This is a study to compare the efficacy of oral posaconazole to placebo for the treatment of asymptomatic Chagas disease. The primary hypothesis of the study is that posaconazole 400 mg twice daily improves therapeutic response compared to placebo in participants with a diagnosis of asymptomatic chronic Chagas disease.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
120
POS 40 mg/mL oral suspension
Placebo oral suspension
BNZ 100 mg oral tablet
Percentage of Participants With a Successful Response as Measured by Qualitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
Blood samples were collected for qualitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for Trypanosoma cruzi deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Successful response was defined as a negative qualitative PCR value at the Day 180 follow up visit.
Time frame: Day 180
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