Testing levamisole for loiasis infection
Part of Infections, Skin clinical trials.
This trial tests if a medicine called levamisole can safely reduce the number of loiasis (eye worm) parasites in your blood. You would take the medicine for 3 to 5 days and be monitored.
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Who can take part
- You must have a confirmed loiasis infection with Loa loa microfilariae in your blood.
- Be between 18 and 65 years old.
- Weigh between 40 kg (88 lbs) and less than 90 kg (198 lbs).
- Be generally healthy with no recent or ongoing infections.
- Not be pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant.
- You cannot have taken ivermectin or levamisole in the last 6 months, or mebendazole/albendazole in the last month.
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