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Efficacy and safety of tribendimidine versus praziquantel against Opisthorchis viverrini in Laos: an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority, phase 2 trial - 02/02/18

Doi : 10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30624-2 
Somphou Sayasone, PhD a, , Jennifer Keiser, ProfPhD c, e, Isabel Meister, PhD c, e, Youthanavanh Vonghachack, PhD b, Syda Xayavong, MD a, Kanpaseuth Senggnam, MD a, Khampheng Phongluxa, PhD a, Jan Hattendorf, PhD d, e, Peter Odermatt, ProfPhD d, e
a National Institute of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Laos 
b University of Health Sciences, Ministry of Health, Vientiane, Laos 
c Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland 
d Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland 
e University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland 

* Correspondence to: Dr Somphou Sayasone, National Institute of Public Health, Vientiane, Laos Correspondence to: Dr Somphou Sayasone, National Institute of Public Health Vientiane Laos

Summary

Background

Praziquantel is the only option for treatment of the liver fluke infection Opisthorchis viverrini. Tribendimidine could be an alternative drug. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of a single, oral dose of tribendimidine, compared with praziquantel administered in two doses, in participants with O viverrini infection.

Method

We did an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority, phase 2 trial in children (8–14 years) and adolescents and adults (≥15 years) in Champasack province, southern Laos. Participants infected with O viverrini were randomly assigned (1:1), via a computer-generated block-randomisation procedure (block sizes of two, four, and six), to receive a single, oral dose of tribendimidine (200 mg for children, 400 mg for adolescents and adults) or two oral doses of praziquantel (50 mg/kg bodyweight and 25 mg/kg bodyweight, 6 h apart). Physicians assessing adverse events and laboratory personnel were masked to treatment allocation, but the investigators administering treatment and the participants could have recognised the treatment group based on differences in the number, appearance, and odour of the tablets. The primary outcomes were cure rate, defined as no parasite eggs in stool at 3 weeks’ follow-up, and egg reduction rate. We did available-case analysis of all participants with primary endpoint data. The non-inferiority margin for the difference in cure rates between the groups was pre-specified as −3 percentage points. Adverse events were monitored at 3 h and 24 h after treatment. This trial is registered, number ISRCTN96948551.

Findings

Between Feb 1, and April 30, 2014, we assigned 607 participants with confirmed O viverrini infection to receive tribendimidine (n=300) or praziquantel (n=307). 11 participants (five in the tribendimidine group and six in the praziquantel group) did not provide stool samples at 3 weeks’ follow-up and were excluded from the available-case analysis. 276 (93·6%) of 295 participants in the tribendimidine group were cured compared with 293 (97·3%) of 301 participants in the praziquantel group. The difference in cure rates between the two groups was −3·8 percentage points (95% CI −7·1 to −0·4), thus the lower limit of the confidence interval exceeded the non-inferiority margin. In both treatment groups, egg reduction rates were 99·9%. Adverse events were of mild and moderate intensity and were more frequent in the praziquantel group than in the tribendimidine group (odds ratio 4·5, 95% CI 3·2–6·3; p<0·0001). The most frequent adverse events were headache, vertigo, nausea, and fatigue.

Interpretation

Tribendimidine has a slightly lower cure rate than praziquantel and non-inferiority was not shown. However, tribendimidine has a similar egg reduction rate to praziquantel and leads to fewer adverse events and thus might complement praziquantel in O viverrini control programmes, particularly in settings co-endemic for hookworm.

Funding

Joint Global Health Trials scheme from the Wellcome Trust, Department for International Development, and Medical Research Council.

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