Trial reportNature communications2024
Early assessment of antibodies decline in Chagas patients following treatment using a serological multiplex immunoassay.
Trial report in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03378661 (Phase 2 Randomized, Multicenter, Safety and Efficacy Trial to Evaluate Different Oral Benznidazole Monotherapy and Benznidazole/E1224 Combination Regimens for the Treatment of Adult Patients With Chronic Indeterminate Chagas Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Phase 2 Randomized, Multicenter, Safety and Efficacy Trial to Evaluate Different Oral Benznidazole Monotherapy and Benznidazole/E1224 Combination Regimens for the Treatment of Adult Patients With Chronic Indeterminate Chagas Disease
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Vaccines against chronicExpert review of vaccines · 2026Review
- Epitope mapping and conservation of antigens from the Multi-Cruzi immunoassay platform.Medical microbiology and immunology · 2026Article
- Conjugates of α-d-Galp-(1→3)-β-d-Galp for the serological diagnosis of Chagas disease.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Host-Derived Molecules as Novel Chagas Disease Biomarkers: Hypercoagulability Markers and Extracellular Vesicles.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Chagas disease following infection with Trypanosoma cruzi is a major public health issue, with the disease spreading beyond endemic regions and becoming more global due to the migration of infected individuals. The currently available anti-parasitic drugs, nifurtimox and benznidazole, remain insufficiently evaluated for their efficacy in adult patients. A key challenge is the lack of markers for parasitological cure, which also precludes the development of new treatments. Consequently, there is a critical need for a practical method to assess drug performance within a short timeframe. In this retrospective analysis of the phase 2 randomized controlled BENDITA trial (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03378661), we report the potential of a serological multiplex method (MultiCruzi), combined with advanced statistical analytical methods, to measure the response to anti-parasitic treatment of adult Chagas patients. Applying this approach to serum samples from adult patients in the indeterminate chronic stage of Chagas disease, treated with different benznidazole regimens and combinations, we predict treatment efficacy after just 6 months of follow-up, in sharp contrast to data obtained with conventional and recombinant T. cruzi ELISA tests. The obtained results are also compared with the PCR data. We propose integrating MultiCruzi as a serological method endpoint in proof-of-concept clinical trials for Chagas disease.
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