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Table 2 Treatment Groups in Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (Brazil)

From: Consultation meeting on the development of therapeutic vaccines for post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis

Cohort

N

Treatment

Timing of Treatment

   

Study Injections

Pentavalent Antimony (Sb5+)

# 1

9

3

3

5 μg Leish-111f in 25 μg MPL-SE + Sb5+

25 μg MPL-SE + Sb5+

Placebo (saline) + Sb5+

Day 0, Day 28 and Day 56

SMC1

# 2*

9

3

3

10 μg Leish-111f in 25 μg MPL-SE + Sb5+

25 μg MPL-SE + Sb5+

Placebo (saline) + Sb5+

Day 0, Day 28 and Day 56

SMC1

# 3**

9

32

3

20 μg Leish-111f in 25 μg MPL-SE + Sb5+

25 μg MPL-SE + Sb5+

Placebo (saline) + Sb5+

Day 0, Day 28 and Day 56

SMC1

  1. 1SMC = Standard multiple cycles: 10 days of pentavalent antimony (10 mg/kg IM or IV once daily) starting on Day 0, followed by 11 days of no antimony. Cycles are repeated until cure is achieved.
  2. 2Only 2 patients were randomized to adjuvant in the third cohort (inability to recruit 15 patients). Sequential enrollment of cohorts: * = after Day 84 of cohort 1; ** = after Day 84 of cohort 2.