Active clinical trials for "Leprosy"

This study aims to compare the effectivity and efficiency of Modified Tarsorrhaphy (MT) technique and Gold Weight Implant (GWI) technique as a surgical treatment of paralytic lagophthalmos in leprosy patients. The hypothesis is that MT technique is more effective and more efficient than GWI technique. This study used PROBE (Prospective Randomized Open-label Blinded-Endpoint) clinical trial. Samples consisted of 14 eyes in MT group and 13 eyes in GWI group as the control group. This study was conducted in 3 hospitals in Indonesia and the patients were observed in 1 year period.

Study 2A: Ciclosporin in the management of new Erythema Nodosum Leprosum Objective: A pilot (double blind controlled) study randomizing patients to treatment either with Ciclosporin or Prednisolone to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Ciclosporin in the treatment of patients with new acute Type 2 reactions (ENL).

Background: Trophic ulcer is one of the complications that arise due to leprosy infection of the skin and includes diseases that trigger permanent disability and reduce the quality of life of the person. The facts in the field that more than 50% of chronic ulcers, especially trophic ulcers due to leprosy fail to heal with usual treatment. Therefore it is important to do a new method in healing trophic ulcers. Stem cell therapy or one of them is conditioned medium mesenchymal stem cell is a promising therapy because of its biological and physiological processes resembling the mechanism of wound healing Method: This research is a clinical trial research "Open Trial". Phase 1 to see the side effects caused by the intervention. Minimum sample size of 20 respondents with trophic ulcers due to leprosy that is difficult to resolve with usual treatment. The main outcome is wound healing in terms of the length and extent of the wound. The secondary outcome is treatment toxicity 4 weeks after administration. Follow-up visits will be scheduled at 2, 4, and 12 weeks post-treatment. If the results confirm safety, feasibility and potential efficacy, large multicenter randomized controlled trials with longer follow-up will begin with a focus on the effectiveness of therapy

Study 1A: Ciclosporin in the management of new Type 1 Reactions in Leprosy Objective: A randomised double blind controlled trial comparing Ciclosporin and Prednisolone,to determine whether treatment with Ciclosporin gives the same outcome in the treatment of new Type 1 Reactions as Prednisolone.

Study 1B: Ciclosporin in the management of steroid resistant Type 1 Reactions in Leprosy Objective: A pilot study assessing the efficacy and safety of Ciclosporin as a second -line drug in patients with Type 1 Reactions who have not responded to a 12 week course of Prednisolone.

Study 2B: Ciclosporin in the management of chronic or recurrent Erythema Nodosum Leprosum Aim: To assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Ciclosporin in the treatment of patients whose ENL is not controlled with standard Prednisolone. Objective: A pilot double blind controlled study randomizing patients whose ENL is not controlled with standard Prednisolone, and comparing a group treated with Ciclosporin to a group treated with additional steroid only.

This study will find how weight affects the dosing of a drug called dapsone. Currently, the amount of dapsone a patient receives is the same regardless of the patient's weight.

This study is a double-blind, randomized controlled trial examining the effect on ENL reactions of giving an additional year of clofazimine after completion of MDT in leprosy.

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity in healthy adult subjects of an investigational vaccine being developed for the prevention of leprosy. Two dose levels of the vaccine will be evaluated.

This is a cluster randomized trial on effectiveness of different modalities of Single Double Dose of Rifampicin Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (SDDR-PEP) for leprosy in the Comoros (Anjouan and Mohéli) and Madagascar. The study aims to identify which approach to the selection of contacts for post exposure prophylaxis is most effective to reduce incident leprosy, and to Interrupt ongoing transmission from asymptomatic persons in the process of developing multibacillary leprosy.