Three-day versus 15-day course of albendazole therapy in solitary cysticercus granuloma: an open label randomized trial

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Navdeep KhuranaRakesh Shukla

Abstract

Albendazole therapy has been found effective in solitary cysticercus granuloma. An optimal duration of albendazole therapy is not exactly known. Even 3-day therapy has been found effective. We included 105 patients of new-onset seizures and solitary cysticercus granuloma. We compared 3-day albendazole therapy and 15-day therapy with a control group. Each group had 35 patients. This was an open-label randomized trial. Patients were followed for 6 months. MRI was done after 6 months. Seizure recurrences during follow-up were noted. After 6 months, albendazole group, in comparison to placebo group, had significantly higher proportion (43/70 versus 13/35) of patients in whom lesion had disappeared. Albendazole treatment for 15 days was insignificantly better in comparison to 3-day treatment regimen. In 15-day albendazole group lesser number of lesions (2.8%) was calcified than 3-day albendazole group (8.57%) or no treatment group (20%). After 6 months of follow-up, seizure recurrence was seen in 20 (19%) patients. The majority (15/20) of patients, experiencing seizure recurrence, had an abnormal follow-up MRI. Five patients had seizures despite normal MRI. In conclusion, albendazole was significantly better in producing lesion reso...Continue Reading

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