Efficacy and Safety of Nifurtimox in Pediatric Patients with Chagas Disease: Results at 4-Year Follow-Up in a Prospective, Historically Controlled Study (CHICO SECURE)
- Autores
 - Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo; Sierra, Victor; Ramirez, Teresa; Pinto Rocha, Jimy José; Grossmann, Ulrike; Huang, Erya; Moscatelli, Guillermo; Ding, Olivia
 - Año de publicación
 - 2023
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 - inglés
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 - artículo
 - Estado
 - versión publicada
 - Descripción
 - Nifurtimox is recommended for the treatment of Chagas disease; however, long-term follow-up data are scarce. This prolonged follow-up phase of the prospective, historically controlled, CHICO clinical trial evaluated seronegative conversion in pediatric patients aged ,18 years with Chagas disease who were followed for 4 years after nifurtimox treatment. Patients were randomly assigned 2:1 to nifurtimox 60-day or 30-day regimens comprising 10 to 20 mg/kg/day for patients aged ,12 years and body weight ,40 kg, and 8 to 10 mg/kg/day for those aged $12 years and body weight $40 kg. Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies decreased during the study period, achieving seronegative conversion in 16 (8.12%) and 8 (8.16%) patients in the 60-day and 30-day nifurtimox regimens, respectively, with corresponding incidence rates per 100 patients/year of seronegative conversion of 2.12 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.21 to 3.45) and 2.11 (95% CI: 0.91 to 4.16). Superiority of the 60-day nifurtimox regimen was confirmed by the lower limit of the 95% CI being higher than that (0%) in a historical placebo control group. Children aged ,2 years at baseline were more likely to reach seronegative conversion during the 4-year follow-up than older children. At any annual follow-up visit, .90% of evaluable patients had persistently negative quantitative PCR results for T. cruzi DNA. No adverse events potentially related to treatment or caused by protocol-required procedures were documented for either treatment regimen. This study confirms the effectiveness and safety of a pediatric formulation of nifurtimox administered in an age- and weight-adjusted regimen for 60 days to treat children with Chagas disease.
Fil: Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital General de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez"; Argentina. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas; Argentina
Fil: Sierra, Victor. Centro de Atención E Investigación Médica; Colombia
Fil: Ramirez, Teresa. Centro de Enfermedad de Chagas y Patologias Regionales; Argentina
Fil: Pinto Rocha, Jimy José. Fundación Ceades; Bolivia
Fil: Grossmann, Ulrike. Research and Development Pharmaceuticals; Alemania
Fil: Huang, Erya. Bayer Us Llc; Estados Unidos
Fil: Moscatelli, Guillermo. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital General de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez"; Argentina. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas; Argentina
Fil: Ding, Olivia. Bayer HealthCare Co.; China - Materia
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        CHAGAS DISEASE
FOLLOW-UP
NIFURTIMOX
PEDIATRICS
SERONEGATIVE CONVERSION
TREATMENT
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI - Nivel de accesibilidad
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                                Efficacy and Safety of Nifurtimox in Pediatric Patients with Chagas Disease: Results at 4-Year Follow-Up in a Prospective, Historically Controlled Study (CHICO SECURE) | 
      
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                                Efficacy and Safety of Nifurtimox in Pediatric Patients with Chagas Disease: Results at 4-Year Follow-Up in a Prospective, Historically Controlled Study (CHICO SECURE) | 
      
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                                Efficacy and Safety of Nifurtimox in Pediatric Patients with Chagas Disease: Results at 4-Year Follow-Up in a Prospective, Historically Controlled Study (CHICO SECURE) Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo CHAGAS DISEASE FOLLOW-UP NIFURTIMOX PEDIATRICS SERONEGATIVE CONVERSION TREATMENT TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI  | 
      
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                                Efficacy and Safety of Nifurtimox in Pediatric Patients with Chagas Disease: Results at 4-Year Follow-Up in a Prospective, Historically Controlled Study (CHICO SECURE) | 
      
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                                Efficacy and Safety of Nifurtimox in Pediatric Patients with Chagas Disease: Results at 4-Year Follow-Up in a Prospective, Historically Controlled Study (CHICO SECURE) | 
      
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                                Efficacy and Safety of Nifurtimox in Pediatric Patients with Chagas Disease: Results at 4-Year Follow-Up in a Prospective, Historically Controlled Study (CHICO SECURE) | 
      
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                                Efficacy and Safety of Nifurtimox in Pediatric Patients with Chagas Disease: Results at 4-Year Follow-Up in a Prospective, Historically Controlled Study (CHICO SECURE) | 
      
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                                Efficacy and Safety of Nifurtimox in Pediatric Patients with Chagas Disease: Results at 4-Year Follow-Up in a Prospective, Historically Controlled Study (CHICO SECURE) | 
      
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                                Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo Sierra, Victor Ramirez, Teresa Pinto Rocha, Jimy José Grossmann, Ulrike Huang, Erya Moscatelli, Guillermo Ding, Olivia  | 
      
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                                Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo | 
      
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                                Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo Sierra, Victor Ramirez, Teresa Pinto Rocha, Jimy José Grossmann, Ulrike Huang, Erya Moscatelli, Guillermo Ding, Olivia  | 
      
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                                Sierra, Victor Ramirez, Teresa Pinto Rocha, Jimy José Grossmann, Ulrike Huang, Erya Moscatelli, Guillermo Ding, Olivia  | 
      
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                                CHAGAS DISEASE FOLLOW-UP NIFURTIMOX PEDIATRICS SERONEGATIVE CONVERSION TREATMENT TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI  | 
      
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                                CHAGAS DISEASE FOLLOW-UP NIFURTIMOX PEDIATRICS SERONEGATIVE CONVERSION TREATMENT TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI  | 
      
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                                Nifurtimox is recommended for the treatment of Chagas disease; however, long-term follow-up data are scarce. This prolonged follow-up phase of the prospective, historically controlled, CHICO clinical trial evaluated seronegative conversion in pediatric patients aged ,18 years with Chagas disease who were followed for 4 years after nifurtimox treatment. Patients were randomly assigned 2:1 to nifurtimox 60-day or 30-day regimens comprising 10 to 20 mg/kg/day for patients aged ,12 years and body weight ,40 kg, and 8 to 10 mg/kg/day for those aged $12 years and body weight $40 kg. Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies decreased during the study period, achieving seronegative conversion in 16 (8.12%) and 8 (8.16%) patients in the 60-day and 30-day nifurtimox regimens, respectively, with corresponding incidence rates per 100 patients/year of seronegative conversion of 2.12 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.21 to 3.45) and 2.11 (95% CI: 0.91 to 4.16). Superiority of the 60-day nifurtimox regimen was confirmed by the lower limit of the 95% CI being higher than that (0%) in a historical placebo control group. Children aged ,2 years at baseline were more likely to reach seronegative conversion during the 4-year follow-up than older children. At any annual follow-up visit, .90% of evaluable patients had persistently negative quantitative PCR results for T. cruzi DNA. No adverse events potentially related to treatment or caused by protocol-required procedures were documented for either treatment regimen. This study confirms the effectiveness and safety of a pediatric formulation of nifurtimox administered in an age- and weight-adjusted regimen for 60 days to treat children with Chagas disease. Fil: Altcheh, Jaime Marcelo. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital General de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez"; Argentina. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas; Argentina Fil: Sierra, Victor. Centro de Atención E Investigación Médica; Colombia Fil: Ramirez, Teresa. Centro de Enfermedad de Chagas y Patologias Regionales; Argentina Fil: Pinto Rocha, Jimy José. Fundación Ceades; Bolivia Fil: Grossmann, Ulrike. Research and Development Pharmaceuticals; Alemania Fil: Huang, Erya. Bayer Us Llc; Estados Unidos Fil: Moscatelli, Guillermo. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Hospital General de Niños "Ricardo Gutiérrez"; Argentina. Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones en Patologías Pediátricas; Argentina Fil: Ding, Olivia. Bayer HealthCare Co.; China  | 
      
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                                Nifurtimox is recommended for the treatment of Chagas disease; however, long-term follow-up data are scarce. This prolonged follow-up phase of the prospective, historically controlled, CHICO clinical trial evaluated seronegative conversion in pediatric patients aged ,18 years with Chagas disease who were followed for 4 years after nifurtimox treatment. Patients were randomly assigned 2:1 to nifurtimox 60-day or 30-day regimens comprising 10 to 20 mg/kg/day for patients aged ,12 years and body weight ,40 kg, and 8 to 10 mg/kg/day for those aged $12 years and body weight $40 kg. Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies decreased during the study period, achieving seronegative conversion in 16 (8.12%) and 8 (8.16%) patients in the 60-day and 30-day nifurtimox regimens, respectively, with corresponding incidence rates per 100 patients/year of seronegative conversion of 2.12 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.21 to 3.45) and 2.11 (95% CI: 0.91 to 4.16). Superiority of the 60-day nifurtimox regimen was confirmed by the lower limit of the 95% CI being higher than that (0%) in a historical placebo control group. Children aged ,2 years at baseline were more likely to reach seronegative conversion during the 4-year follow-up than older children. At any annual follow-up visit, .90% of evaluable patients had persistently negative quantitative PCR results for T. cruzi DNA. No adverse events potentially related to treatment or caused by protocol-required procedures were documented for either treatment regimen. This study confirms the effectiveness and safety of a pediatric formulation of nifurtimox administered in an age- and weight-adjusted regimen for 60 days to treat children with Chagas disease. | 
      
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