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NCT number NCT02281643
Other study ID # GZ:JA 1479/5-1
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase Phase 2
First received October 26, 2014
Last updated March 22, 2017
Start date October 2014
Est. completion date March 15, 2017

Study information

Verified date March 2017
Source Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will determine the influence of doxycycline treatment against Wolbachia/M. perstans on immunity against concomitant mycobacterial infections in healthy M. perstans infected individuals. In this regard, the investigators will perform a community-based randomized controlled trial (Phase 2a) in Asante Akim North District. A cohort of 200 participants who are contacts of patients with Tuberculosis or Buruli ulcer, of both sexes with no clinical condition requiring long-term medication but connected with Mansonella perstans will be investigated for the effect of doxycycline on microfilaria, the immune response and development of mycobacterial disease.


Description:

The purpose of this study is to describe the immune response to Mansonella perstans with or without doxycycline treatment. And to suggest the use of doxycycline for the treatment of Mansonella perstans infected individuals. Two hundred Mansonella perstans infected individuals who are contacts of patients with Buruli ulcer or Tuberculosis will be recruited and placed in two groups. Hundred patients in each group ('early', or 'delayed' doxycycline-treatment group) with weight 40kg and above. Individuals will be recruited from communities in the Asante Akim North District.

Half of the M. perstans infected individuals (randomly selected) will be treated immediately with 200mg daily doxycycline for six weeks. All recruited individuals will be asked to donate 20ml; 10 ml heparinized blood, 5ml Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid blood and 5ml blood for serum analysis at baseline (day 0), after 4 months (day 112), after 12 months (day 336) and after 24 months (day 672). Six months after doxycycline treatment for M. perstans infected individuals the other 100 patients who are not treated at time point 0 (delayed' treatment group) will be treated as described for the 'early' treatment group. After four months (day 112) individuals from both treatment groups will be asked to donate blood for quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction to confirm Wolbachia depletion and immunological analyses.

For 'early', and 'delayed', doxycycline-treatment group immunological assays will be performed at days 0, 112, 336 and 672 after treatment initiation for all recruited individuals.

Hypothesis:

Presence of filarial nematodes Mansonella perstans will polarize the host immunity towards humoral and T helper type 2-mediated immunity and treatment with doxycycline will result in killing of Wolbachia endosymbionts, depletion of Mansonella perstans and development of a T helper type 1 immunity and reduced risk of developing Tuberculosis and Buruli ulcer

Sample size justification Since the study is a pilot study to gain first experience regarding the primary and secondary endpoints under the intended treatment regimens, the sample size cannot be justified by a statistical argumentation. A sample size of 100 participants (80 participants plus 20% drop-out rate) per treatment arm was chosen in agreement with the study statistician.

Statistical methods The detailed plan for data analysis will be written and discussed with the DMEC before final de-blinding of the data.

Data safety Electronic data will be secured and password limited to persons named in this Study Protocol. Analyses of the data will be performed on copies of the original data files ensuring raw data accessibility at all times. Regular backups to an external hard drive will be carried out ensuring protection against data loss.

Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee (DMEC) Independent monitoring of the clinical trial will be carried out by the DMEC consisting of representatives from key stakeholders in existing filarial control programmes with the necessary expertise covering the range of project activities and skills to provide support and advice on the study progress.

Additionally the External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) will monitor the study ensuring compliance with all directives. DMEC and ESAC members are listed

Informed Consent Form (ICF) Regulatory requirement necessitates obtaining and documenting informed consent, Good Clinical Practice and ethical principles along the Declaration of Helsinki (first adopted 1964, amended five times, most recently in 2000). All consent forms will accompany the study protocol and submitted for approval by the relevant ethic committees.

Patient insurance Professional indemnity liability insurance of the individual volunteers will be obtained to take care of any form of injuries that may arise in the process of drug administration.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 200
Est. completion date March 15, 2017
Est. primary completion date March 15, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 9 Years to 55 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

M. perstans mg-positive status Good general health without any clinical condition requiring long-term medication.

Normal renal and hepatic laboratory profiles

Exclusion Criteria:

Known intolerance to the doxycycline Body weight <40 kg Pregnancy or breastfeeding History of severe allergic reaction or anaphylaxis Alcohol or drug abuse

Study Design


Intervention

Drug:
Doxycycline
200mg oral doxycycline will be administered immediately (early) in the experimental arm or delayed in the comparator arm

Locations

Country Name City State
Ghana Agogo Presbyterian Hospital Agogo Asante Akim North District

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf, University of Bonn

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Ghana, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Microfilarial assessment Assessment of the microfilarial load Change from baseline microfilarial load at 12 months
Secondary Demonstrate development of a T helper type 1 immunity through Immunological profile of cellular immune responses Measurement of the T helper type 1 cytokine levels Change from baseline T helper type 1 cytokine levels at 24 weeks
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