Flubendazole as a macrofilaricide: History and background.


Journal

PLoS neglected tropical diseases
ISSN: 1935-2735
Titre abrégé: PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101291488

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
01 2019
Historique:
entrez: 17 1 2019
pubmed: 17 1 2019
medline: 15 2 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Benzimidazole anthelmintics have long been employed for the control of soil-transmitted helminth infections. Flubendazole (FBZ) was approved in 1980 for the treatment of gastrointestinal nematode infections in both veterinary and human medicine. It has also long been known that parenteral administration of FBZ can lead to high macrofilaricidal efficacy in a variety of preclinical models and in humans. As part of an effort to stimulate the discovery and development of new macrofilaricides, particularly for onchocerciasis, research has recently been devoted to the development of new formulations that would afford high oral bioavailability of FBZ, paving the way for potential clinical development of this repurposed drug for the treatment of human filariases. This review summarizes the background information that led to this program and summarizes some of the lessons learned from it.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30650160
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006436
pii: PNTD-D-18-00109
pmc: PMC6334891
doi:

Substances chimiques

Filaricides 0
Ivermectin 70288-86-7
Mebendazole 81G6I5V05I
Albendazole F4216019LN
flubendazole R8M46911LR
Diethylcarbamazine V867Q8X3ZD

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

e0006436

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

I have read the journal’s policy, and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SAS is an employee of Johnson & Johnson. Both TGG and CDM have served as consultants for Johnson & Johnson for some aspects of the work described in this submission.

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Auteurs

Timothy G Geary (TG)

Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.

Charles D Mackenzie (CD)

NTDSC/MDP, Task Force for Global Health, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America.

Steven A Silber (SA)

Johnson & Johnson Global Public Health, Janssen Research and Development, LLC., New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America.

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