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Investigation of the effect of Nimodipine on the treatment of resistant cutaneous leishmaniasis

investigation of the therapeutic effects of intralesional injection of Nimodipine on the treatment of resistant cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20160215026563N2
Enrollment
17
Registered
2019-01-14
Start date
2018-06-27
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-01-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

resistant cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Cutaneous leishmaniasis

Interventions

Intervention group: Patients who have had a complete treatment period with intralesional glucantime injections and have resistance to treatment (no clinical improvement of lesions after 12 sessions of

Sponsors

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age more than 18 years; maximum lesion number is 4; duration of illness is less than one year; lesion type is dry Leishmaniasis (Clinical manifestation of urban leishmaniasis); There are no sings of lymphangitis and sporotrichoid; No more than 2 months has passed from the incidence of the lesion until wound formation; there is no widespread wound and secretion.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: having other atypical forms such as lupoid-sporotrichoid-erysipeloid-zoster forms and....; patients who have had a heart attack within the last month; patients with unstable angina; patients with less than 100 spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and consuming medications such as Azoles and Sodium Vauproat, and Macrolide and Fluoxetine due to the prohibition of Nimodipine use in these people; incidence of drug complications during treatment such as Phlebitis, hypotension, headache, severe nausea and vomiting; pregnancy; breastfeeding; the lesion is preferably not on the face.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Change in size and value of induration. Timepoint: Patients are evaluated every week until the end of treatment, one and a half months and three months after the end of the treatment. Method of measurement: Using caliper and measuring the diameter of lesion.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMarzieh Pishgouy

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Pishgouym951@mums.ac.ir+98 51 3801 2493

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026