Effectiveness of a 10‐Day Melarsoprol Schedule for the Treatment of Late‐Stage Human African Trypanosomiasis: Confirmation from a Multinational Study (I<scp>mpamel</scp>II)

Abstract

The 10-day treatment schedule was well implemented in the field and was effective. It reduces treatment duration, drug amount, and hospitalization costs per patient, and it increases treatment-center capacity. The shorter protocol has been recommended by the International Scientific Council for Trypanosomiasis Research and Control for the treatment of late-stage HAT caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.