drugset / Trial / NCT02868385
Repeated Doses of Praziquantel in Schistosomiasis Treatment (RePST)
Phase 3
Completed
167 enrolled
Leiden University Medical Center
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Cote d'Ivoire · collabSwiss Tropical & Public Health Institute · collab
RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment
Summary
An open label, randomized controlled trial of single vs. multiple treatments of praziquantel in intestinal African schistosomiasis in Côte d'Ivoire This study aims to determine the efficacy of repeated (up to four times) praziquantel treatment against S. mansoni infection in school-age children from Côte d'Ivoire using the traditional Kato-Katz thick smear technique, but also with more accurate and non-invasive antigen- and DNA-detection methods.
Timeline
- Start
- 2018-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-01-14
- Completion
- 2019-01-14
Outcome
Met primary endpoint
paper The observed CR using KK was significantly higher after four repeated treatments compared to a single treatment, without an increase in adverse events. PMID 32196506 ↗
Publications
- Background Hoekstra PT, Casacuberta Partal M, Amoah AS, van Lieshout L, Corstjens PLAM, Tsonaka S, Assare RK, Silue KD, Meite A, N'Goran EK, N'Gbesso YK, Roestenberg M, Knopp S, Utzinger J, Coulibaly JT, van Dam GJ. Repeated doses of Praziquantel in Schistosomiasis Treatment (RePST) - single versus multiple praziquantel treatments in school-aged children in Cote d'Ivoire: a study protocol for an open-label, randomised controlled trial. BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Dec 14;18(1):662. doi: 10.1186/s12879-018-3554-2.
- Results Hoekstra PT, Casacuberta-Partal M, van Lieshout L, Corstjens PLAM, Tsonaka R, Assare RK, Silue KD, Meite A, N'Goran EK, N'Gbesso YK, Amoah AS, Roestenberg M, Knopp S, Utzinger J, Coulibaly JT, van Dam GJ. Efficacy of single versus four repeated doses of praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni infection in school-aged children from Cote d'Ivoire based on Kato-Katz and POC-CCA: An open-label, randomised controlled trial (RePST). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Mar 20;14(3):e0008189. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008189. eCollection 2020 Mar.
- Hoekstra PT, Casacuberta-Partal M, van Lieshout L, Corstjens PLAM, Tsonaka R, Assare RK, Silue KD, N'Goran EK, N'Gbesso YK, Brienen EAT, Roestenberg M, Knopp S, Utzinger J, Coulibaly JT, van Dam GJ. Limited efficacy of repeated praziquantel treatment in Schistosoma mansoni infections as revealed by highly accurate diagnostics, PCR and UCP-LF CAA (RePST trial). PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Dec 22;16(12):e0011008. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011008. eCollection 2022 Dec.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Praziquantel | Small molecule | 40 mg/kg | Oral |