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A longitudinal analysis of albendazole treatment effect on neurocysticercosis cyst evolution using multistate models.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:In neurocysticercosis, the larval form of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium appears to evolve through three phases-active, degenerative and sometimes calcification-before disappearance. The antihelmintic drug, albendazole, has been shown to hasten the resolution of active cysts in neurocysticercosis. Little is known about the time cysts take to progress through each phase, with or without treatment. METHODS:We reconfigured brain imaging data from patient level to cyst level for 117 patients in a randomized clinical trial of albendazole in which images were taken at baseline, 1, 6, 12 and 24 mo. Applying a multistate model, we modelled the hazard of a cyst evolving to subsequent cyst phases before the next imaging (vs no change). We examined the impact of albendazole treatment overall and by patient and cyst characteristics on the hazard. RESULTS:Albendazole accelerated the evolution from the active to degenerative phase (HR=2.7, 95% CI 1.3 to 6.5) and from the degenerative phase to disappearance (HR=1.9, 95% CI 1.1 to 3.9). Albendazole's impact was stronger for patients who were male, did not have calcified cysts at baseline and who had multiple cysts in different locations. CONCLUSIONS:This research provides a better understanding of where in the cyst trajectory albendazole has the greatest impact.

SUBMITTER: Montgomery MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6903786 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A longitudinal analysis of albendazole treatment effect on neurocysticercosis cyst evolution using multistate models.

Montgomery Michelle A MA   Ramos Marcel M   Kelvin Elizabeth A EA   Carpio Arturo A   Jaramillo Alexander A   Hauser W Allen WA   Zhang Hongbin H  

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 20191201 12


<h4>Background</h4>In neurocysticercosis, the larval form of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium appears to evolve through three phases-active, degenerative and sometimes calcification-before disappearance. The antihelmintic drug, albendazole, has been shown to hasten the resolution of active cysts in neurocysticercosis. Little is known about the time cysts take to progress through each phase, with or without treatment.<h4>Methods</h4>We reconfigured brain imaging data from patient level to cyst lev  ...[more]

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