Trial reportThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2016
Adverse Events from a Randomized, Multi-Arm, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Mebendazole in Children 12-24 Months of Age.
Trial report in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Meta-analysis and public policy: Reconciling the evidence on deworming.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Pooled it
- Public health deworming programmes for soil-transmitted helminths in children living in endemic areas.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Efficacy and Safety of a Single-Dose Mebendazole 500 mg Chewable, Rapidly-Disintegrating Tablet forThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2017Trial
- Participatory development of a target policy profile to support soil-transmitted helminth elimination.Frontiers in health services · 2023Article
- Risk of adverse swallowing events and choking during deworming for preschool-aged children.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Effectiveness and Tolerability of 3-Day Mebendazole Treatment ofCurrent therapeutic research, clinical and experimental · 2018Article
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Abstract
Large-scale deworming interventions, using anthelminthic drugs, are recommended in areas where the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infection is high. Anthelminthic safety has been established primarily in school-age children. Our objective was to provide evidence on adverse events from anthelminthic use in early childhood. A randomized multi-arm, placebo-controlled trial of mebendazole, administered at different times and frequencies, was conducted in children 12 months of age living in Iquitos, Peru. Children were followed up to 24 months of age. The association between mebendazole administration and the occurrence of a serious or minor adverse event was determined using logistic regression. There was a total of 1,686 administrations of mebendazole and 1,676 administrations of placebo to 1,760 children. Eighteen serious adverse events (i.e., 11 deaths and seven hospitalizations) and 31 minor adverse events were reported. There was no association between mebendazole and the occurrence of a serious adverse event (odds ratio [OR] = 1.21; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.47, 3.09) or a minor adverse event (OR = 0.84; 95% CI = 0.41, 1.72). Results from our trial support evidence of safety in administering mebendazole during early childhood. These results support World Health Organization deworming policy and the scaling up of interventions to reach children as of 12 months of age in endemic areas.
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