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    The cure rate is 90%!

    • Last Update: 2021-12-02
    • Source: Internet
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    Merck (Merck) and Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium (Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium, PPC) recently announced that a key phase 3 clinical trial for evaluating single-dose arpraziquantel for the treatment of preschool children (3 months to 6 years old) with schistosomiasis has reached the clinical level The primary end point of cure


    Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease, which is a parasitic disease


    Arpraziquantel is derived from praziquantel and is an orally dispersible tablet developed by PPC


    Phase 3 trials were carried out by Felix Hooufère-Boigny University (Bowani University) and the Kenya Institute of Medicine, and were awarded the Global Health Innovation Technology Fund (GHIT) and European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partners Relationship (EDCTP) support


    In this completed phase 3 trial, children aged 3 months to 6 years infected with S.


    The two doses of arpraziquantel treatment showed good safety, tolerability and improved palatability in preschool children


    Schistosomiasis is a chronic disease and one of the most common and destructive parasitic diseases in tropical countries


    Currently, the standard care treatment for schistosomiasis is praziquantel


    Arpraziquantel contains the pharmacologically active enantiomer of praziquantel


    Original source: Merck Announces Positive Phase III Results for Arpraziquantel as Part of its Schistosomiasis Elimination Program

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