S, Salam MA, Saha D, Golman D, et al. Evaluation of safety and efficacy of a novel anti-secretory anti-diarrheal agent Crofelemer (NP-303), in combination with a single oral dose of azithromycin for the treatment of acute dehydrating diarrhea caused by Vibrio cholera cholera and other Bacterial Infections: 43rd US-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, Kyoto, Japan, November 21, 2008.
• Background Boschi-Pinto C, Lanata CF, Black RE. The global burden of childhood diarrhea. Matern Child Health. 2009;3: 225-243.
• Background Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Database, 2009 [online] Available at: http://www.genet.sickkids.on.ca/cftr/app
• Background Khan WA, Saha D, Rahman A, Salam MA, Bogaerts J, Bennish ML. Comparison of single-dose azithromycin and 12-dose, 3-day erythromycin for childhood cholera: a randomised, double-blind trial. Lancet. 2002 Nov 30;360(9347):1722-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11680-1.
• Background Muanprasat C, Sonawane ND, Salinas D, Taddei A, Galietta LJ, Verkman AS. Discovery of glycine hydrazide pore-occluding CFTR inhibitors: mechanism, structure-activity analysis, and in vivo efficacy. J Gen Physiol. 2004 Aug;124(2):125-37. doi: 10.1085/jgp.200409059.
• Background Raghupathy P, Ramakrishna BS, Oommen SP, Ahmed MS, Priyaa G, Dziura J, Young GP, Binder HJ. Amylase-resistant starch as adjunct to oral rehydration therapy in children with diarrhea. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2006 Apr;42(4):362-8. doi: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000214163.83316.41.
• Background Ram PK, Choi M, Blum LS, Wamae AW, Mintz ED, Bartlett AV. Declines in case management of diarrhoea among children less than five years old. Bull World Health Organ. 2008 Mar;86(3):E-F. doi: 10.2471/blt.07.041384. No abstract available.
• Background Saha D, Karim MM, Khan WA, Ahmed S, Salam MA, Bennish ML. Single-dose azithromycin for the treatment of cholera in adults. N Engl J Med. 2006 Jun 8;354(23):2452-62. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa054493.
• Background StataCorp. POWERCAL: Stata module to perform general power and sample size calculations. http://ideas.repec.org/c/boc/bocode/s422401.html. 2013. Stata Statistical Software: Release 13. StataCorp LP, College Station, TX.
• Background United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO). Diarrhoea: Why children are still dying and what can be done. 2009. New York and Geneva.
• Background Verkman AS, Galietta LJ. Chloride channels as drug targets. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2009 Feb;8(2):153-71. doi: 10.1038/nrd2780. Epub 2008 Jan 19.
• Background Victora CG, Bryce J, Fontaine O, Monasch R. Reducing deaths from diarrhoea through oral rehydration therapy. Bull World Health Organ. 2000;78(10):1246-55.
• Background World Health Organization. The rational use of drugs in the management of acute diarrhoea in children. WHO, Geneva, 1990.
• Background Zhou Z, Wang X, Liu HY, Zou X, Li M, Hwang TC. The two ATP binding sites of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) play distinct roles in gating kinetics and energetics. J Gen Physiol. 2006 Oct;128(4):413-22. doi: 10.1085/jgp.200609622. Epub 2006 Sep 11.

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