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Trial reportBMC infectious diseases2019

Salvage therapy with Sodium chlorosum (formerly DAC N-055) for cases of refractory lupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis: results from a compassionate use study with 0.09% Sodium chlorosum in amphiphilic basic cream.

Sara Molkara, Elaheh Poursoltani, Kurt-Wilhelm Stahl, Masoud Maleki, Ali Khamesipour, Christian Bogdan, Maryam Salehi, Vahid Mashayekhi Goyonlo

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Trial report in BMC infectious diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cytotoxic screening and in vitro effect of sodium chlorite againstJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Sara MolkaraCutaneous Leishmaniasis Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Elaheh PoursoltaniCutaneous Leishmaniasis Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Kurt-Wilhelm StahlWaisenmedizin e. V. Promoting Access to Care with Essential Medicine (PACEM), Non-Profit Non-Governmental Organization, Freiburg, Germany. stahlkw@waisenmedizin.org.
Masoud MalekiCutaneous Leishmaniasis Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Ali KhamesipourCenter for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Christian BogdanMikrobiologisches Institut - Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg und Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Maryam SalehiCommunity Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine and Clinical Research Unit, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Vahid Mashayekhi GoyonloCutaneous Leishmaniasis Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. mashayekhiv@mums.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6615-3144
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DETehran University of Medical Sciences · IRZentrum für Labormedizin · CH

Funding

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 931617
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL) is known as a rare but serious complication of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) resistant to conventional treatments. Sodium chlorosum, a pro-oxidative preparation of pharmaceutical sodium chlorite (NaClO

methodsTwenty Iranian patients (12 women and 8 men) with LCL refractory to treatment were included in this salvage study. A magistral preparation of sodium chlorosum (10 mM NaClO

resultsPatients with a mean age of 28.6 (±24.3) and with an ACL proven lesion history of 3.8 (±1.4) years were treated for an average of 7.9 (±1.8) weeks. At the end of the treatment period (12th week), a complete response was observed in 9 of 20 patients (45%). During the one-year follow-up period, LCL lesions recurred in 4 of these 9 patients (with one patient showing only a tiny lesion) and one case lost to follow up whereas the other four remained completely lesion-free. Mild temporary side-effects such as erythema and itching were seen in 4 of 20 patients (20%).

conclusionsTopical sodium chlorosum showed promising therapeutic results and can be considered as safe, painless, and relatively effective treatment for LCL, an ethical prerequisite for a two-armed controlled trial.

trial registrationThis study was registered in Iranian registry of clinical trials on 2019-02-02 with registration number IRCT20190114042356N1.

Indexed as

Administration, TopicalAdolescentAdultChildChild, PreschoolChloridesDrug ResistanceErythemaFemaleHumansIranLeishmaniasis, CutaneousMaleMiddle AgedSalvage TherapySkin CreamChlorideschloriteLupoid cutaneous leishmaniasisSodium chlorosum (formerly DAC N-055)Treatment

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