BACKGROUND: Mucosal leishmaniasis is associated with intense tissue damage and high tumor necrosis factor-alpha production. Therapeutic failure occurs in up to 42% of cases; patients who experience treatment failure will require >1 pentavalent antimony (Sb(v)) course or alternative drugs to achieve a cure. We previously showed that an inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (pentoxifylline) combined with Sb(v) cured 90% patients refractory to monotherapy with Sb(v). METHODS: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 23 patients with mucosal leishmaniasis evaluated the efficacy of pentoxifylline when administered in association with Sb(v), compared with Sb(v) treatment alone. Eleven patients were randomized to receive Sb(v) plus oral pentoxifylline for 30 days, and 12 patients received Sb(v) plus oral placebo. The criterion for cure was a complete healing of lesions. RESULTS: All patients in the pentoxifylline group experienced a cure with 1 course of Sb(v), whereas 5 (41.6%) of 12 patients in the placebo group required a second course of Sb(v) (P=.037). The healing time +/- standard deviation in the pentoxifylline group was 83+/-36 days, compared with 145+/-99 days in the placebo group (P=.049). No relapses were documented in either group at the 2-year follow-up visit. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of pentoxifylline to Sb(v) in mucosal leishmaniasis reduces the healing time significantly and prevents the need for further courses of Sb(v).
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BACKGROUND:Mucosal leishmaniasis is associated with intense tissue damage and high tumor necrosis factor-alpha production. Therapeutic failure occurs in up to 42% of cases; patients who experience treatment failure will require >1 pentavalent antimony (Sb(v)) course or alternative drugs to achieve a cure. We previously showed that an inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (pentoxifylline) combined with Sb(v) cured 90% patients refractory to monotherapy with Sb(v). METHODS: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 23 patients with mucosal leishmaniasis evaluated the efficacy of pentoxifylline when administered in association with Sb(v), compared with Sb(v) treatment alone. Eleven patients were randomized to receive Sb(v) plus oral pentoxifylline for 30 days, and 12 patients received Sb(v) plus oral placebo. The criterion for cure was a complete healing of lesions. RESULTS: All patients in the pentoxifylline group experienced a cure with 1 course of Sb(v), whereas 5 (41.6%) of 12 patients in the placebo group required a second course of Sb(v) (P=.037). The healing time +/- standard deviation in the pentoxifylline group was 83+/-36 days, compared with 145+/-99 days in the placebo group (P=.049). No relapses were documented in either group at the 2-year follow-up visit. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of pentoxifylline to Sb(v) in mucosal leishmaniasis reduces the healing time significantly and prevents the need for further courses of Sb(v).
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