WithdrawnNot Applicable

Thermotherapy of Buruli Ulcer at Community Level in the Health District of Akonolinga

Stopped: Lack of supply of comparator drug in country

0Started 2019-01-01

Plain-language summary

The project rolls out combined innovative low-tech thermotherapy of Buruli ulcer (BU) with heat packs and WHO recommended wound management in a BU endemic district of Cameroon.

Who can participate

Age range1 Year – 100 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Clinically diagnosed BU patients with a single WHO category I and II lesion Exclusion Criteria: \- inappropriate lesion size (category III patients), location and patients with multiple lesions

What they're measuring

Primary cure: wound closure and/or no BU features according to WHO guideline

Timeframe: 6 months

Definite cure: No recurrence

Timeframe: 12 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03969940

SponsorSwiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2019-12-31

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