Beta-Lactam Containing Regimen for the Shortening of Buruli Ulcer Disease Therapy: Comparison of 8 Weeks Standard Therapy (Rifampicin Plus Clarithromycin) vs. 4 Weeks Standard Plus Amoxicillin/Clavulanate Therapy [RC8 vs. RCA4]

Who is this study for? Patients with Buruli ulcer
What treatments are being studied? Rifampicin+Clarithromycin+Amoxicillin+Clavulanate
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (3) locations...
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 2
SUMMARY

Buruli ulcer (BU) is a skin Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) that is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. It affects skin, soft tissues and bones causing long-term morbidity, stigma and disability. The greatest burden falls on children in sub-Saharan Africa. Treating BU requires 8-weeks with daily rifampicin and clarithromycin, wound care, and sometimes tissue grafting and surgery. Healing can take up to one year. Compliance is challenging due to socioeconomic determinants and may pose an unbearable financial burden to the household. Recent studies led by members of this Consortium demonstrated that beta-lactams combined with rifampicin and clarithromycin are synergistic against M. ulcerans in vitro. Amoxicillin/clavulanate is oral, suitable for treatment in adults and children, and readily available with an established clinical pedigree. Its inclusion in a triple oral BU therapy has the potential of improving healing and shortening BU therapy. The investigators propose a single blinded, randomized, controlled open label non-inferiority phase II, multi-centre trial in Benin with participants stratified according to BU category lesions and randomized in two oral regimens: (i) Standard \[RC8\]: rifampicin plus clarithromycin (RC) therapy for 8 weeks; and (ii) Investigational \[RCA4\]: standard (RC) plus amoxicillin/clavulanate (A) for 4 weeks. At least, a total of 140 patients will be recruited (70 per treatment arm), of which at least 132 will be PCR-confirmed. The primary efficacy outcome will be lesion healing without recurrence and without excision surgery 12 months after start of treatment (i.e. cure). A clinical expert panel assessing the need of excision surgery in both treatment arms will be blinded for treatment allocation in order to make objectives comparisons. Decision for excision surgery will be delayed to 14 weeks after initiation of antibiotic treatment. Secondary clinical efficacy outcomes include recurrence, treatment discontinuation and compliance rates, and the incidence of adverse effects, among others. In addition, two sub-studies will be performed: a pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis and a bacterial clearance study. If successful, this study will create a new paradigm for BU treatment, which could inform changes in WHO policy and practice. This trial may also provide information on treatment shortening strategies for other mycobacterial infections, such as tuberculosis or leprosy.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 5
Maximum Age: 70
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• All patients (both genders) with a new very likely or likely (WHO scoring criteria) clinical diagnosis of BU (all categories: I, II, III) and normal electrocardiogram (ECG) at baseline giving informed consent will be included in the study, as agreed by study site treatment team led by the lead clinicians.

Locations
Other Locations
Benin
Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de l'Ulcère de Buruli (CDTUB) (Centers for Detection and Treatment of Buruli ulcer), Allada
RECRUITING
Allada
Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de l'Ulcère de Buruli (CDTUB) (Centers for Detection and Treatment of Buruli ulcer), Lalo
RECRUITING
Lalo
Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de l'Ulcère de Buruli (CDTUB) (Centers for Detection and Treatment of Buruli ulcer), Pobè
RECRUITING
Pobè
Contact Information
Primary
Christian Johnson
rochchristianjohnson@gmail.com
0022996221132
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-12-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-05-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 140
Treatments
Active_comparator: RC8, Rifampicin plus Clarithromycin for 8 weeks
Rifampicin plus Clarithromycin (RC) therapy for 8 weeks
Experimental: RCA4, Rifampicin plus Clarithromycin plus Amoxicillin/clavulanate for 4 weeks.
Rifampicin plus Clarithromycin (RC) plus Amoxicillin/clavulanate (A) for 4 weeks.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Fundación Anesvad, Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Fondation Raoul Follereau, GlaxoSmithKline
Leads: Fundacion Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigacion y Desarrollo (ARAID)

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