Active Ingredient History
ALBENZA (albendazole) is an orally administered anthelmintic drug. Chemically, it is methyl 5¬ (propylthio)-2-benzimidazolecarbamate, is indicated to treatment of parenchymal neurocysticercosis due to active lesions caused by larval forms of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. In addition, treatment of cystic hydatid disease of the liver, lung, and peritoneum, caused by the larval form of the dog tapeworm, Echinococcus granulosus. Albendazole binds to the colchicine-sensitive site of β-tubulin inhibiting their polymerization into microtubules. The decrease in microtubules in the intestinal cells of the parasites decreases their absorptive function, especially the uptake of glucose by the adult and larval forms of the parasites, and depletes glycogen storage. Insufficient glucose results in insufficient energy for the production of adenosine trisphosphate (ATP) and the parasite eventually dies. Albendazole developed in 1975. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system. The incidence of side effects reported in the published literature is very low, with only gastrointestinal side effects occurring with an overall frequency of just >1% . Albendazole's unique broad-spectrum activity is exemplified in the overall cure rates calculated from studies employing the recommended doses for hookworm (78% in 68 studies: 92%, for A. duodenale in 23 studies and 75% for N. americanus in 30 studies), A. lumbricoides (95% in 64 studies), T. trichiura (48% in 57 studies), E. vermicularis (98% in 27 studies), S. stercoralis (62% in 19 studies), H. nana (68% in 11 studies), and Taenia spp. (85% in 7 studies). NCATS
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| Organization | Org Type | FDA approvals | Clinical Trials involvement | Org ID | Force Sort |
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Anemia (Phase 4)
Arachnoiditis (Phase 3)
Ascariasis (Phase 4)
Cholera (Phase 1/Phase 2)
Chronic Periodontitis (Phase 4)
Diarrhea (Phase 4)
Disease Transmission, Infectious (Phase 4)
Drug Combinations (Phase 1)
Elephantiasis, Filarial (Phase 4)
Epilepsy (Phase 2/Phase 3)
Filariasis (Phase 4)
Healthy Volunteers (Phase 3)
Helminthiasis (Phase 4)
HIV (Phase 3)
HIV Infections (Phase 3)
Hookworm Infections (Phase 4)
Infections ()
Intestinal Diseases (Phase 4)
Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic (Phase 4)
Malaria (Phase 4)
Malnutrition (Phase 3)
Nematode Infections (Phase 4)
Neoplasms (Phase 2)
Neurocysticercosis (Phase 3)
Onchocerciasis (Phase 3)
Pediatrics (Phase 4)
Pharmacokinetics (Phase 1)
Pregnancy Complications (Phase 4)
Protozoan Infections (Phase 3)
Scabies (Phase 3)
Schistosomiasis (Phase 4)
Strongyloides (Phase 3)
Strongyloidiasis (Phase 3)
Tinea Capitis (Phase 2/Phase 3)
Toxocariasis (Phase 3)
Trachoma (Phase 4)
Trichuriasis (Phase 4)
Trichuris (Phase 4)
Tropical Medicine (Phase 1)
Typhoid Fever (Phase 1/Phase 2)
Wounds and Injuries (Phase 2)
Wuchereria bancrofti (Phase 2)
Yaws (Phase 3)
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