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CompletedNCT03784391

Study on Benefits of Therapy With Nifurtimox in Chagas Disease, a Parasitic Illness Mostly Transmitted to Humans by a Bug, Using Information From Patient Medical Records in Argentina

Effectiveness of Nifurtimox in Patients With Chagas' Disease Based on Data From Patient Medical Records in Argentina: a Retrospective Medical Chart Review Study

Status
Completed
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
3,000 (actual)
Sponsor
Bayer · Industry
Sex
All
Age
0 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The researchers in this trial want to analyze prerecorded patient data which provide information on benefits of the drug nifurtimox in patients with a sudden (acute) and long lasting (chronic) Chagas´ disease an illness caused by parasites mostly transmitted to humans by a bug. They also want to learn how often organs, especially the heart, are affected by the illness in treated and untreated chronic Chaga's patients. In order to find this out medical records of adult and pediatric patients in Argentina will be analyzed.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGLampit (Nifurtimox, BAYA2502)Nifurtimox is a drug already approved in some South American countries since more than 45 years

Timeline

Start date
2018-12-14
Primary completion
2020-04-06
Completion
2020-04-06
First posted
2018-12-21
Last updated
2021-04-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Argentina

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03784391. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.