Natural History of Treated Neurocysticercosis and Long-Term Outcomes
NCT00001205
This study is recruiting at 1 US site in 1 state, according to its ClinicalTrials.gov record last updated .
Summary
Neurocysticercosis is a brain disease due to the larval stage of the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium). The most common symptoms patient experience from infection inside the substance of the brain (parenchymal disease) are seizures and headaches. When the infection is either inside the fluid pockets inside the brain (ventricular disease) or in the space around the brain (subarachnoid disease) patients can have chronic headaches, relapsing aseptic meningitis, hydrocephalus, stroke, and may require neurosurgical intervention.
Shortened from the sponsor's brief summary. View official record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Conditions studied
- Cysticercosis
- Neurocysticercosis
Eligibility basics and study details
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Ages
- 3 to 99 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Last updated on ClinicalTrials.gov
- October 13, 2026
These are the basic criteria only. The full inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official record, and the study team decides who can take part.
US recruiting sites
Maryland · 1
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center · Bethesda, MD
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, data processed . Recruiting US sites filtered by distance and site status; summaries shortened.