Clinical trials: Cysticercosis
Neurocysticercosis, Epilepsy
Neurocysticercosis: Combined Treatment With Praziquantel (PZQ) and Albendazole (ABZ)
The purpose of this study is to determine if combination drug therapy of praziquantel and albendazole is safe and effective to cure neurocysticercosis.
- Trial name
- NCT00441285
- Testing
- Praziquantel, Albendazole
- Where
- 5 sites in Peru
- Volunteers
- 156 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Cysticercosis
EFECAB: Improving Pig Management to Prevent Epilepsy in Burkina Faso
This is a pre-post randomized community-based controlled trial aimed at estimating the effectiveness of an educational package developed using PRECEDE PROCEED to reduce the cumulative incidence of Taenia solium cysticercosis in…
- Trial name
- EFECAB (NCT03095339)
- Testing
- Educational package
- Where
- Burkina Faso
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Neurocysticercosis, HIV/AIDS
The Burden of (Neuro)Cysticercosis Among People Living With HIV in Rural Tanzania
This study aims to compare the burden of neurocysticercosis among people living with HIV to people not infected with HIV.
- Trial name
- CYSTINET_Tz (NCT03851419)
- Testing
- Diagnosis of (Neuro)cysticercosis
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 2,584 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
HIV Infections, Tuberculosis
Digital Health Promotion in Iringa, Tanzania
Increased health education has the potential to facilitate better use of health care services and to promote early treatment, thus it can strengthen the health care system, and ultimately reduce morbidity and mortality.
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Tuberculosis, Cysticercosis, Tapeworm Pork
- Trial name
- NCT03808597
- Testing
- Digital health promotion intervention
- Where
- 6 sites in Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oslo
Cysticercosis, Helminthiasis
Taenia Solium Control Case Study in Zambia
Summary Diseases due to T. solium and soil transmitted helminths (STHs) are of cosmopolitan distribution and strongly linked with poor sanitation and poverty.
- Trial name
- SANTOSOIL (NCT01368354)
- Testing
- CLTS
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 1,197 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zambia
Taenia Solium Taeniasis
Targeted Screening for Taenia Solium Tapeworms
The purpose of this study is to determine whether screening and treatment of tapeworm carriers can decrease community transmission of Taenia solium parasitic infection.
- Trial name
- NCT01296958
- Testing
- Niclosamide, Community education campaign
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 1,811 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Neurocysticercosis, Taeniosis
Investigation of Environmental Factors Associated With Transmission of T. Solium in Endemic Villages of Zambia
This study aims to determine the prevalence of taeniosis and (neuro)cysticercosis in two districts in the southern (Gwembe) and eastern province (Chipata) of Zambia.
- Trial name
- TEPIM (NCT03874689)
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 2,921 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Intestinal Disease, Parasitic, Chronic Disease
Intestinal Parasites in Inhabitants of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province in Poland
The goal of the proposed study is to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic diseases in adults and children. These invasions are included to "dirty hand diseases" (per os invasions), therefore it applies mainly preschool…
- Trial name
- NCT03490435
- Testing
- Tests for diagnosis of intestinal parasitic diseases
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nicolaus Copernicus University
Neurocysticercosis
Effects of 2 Different Duration of Albendazole Therapy in Patients With Neurocysticercosis in Brain ≤ 5 Lesions on CT
Comparing the effect of two different duration of same drug albendazole in patients with Neurocysticercosis less than or equal to 5 lesions on CT head at the end of 6 months.
- Trial name
- NCT02243644
- Testing
- 7 days of albendazole 15 mg/kg/day, 28 days of albendazole 15 mg/kg/day
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Neurocysticercosis
Treatment of Patients With Active Neurocysticercosis in Eastern Africa
This multi-centre prospective cohort study of symptomatic patients with active neurocysticercosis (NCC) aims to identify factors related to treatment success of anthelmintic therapy.
- Trial name
- TOPANA (NCT03834337)
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 63 people
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Munich
Neurocysticercosis
A Pilot Study of Neurocysticercosis Treatment
The purpose of this study is to determine if treatment with albendazole improves the clinical outcome of neurocysticercosis infection and/or leads to the disappearance of cysts sooner when compared with symptomatic treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT00283699
- Testing
- albendazole
- Where
- 5 sites in Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 178 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Subarachnoid Neurocysticercosis
SANCC: Clinical Trial Early Intervention
Subarachnoid neurocysticercosis (SANCC) is a severe infection of the brain by the tapeworm Taenia solium. People who have this infection are usually diagnosed late in the disease process leading to very poor prognosis.
- Trial name
- NCT03950037
- Testing
- Albendazole
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Intestinal Parasitism
Mass Treatment T Solium Community Study
Investigators from Cayetano Heredia University and Johns Hopkins University are doing this study. They want to see how people and pigs get infected with a parasite, called cysticercus (known as "pig triquina").
- Trial name
- NCT00138359
- Testing
- Niclosamide
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 4,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Epilepsy, Cysticercosis
Randomized Study of Albendazole in Patients With Epilepsy Due to Neurocysticercosis
OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the effect of antiparasitic treatment with albendazole on the severity and duration of epilepsy due to neurocysticercosis. II.
- Trial name
- NCT00004403
- Testing
- albendazole, dexamethasone, phenytoin
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Neurocysticercosis, Tropical Disease
Parenchymal and Extraparenchymal Neurocysticercosis-A Registry Based Study
Neurocysticercosis(NCC) is the commonest parasitic infection of the central nervous system. It is the commonest cause of focal seizures in India.
- Conditions
- Neurocysticercosis, Tropical Disease, Tenia Solium Infection
- Trial name
- NCT04706819
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Cysticercosis, Neurocysticercosis
Natural History of Treated Neurocysticercosis and Long-Term Outcomes
Neurocysticercosis is a brain disease due to the larval stage of the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium). The most common symptoms patient experience from infection inside the substance of the brain (parenchymal disease) are seizures…
- Trial name
- NCT00001205
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Taenia Solium Infection
Taenia Solium Elimination Versus Control: What is the Best Way Forward for Sub-Saharan Africa?
Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis is a neglected zoonotic parasitic disease complex with significant economic and public health impacts, occurring primarily in developing countries.
- Trial name
- CYSTISTOP (NCT02612896)
- Testing
- Mass drug administration, praziquantel 10mg/kg, Health education
- Where
- Zambia
- Volunteers
- 2,900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium