A Randomized, Participant- and Investigator-blinded, Controlled, Parallel Group Study to Assess the Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of LXE408 in Participants With Chronic Chagas Disease Without Severe Organ Dysfunction.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Summary
This study is to investigate the ability of LXE408 to clear or reduce the level of parasites in the blood of people with chronic Chagas disease. Participants must have chronic Chagas disease without severe organ dysfunction.
Description
This is an interventional, phase 2, PoC (Proof of Concept) randomized, participant- and investigator-blinded, controlled, parallel group study, with 4 treatment arms. The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy (anti-parasitological activity), safety, PK (pharmacokinetics), and PD (pharmacodynamics) of LXE408 in participants with CICD (chronic indeterminate Chagas disease) and chronic Chagas disease without severe cardiac or gastrointestinal dysfunction compared to placebo and to benznidazole.
Eligibility
- Age range