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fexinidazole and Trypanosomiasis, African

fexinidazole has been researched along with Trypanosomiasis, African in 34 studies

*Trypanosomiasis, African: A disease endemic among people and animals in Central Africa. It is caused by various species of trypanosomes, particularly T. gambiense and T. rhodesiense. Its second host is the TSETSE FLY. Involvement of the central nervous system produces African sleeping sickness. Nagana is a rapidly fatal trypanosomiasis of horses and other animals. [MeSH]

Research

Studies (34)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19901 (2.94)18.7374
1990's2 (5.88)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's23 (67.65)24.3611
2020's8 (23.53)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Fairlamb, AH; Oza, SL; Patterson, S; Read, KD; Sokolova, AY; Wyllie, S1
Samant, BS; Sukhthankar, MG1
Brun, R; Jędrysiak, R; Kaiser, M; Suwiński, J; Torreele, E; Trunz, BB; Tweats, D1
Bacchi, CJ; Braillard, S; Chatelain, E; Denny, WA; Gaukel, E; Launay, D; Maes, L; Marshall, AJ; Mowbray, CE; Thompson, AM; Wring, SA; Yarlett, N1
Bag, S; Caffrey, CR; Ceballos-Pérez, G; Cordon-Obras, C; Diaz-Gonzalez, R; Ferrins, L; Gamarro, F; García-Hernández, R; Gonzalez Pacanowska, D; Manzano, P; Martinez-Martinez, MS; Navarro, M; Pérez-Moreno, G; Pollastri, MP; Rojas-Barros, DI; Ruiz-Perez, LM; Tear, WF1
Strub-Wourgaft, N; Tarral, A; Valverde Mordt, O1
Bardonneau, C; Bernhard, S; Blesson, S; Delhomme, S; Fina Lubaki, JP; Ilunga Wa Kyhi, M; Kande Betu Kumesu, V; Kaninda Badibabi, L; Kasongo Bonama, A; Kavunga Lukula, P; Kuziena Mindele, W; Lumbala, C; Lumeya Vuvu, S; Mahenzi Mbembo, H; Mandula Mokenge, G; Mutombo Kalonji, W; Nganzobo Ngima, P; Ngolo Tete, D; Scherrer, B; Simon, F; Strub-Wourgaft, N; Tarral, A; Valverde Mordt, O1
Balaña-Fouce, R; Domínguez-Asenjo, B; García-Estrada, C; Holanda, VN; Martínez-Valladares, M; Murugesan, S; Pérez-Pertejo, Y; Reguera, RM1
Gudmundsson, KSS; Helleberg, BB; Helleberg, M; Kurtzhals, JAL1
Bayão, TS; Cupertino, MDC; Gomes, AP; Siqueira-Batista, R1
Fairlamb, AH1
Akl, EA; Barrett, MP; Bergman, H; Chappuis, F; Erphas, O; Franco, JR; Kadima Ebeja, A; Kazumba, L; Lejon, V; Lindner, AK; Mwamba, E; Priotto, G; Seixas, J; Simarro, P; Villanueva, G1
Kaiser, M; Mäser, P1
Akwaso Masa, F; Bardonneau, C; Bernhard, S; Blesson, S; Botalema Bolengi, F; Delhomme, S; Kande Betu Ku Mesu, V; Kapongo Tshilumbwa, S; Lumbala, C; Lumeya Vuvu, S; Mahenzi Mbembo, H; Mayala Malu, T; Mpia Moke, C; Mpoyi Muamba Nzambi, D; Mudji E'kitiak, J; Mukendi Ilunga, M; Mutombo Kalonji, W; Ngolo Tete, D; Nkieri Matsho, M; Scherrer, B; Simon, F; Strub-Wourgaft, N; Tarral, A; Valverde Mordt, O1
Alavijeh, MS; Burrell-Saward, H; Croft, SL; de LaFlor, R; Harris, AJ; Sallam, H; Ward, TH1
Maxmen, A2
Badibabi, LK; Bardonneau, C; Bernhard, S; Blesson, S; Bonama, AK; Dama, FR; Delhomme, S; Heradi, JA; Ilunga, M; Kalonji, WM; Kuziena, W; Lubaki, JF; Lukula, PK; Lumbala, C; Mandula, G; Mbembo, HM; Mesu, VKBK; Mordt, OV; Ngima, PN; Scherrer, B; Simon, F; Solomo, JLL; Strub-Wourgaft, N; Tarral, A; Tete, DN; Vuvu, SL1
Pollastri, MP1
Chappuis, F1
Deeks, ED1
Cavaleri, M; Harvey Allchurch, M; Nagercoil, N; Nambasa, V; Ntamabyaliro, N; Pelfrene, E; Ventura, FV1
Blesson, S; Bray, MA; Evène, E; Felices, M; Gualano, V; Hovsepian, L; Mordt, OV; Sassella, D; Strub-Wourgaft, N; Tarral, A; Torreele, E1
Ardiot, C; Blesson, S; Bompart, F; Bonnin, Y; Coleman, CH; Colonna, P; Dhai, A; Ecuru, J; Edielu, A; Hervé, C; Hirsch, F; Kouyaté, B; Mamzer-Bruneel, MF; Maoundé, D; Martinent, E; Ntsiba, H; Pelé, G; Quéva, G; Reinmund, MC; Sarr, SC; Sepou, A; Strub-Wourgaft, N; Tarral, A; Tetimian, D; Valverde, O; Van Nieuwenhove, S1
Barrett, MP1
Bourdin Trunz, B; Bray, MA; Brun, R; Kaiser, M; Mazué, G; Pécoul, B; Torreele, E; Tweats, D1
Bot, C; Hall, BS; Kelly, JM; Wilkinson, SR1
Barrett, MP; Brun, R; Don, R; Jacobs, RT; Wang, MZ1
Bourdin Trunz, B; Bray, MA; Brun, R; Cal, M; Kaiser, M; Torreele, E1
Bourdin Trunz, B; Torreele, E; Tweats, D1
Barrett, MP; Croft, SL1
Jennings, FW; Urquhart, GM1
Atouguia, JM; Jennings, FW; Murray, M1
Jennings, FW1

Reviews

7 review(s) available for fexinidazole and Trypanosomiasis, African

ArticleYear
Further Investigations of Nitroheterocyclic Compounds as Potential Antikinetoplastid Drug Candidates.
    Biomolecules, 2023, 04-01, Volume: 13, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Chagas Disease; Humans; Leishmaniasis; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Trypanosomiasis, African

2023
Fexinidazole for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis.
    Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998), 2019, Volume: 55, Issue:11

    Topics: Humans; Nitroimidazoles; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosomiasis, African

2019
Fexinidazole: First Global Approval.
    Drugs, 2019, Volume: 79, Issue:2

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Drug Approval; Humans; Nitroimidazoles; Treatment Outcome; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosomiasis, African

2019
Potential new drugs for human African trypanosomiasis: some progress at last.
    Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2010, Volume: 23, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Benzamides; Boron Compounds; Drug Discovery; Drug Resistance; Drug Therapy, Combination; Eflornithine; Humans; Melarsoprol; Mice; Nifurtimox; Nitroimidazoles; Pentamidine; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosomiasis, African

2010
Trypanocidal activity of nitroaromatic prodrugs: current treatments and future perspectives.
    Current topics in medicinal chemistry, 2011, Volume: 11, Issue:16

    Topics: Africa; Animals; Benzamides; Chagas Disease; Humans; Insect Vectors; Latin America; Nifurtimox; Nitro Compounds; Nitroimidazoles; Nitroreductases; Phosphoramide Mustards; Prodrugs; Protozoan Proteins; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosomiasis, African

2011
Development of novel drugs for human African trypanosomiasis.
    Future microbiology, 2011, Volume: 6, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Antiprotozoal Agents; Benzoxazoles; Clinical Trials as Topic; Disease Models, Animal; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Haplorhini; Humans; Mice; Neglected Diseases; Nitroimidazoles; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosomiasis, African

2011
Management of trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis.
    British medical bulletin, 2012, Volume: 104

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Africa; Amphotericin B; Antiprotozoal Agents; Benzamides; Boron Compounds; Chagas Disease; Drug Therapy, Combination; Humans; India; Leishmaniasis; Nitroimidazoles; Pentamidine; Triazoles; Trypanosomiasis, African

2012

Trials

3 trial(s) available for fexinidazole and Trypanosomiasis, African

ArticleYear
Safety and efficacy of oral fexinidazole in children with gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: a multicentre, single-arm, open-label, phase 2-3 trial.
    The Lancet. Global health, 2022, Volume: 10, Issue:11

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Child; Humans; Nitroimidazoles; Tablets; Treatment Outcome; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosomiasis, African

2022
Oral fexinidazole for late-stage African Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis: a pivotal multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority trial.
    Lancet (London, England), 2018, 01-13, Volume: 391, Issue:10116

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adult; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Drug Administration Schedule; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nifurtimox; Nitroimidazoles; Treatment Outcome; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; Trypanosomiasis, African

2018
Determination of an optimal dosing regimen for fexinidazole, a novel oral drug for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis: first-in-human studies.
    Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2014, Volume: 53, Issue:6

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adolescent; Adult; Biological Availability; Cross-Over Studies; Dietary Fats; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Double-Blind Method; Food-Drug Interactions; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nitroimidazoles; Prodrugs; Suspensions; Tablets; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosomiasis, African; Young Adult

2014

Other Studies

24 other study(ies) available for fexinidazole and Trypanosomiasis, African

ArticleYear
Cross-resistance to nitro drugs and implications for treatment of human African trypanosomiasis.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2010, Volume: 54, Issue:7

    Topics: Animals; Cell Line; Drug Resistance; Eflornithine; Humans; Mice; Nifurtimox; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosomiasis, African

2010
Compounds containing 2-substituted imidazole ring for treatment against human African trypanosomiasis.
    Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2011, Feb-01, Volume: 21, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Humans; Imidazoles; Solubility; Stereoisomerism; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosomiasis, African

2011
1-Aryl-4-nitro-1H-imidazoles, a new promising series for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis.
    European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2011, Volume: 46, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Antiprotozoal Agents; Cell Survival; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans; Leukocytes, Mononuclear; Mice; Molecular Structure; Mutagenicity Tests; Nitroimidazoles; Oxidation-Reduction; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Structure-Activity Relationship; Trypanosomiasis, African

2011
Assessment of a pretomanid analogue library for African trypanosomiasis: Hit-to-lead studies on 6-substituted 2-nitro-6,7-dihydro-5H-imidazo[2,1-b][1,3]thiazine 8-oxides.
    Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2018, 01-15, Volume: 28, Issue:2

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Humans; Mice; Molecular Structure; Nitroimidazoles; Small Molecule Libraries; Structure-Activity Relationship; Trypanosomiasis, African

2018
Selectivity and Physicochemical Optimization of Repurposed Pyrazolo[1,5-
    Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2020, 01-23, Volume: 63, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Cell Survival; Crystallography, X-Ray; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; Drug Repositioning; Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta; Hepatocytes; High-Throughput Screening Assays; Humans; Leishmania donovani; Mice; Models, Molecular; Pyridazines; Rats; Structure-Activity Relationship; Substrate Specificity; Tissue Distribution; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosomiasis, African

2020
Development and Introduction of Fexinidazole into the Global Human African Trypanosomiasis Program.
    The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2022, 05-11, Volume: 106, Issue:5_Suppl

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; Humans; Nitroimidazoles; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; Trypanosomiasis, African

2022
Second stage human African Trypanosomiasis with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense treated with fexinidazole.
    The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2023, Volume: 23, Issue:11

    Topics: Animals; Humans; Nitroimidazoles; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; Trypanosomiasis, African

2023
Fexinidazole and Human African Trypanosomiasis: good news for this important neglected tropical disease.
    Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2019, Volume: 52

    Topics: Humans; Neglected Diseases; Nitroimidazoles; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosomiasis, African

2019
New WHO guidelines for treatment of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis including fexinidazole: substantial changes for clinical practice.
    The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2020, Volume: 20, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antiprotozoal Agents; Child; Child, Preschool; Eflornithine; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Middle Aged; Nifurtimox; Nitroimidazoles; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; Trypanosomiasis, African; World Health Organization; Young Adult

2020
In Vitro Drug Efficacy Testing Against Trypanosoma brucei.
    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2020, Volume: 2116

    Topics: Calorimetry; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; Humans; Life Cycle Stages; Nitroimidazoles; Parasitic Sensitivity Tests; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma; Trypanosomiasis, African

2020
Oral fexinidazole for stage 1 or early stage 2 African Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis: a prospective, multicentre, open-label, cohort study.
    The Lancet. Global health, 2021, Volume: 9, Issue:7

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nitroimidazoles; Prospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Treatment Outcome; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; Trypanosomiasis, African; Young Adult

2021
Dose-dependent effect and pharmacokinetics of fexinidazole and its metabolites in a mouse model of human African trypanosomiasis.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2017, Volume: 50, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Antiprotozoal Agents; Cerebral Cortex; Cerebrospinal Fluid; Disease Models, Animal; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Hippocampus; Luminescent Measurements; Mice; Nitroimidazoles; Plasma; Treatment Outcome; Trypanosoma; Trypanosomiasis, African; Whole Body Imaging

2017
Sleeping sickness can now be cured with pills.
    Nature, 2017, 10-18, Volume: 550, Issue:7677

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic; Drug Approval; Drug Combinations; Humans; Nitroimidazoles; Trypanosomiasis, African

2017
Fexinidazole: A New Drug for African Sleeping Sickness on the Horizon.
    Trends in parasitology, 2018, Volume: 34, Issue:3

    Topics: Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Approval; Humans; Nitroimidazoles; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; Trypanosomiasis, African

2018
Oral fexinidazole for human African trypanosomiasis.
    Lancet (London, England), 2018, 01-13, Volume: 391, Issue:10116

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; Humans; Nitroimidazoles; Trypanosomiasis, African

2018
The European Medicines Agency's scientific opinion on oral fexinidazole for human African trypanosomiasis.
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2019, Volume: 13, Issue:6

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Drug Approval; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Humans; Nitroimidazoles; Treatment Outcome; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosomiasis, African

2019
Improving the Quality of Host Country Ethical Oversight of International Research: The Use of a Collaborative 'Pre-Review' Mechanism for a Study of Fexinidazole for Human African Trypanosomiasis.
    Developing world bioethics, 2015, Volume: 15, Issue:3

    Topics: Antiprotozoal Agents; Biomedical Research; Developing Countries; Ethical Review; Humans; International Cooperation; Nitroimidazoles; Trypanosomiasis, African

2015
Busting the billion-dollar myth: how to slash the cost of drug development.
    Nature, 2016, 08-25, Volume: 536, Issue:7617

    Topics: Africa; Amodiaquine; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Artemisinins; Benzamides; Boron Compounds; Child; Clinical Trials as Topic; Cooperative Behavior; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Drug Approval; Drug Combinations; Drug Costs; Drug Discovery; Drug Industry; Drug Repositioning; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Female; Humans; Malaria; Neglected Diseases; Negotiating; Nitroimidazoles; Organizations, Nonprofit; Sample Size; Trypanosomiasis, African; World Health Organization

2016
Fexinidazole--a new oral nitroimidazole drug candidate entering clinical development for the treatment of sleeping sickness.
    PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2010, Dec-21, Volume: 4, Issue:12

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; Antiprotozoal Agents; Disease Models, Animal; Dogs; Female; Inhibitory Concentration 50; Mice; Nitroimidazoles; Parasitic Sensitivity Tests; Rats; Treatment Outcome; Trypanosomiasis, African

2010
Antitrypanosomal activity of fexinidazole, a new oral nitroimidazole drug candidate for treatment of sleeping sickness.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2011, Volume: 55, Issue:12

    Topics: Animals; Female; Humans; Mice; Nitroimidazoles; Parasitic Sensitivity Tests; Safrole; Sulfones; Treatment Outcome; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; Trypanosomiasis, African

2011
Genotoxicity profile of fexinidazole--a drug candidate in clinical development for human African trypanomiasis (sleeping sickness).
    Mutagenesis, 2012, Volume: 27, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Bacteria; Bone Marrow Cells; Hepatocytes; Humans; Leukocytes, Mononuclear; Male; Mice; Micronucleus Tests; Mutagenicity Tests; Mutagens; Nitroimidazoles; Nitroreductases; Rats; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosomiasis, African

2012
The use of the 2 substituted 5-nitroimidazole, Fexinidazole (Hoe 239) in the treatment of chronic T. brucei infections in mice.
    Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde (Berlin, Germany), 1983, Volume: 69, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Antiprotozoal Agents; Chronic Disease; Diminazene; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Mice; Mice, Inbred Strains; Nitroimidazoles; Suramin; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosomiasis, African

1983
Topical chemotherapy for experimental murine African CNS-trypanosomiasis: the successful use of the arsenical, melarsoprol, combined with the 5-nitroimidazoles, fexinidazole or MK-436.
    Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH, 1996, Volume: 1, Issue:5

    Topics: Administration, Topical; Animals; Antiprotozoal Agents; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Combinations; Female; Gels; Melarsoprol; Mice; Nitroimidazoles; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosomiasis, African

1996
Chemotherapy of CNS-trypanosomiasis: the combined use of the arsenicals and nitro-compounds.
    Tropical medicine and parasitology : official organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), 1991, Volume: 42, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Antiprotozoal Agents; Arsenicals; Brain Diseases; Drug Synergism; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Ketoconazole; Metronidazole; Mice; Nifurtimox; Nitro Compounds; Nitroimidazoles; Oxidation-Reduction; Suramin; Trypanocidal Agents; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; Trypanosomiasis, African

1991