Possible Efficacy and Safety of Mebendazole in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis Treated With Mesalamine

Summary

To evaluate the possible efficacy and safety of mebendazole in patients with ulcerative colitis treated with mesalamine

Timeline

Start

2024-04-20

Primary completion

2026-04

Completion

2026-05

Publications

• Background Andersson CR, Selvin T, Blom K, Rubin J, Berglund M, Jarvius M, Lenhammar L, Parrow V, Loskog A, Fryknas M, Nygren P, Larsson R. Mebendazole is unique among tubulin-active drugs in activating the MEK-ERK pathway. Sci Rep. 2020 Aug 4;10(1):13124. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68986-0.
• Background Elayapillai S, Ramraj S, Benbrook DM, Bieniasz M, Wang L, Pathuri G, Isingizwe ZR, Kennedy AL, Zhao YD, Lightfoot S, Hunsucker LA, Gunderson CC. Potential and mechanism of mebendazole for treatment and maintenance of ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2021 Jan;160(1):302-311. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2020.10.010. Epub 2020 Oct 31.
• Background Eskandari M, Asgharzadeh F, Askarnia-Faal MM, Naimi H, Avan A, Ahadi M, Vossoughinia H, Gharib M, Soleimani A, Naghibzadeh N, Ferns G, Ryzhikov M, Khazaei M, Hassanian SM. Mebendazole, an anti-helminth drug, suppresses inflammation, oxidative stress and injury in a mouse model of ulcerative colitis. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 17;12(1):10249. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14420-6.
• Background Ford AC, Achkar JP, Khan KJ, Kane SV, Talley NJ, Marshall JK, Moayyedi P. Efficacy of 5-aminosalicylates in ulcerative colitis: systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2011 Apr;106(4):601-16. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2011.67. Epub 2011 Mar 15.
• Background Guerini AE, Triggiani L, Maddalo M, Bonu ML, Frassine F, Baiguini A, Alghisi A, Tomasini D, Borghetti P, Pasinetti N, Bresciani R, Magrini SM, Buglione M. Mebendazole as a Candidate for Drug Repurposing in Oncology: An Extensive Review of Current Literature. Cancers (Basel). 2019 Aug 31;11(9):1284. doi: 10.3390/cancers11091284.
• Background Hegazy SK, El-Azab GA, Zakaria F, Mostafa MF, El-Ghoneimy RA. Mebendazole; from an anti-parasitic drug to a promising candidate for drug repurposing in colorectal cancer. Life Sci. 2022 Jun 15;299:120536. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2022.120536. Epub 2022 Apr 3.
• Background Irvine EJ, Zhou Q, Thompson AK. The Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire: a quality of life instrument for community physicians managing inflammatory bowel disease. CCRPT Investigators. Canadian Crohn's Relapse Prevention Trial. Am J Gastroenterol. 1996 Aug;91(8):1571-8.
• Background Jena G, Trivedi PP, Sandala B. Oxidative stress in ulcerative colitis: an old concept but a new concern. Free Radic Res. 2012 Nov;46(11):1339-45. doi: 10.3109/10715762.2012.717692. Epub 2012 Sep 5.
• Background Kobayashi T, Siegmund B, Le Berre C, Wei SC, Ferrante M, Shen B, Bernstein CN, Danese S, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Hibi T. Ulcerative colitis. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2020 Sep 10;6(1):74. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0205-x.
• Background Puente S, Lago M, Subirats M, Sanz-Esteban I, Arsuaga M, Vicente B, Alonso-Sardon M, Belhassen-Garcia M, Muro A. Imported Mansonella perstans infection in Spain. Infect Dis Poverty. 2020 Jul 23;9(1):105. doi: 10.1186/s40249-020-00729-9.
• Background Sturm A, Maaser C, Calabrese E, Annese V, Fiorino G, Kucharzik T, Vavricka SR, Verstockt B, van Rheenen P, Tolan D, Taylor SA, Rimola J, Rieder F, Limdi JK, Laghi A, Krustins E, Kotze PG, Kopylov U, Katsanos K, Halligan S, Gordon H, Gonzalez Lama Y, Ellul P, Eliakim R, Castiglione F, Burisch J, Borralho Nunes P, Bettenworth D, Baumgart DC, Stoker J; European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation [ECCO] and the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology [ESGAR]. ECCO-ESGAR Guideline for Diagnostic Assessment in IBD Part 2: IBD scores and general principles and technical aspects. J Crohns Colitis. 2019 Mar 26;13(3):273-284. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjy114. No abstract available.
• Background Tolomeo M, Colomba C, Meli M, Cascio A. Hepatotoxicity caused by mebendazole in a patient with Gilbert's syndrome. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2019 Dec;44(6):985-987. doi: 10.1111/jcpt.13033. Epub 2019 Aug 18.
• Background Wildenberg ME, Levin AD, Ceroni A, Guo Z, Koelink PJ, Hakvoort TBM, Westera L, Bloemendaal FM, Brandse JF, Simmons A, D'Haens GR, Ebner D, van den Brink GR. Benzimidazoles Promote Anti-TNF Mediated Induction of Regulatory Macrophages and Enhance Therapeutic Efficacy in a Murine Model. J Crohns Colitis. 2017 Dec 4;11(12):1480-1490. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjx104.
• Background Younis NS, Ghanim AMH, Saber S. Mebendazole augments sensitivity to sorafenib by targeting MAPK and BCL-2 signalling in n-nitrosodiethylamine-induced murine hepatocellular carcinoma. Sci Rep. 2019 Dec 13;9(1):19095. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55666-x.
• Background Zingarelli B, Szabo C, Salzman AL. Reduced oxidative and nitrosative damage in murine experimental colitis in the absence of inducible nitric oxide synthase. Gut. 1999 Aug;45(2):199-209. doi: 10.1136/gut.45.2.199.

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