A Phase 2 interventional study of Fexinidazole and Placebo in Chagas Disease, Trypanosomiasis, South American and South American Trypanosomiasis, sponsored by Drugs for Neglected Diseases. Status unknown at 2 sites in Bolivia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 50 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-07-15.
Sponsored by Drugs for Neglected Diseases · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
Among 10 studies in Chagas Disease with a site in Bolivia — 1 open to participants now, 2 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Chagas Disease · Bolivia.
Among the 10 studies in Chagas Disease with a site in Bolivia, this one is the only one that started in 2014, is one of 4 in phase 2, and was the 4th registered.
73 studies on the registry are indexed under Chagas Disease; 5 are open to participants now.
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Bayer · Sites in Bolivia, United States, Argentina and 9 more countries
Women only
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Of the 3 Chagas Disease studies recruiting now, 1 sets no upper age limit and 2 stop at 75 or younger; none take children under 18; none take healthy volunteers.
This study: 18 Years to 50 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.
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10 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
First in 2004; this study’s year is marked. 1 started in 2014.
By drug class, each counting the studies that test any of its medicines:
This study's planned enrollment of 140 is above the median of 87 across 49 interventional studies indexed under Chagas Disease.
Median enrollment 225 across the 8 interventional studies, 101 across the 2 observational. Of the 5 that completed or were terminated, 1 (20%) have results posted.
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3 of 10 have an industry lead sponsor. The 6 most frequent:
Drugs for Neglected Diseases is the lead sponsor of 58 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.
Drugs for Neglected Diseases has 7 studies filed under Chagas Disease — fewer than ten, so there is no comparison to draw.
1 of the studies in Chagas Disease with a site in Bolivia that are under way reach primary completion within a year, 1 of them phase 3. Phase 3 first, then by date:
| Study | Primary completion |
|---|---|
| NCT04024163Phase 3Insud PharmaProspective Study of Benznidazole for Chagas' Disease Children With Chronic Indeterminate Chagas Disease | 2027-08-30 |
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Among the 10 studies in Chagas Disease with a site in Bolivia, from their registry updates:
Nothing recorded among them since 2026-09-25.
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The hypothesis is to evaluate if the treatment with Fexinidazole will lead to a better sustained clearance of the parasites at 6 months of follow-up when in comparison to placebo in patients with chronic indeterminate CD.
Chagas Disease (CD) ranks among the world's most neglected diseases. In Latin America, 21 countries are endemic for CD with an estimated 100 million people at risk of contracting the disease. Estimates from the 1980s indicated that some 16 million to 18 million individuals were infected. In the 1990s, after a series of multinational control initiatives, estimates of the number of infected people were revised to 9.8 million in 2001. The estimated burden of disease in terms of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) declined from 2.7 million in 1990 to 586,000 in 2001. Recent estimates from PAHO (2006) indicate 7.54 million infected people and 55,185 new cases per year. New safe and effective treatments for Chagas Disease are urgently needed. Current chemotherapy options for CD have significant limitations, including long treatment durations, and safety and tolerability concerns. For many years, inhibitors of the sterol biosynthesis pathway, such as posaconazole and ravuconazole, were considered as the most promising new drugs candidates for Chagas Disease. Following the recent results of CHAGAZASOL, an investigator-initiated trial conducted in Barcelona, where a high recrudescence rate was observed in the posaconazole treatment arms (80-90%, versus 5% in the benznidazole arm), there is increased concern on the future of the class. Nitroimidazoles are a well-known class of pharmacologically active compounds, among which several have shown good activity against trypanosomes. While concerns over mutagenicity and safety have mitigated their potential as drug candidates, several members of this family are widely used as antibiotics, indicating that it is possible to select compounds with acceptable activity/toxicity profile in this class. Fexinidazole had been in preclinical development as a broad-spectrum antiprotozoal drug by Hoechst in the 1970s-1980s, but its clinical development was not pursued at the time. The molecule was ''rediscovered'' and selected for development by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) as a new drug candidate for sleeping sickness, following a systematic review and profiling of more than 700 nitroheterocyclic compounds (mostly nitroimidazoles) from diverse sources, which included assessments of antiparasitic activity and mutagenic potential. Fexinidazole underwent extensive regulatory toxicology studies, including safety pharmacology (respiratory, cardiovascular, and general behaviour) and 4 weeks of repeated dose toxicokinetics studies in rat and dogs. 90-day toxicology studies were performed by Hoechst, allowing validation of the 3 months dosing in rat to a dose of 800 mg/kg/day and dog up to 125 mg/kg/day. Overall, Fexinidazole was found to be well tolerated, with no specific toxicity or other concerns.
During 2010-2011, DNDi carried out several Phase I clinical trials assessing the safety and pharmacokinetics of Fexinidazole in human volunteers given in single and multiple doses. A pivotal phase II/III clinical safety and efficacy study in sleeping sickness patients was started in 2012 and to-date shows encouraging safety and tolerability profile and exposure in patients.
Fexinidazole has previously been described as effective and superior to benznidazole or nifurtimox in one acute murine infection model with the T. cruzi Brazil 32 strain, but the methodologies used to establish cure are no longer considered the most accurate. More recently, in vitro studies performed at Institute Pasteur Korea (IPK) showed that Fexinidazole parent and metabolites (M1 and M2) are more or less equipotent versus T. cruzi in vitro (Tulahuen strain). Fexinidazole Sulfone (M2) is potent against a panel of T. cruzi strains (not including Colombiana or VL-10) albeit at higher concentrations than Benznidazole (2 to 4-fold). Fexinidazole Sulfone requires 72 to 96 hrs exposure at concentrations at or above 100 mM (31 mg/ml) with the Y strain; Benznidazole exhibits the same kinetics but requires exposure at the lower concentration of 12.5 mM (3.3 mg/ml).
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Exclusion Criteria:
Laboratory test values considered or out of the allowable range at screening as follows:
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.
“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ECG (electrocardiogram)
A recording of the heart’s electrical activity, taken with stickers on the chest, arms and legs. It takes a few minutes and does not hurt.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
QT and QTc
On an ECG, the QT interval is the time the heart’s lower chambers take to activate electrically and recover in each beat. QTc is that time adjusted for heart rate (QTcF by Fridericia’s formula, QTcB by Bazett’s). Some medicines lengthen it, and a long QTc can raise the risk of a dangerous heart rhythm.
The study may name a correction formula and a limit in milliseconds, often around 450–480.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Clinically significant
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Bilirubin
A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.
Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ALT and AST (liver enzymes)
Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.
Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
ULN (upper limit of normal)
The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.
“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
CTCAE grade
The US National Cancer Institute’s scale of how severe an adverse event is — any unwanted medical event during a study, such as a symptom, an illness or an abnormal test result, whether or not a treatment caused it. Whether it did is judged separately.
“Side effects of earlier treatment resolved to grade 1 or less” means they have settled to mild or gone.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Contraindication
A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
1800mg (High Dose) 2 weeks (HD - 2 weeks) Group: Fexinidazole, 1800 mg QD for 2 weeks, followed by placebo to complete 8 weeks (total dose: 25,2 g)
Drug: Fexinidazole · Drug: Placebo
1800mg (High Dose) 4 weeks (HD - 4 weeks) Group: Fexinidazole, 1800 mg QD for 4 weeks, followed by placebo to complete 8 weeks (total dose: 50,4 g)
Drug: Fexinidazole · Drug: Placebo
1800mg (High Dose) 8 weeks (HD - 8 weeks) Group: Fexinidazole, 1800 mg QD, for 8 weeks (total dose: 100,8 g)
Drug: Fexinidazole
1200mg (Dose 2 weeks) 2 weeks (LD - 2 weeks) Group: Fexinidazole, 1200 mg QD for 2 weeks, followed by placebo to complete 8 weeks (total dose: 16,8 g)
Drug: Fexinidazole · Drug: Placebo
1200mg (Low Dose) 4 weeks (LD - 4 weeks) Group: Fexinidazole, 1200 mg QD for 4 weeks, followed by placebo to complete 8 weeks (total dose: 33,6 g)
Drug: Fexinidazole · Drug: Placebo
1200mg (Low Dose) 8 weeks (LD - 8 weeks) Group: Fexinidazole, 1200 mg QD for 8 weeks (total dose: 67,2 g)
Drug: Fexinidazole
Placebo (8 weeks) Group: Fexinidazole matched placebo tablets QD for 8 weeks.
Drug: Placebo
Also known as: 1Himidazole,1methyl2[4methylthio)phenoxymethyl] 5nitroimidazole
Parasitological cure rate (PCR)
Parasitological cure rate as determined by serial negative qualitative PCR results (3 negative PCR results, from 3 samples to be collected in the same day) at end of treatment (8 weeks) and sustained parasitological clearance until 6 months follow-up.
Time frame: 8 weeks and sustained until 6 months
Adverse events
Incidence and severity of adverse events (clinical, laboratory and EKG)
Time frame: 7 months
Serious Adverse events
Incidence of Serious Adverse Events and/or adverse events leading to treatment discontinuation
Time frame: 7 months
Parasite Clearance (qualitative PCR)
Parasite clearance at weeks 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, and at 4 and 6 months follow-up as measured by qualitative PCR
Time frame: weeks 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, and at 4 and 6 months follow-up
Parasite load
Change in parasite load over time assessed at weeks 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, and at 4 and 6 months follow-up as measured by quantitative PCR
Time frame: weeks 2, 3, 4, 6, 10 and 4 and 6 months
Serological response
Serological response (conventional and non-conventional serologies) (incidence of conversion to negative and changes in titers over time) assessed at week 10 and at 4 and 6 months follow-up.
Time frame: week 10, 4 and 6 months
Blood culture for parasite genotyping
Blood culture and in vitro drug and susceptibility testing of isolated parasite strains at 6 months.
Time frame: 6 months
Plasma level concentrations
Plasma level concentrations of Fexinidazole and its metabolites M1 (sulfoxide) and M2 (sulfone) will be determined at D0 (pre-dose), at randomly selected time after first day of treatment administration (day 1, post-dose), at steady-state phase (week 2-9), and at week 10
Time frame: D0 (pre-dose), at randomly selected time at day 1, post-dose, at steady-state phase (week 2-9), and at week 10
The record gives a start of Jul 2014, a primary completion of Sep 2015 and a completion of Feb 2016. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
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Studies of the drug tested here: Fexinidazole
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