The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) is a world wide educational organization that represents all clinical scientists and fundamental researchers with interest in fungal diseases.
Session
Mycetoma clinical trial on fosravuconazole treatment in eumycetoma– Top line results
Date: Thursday, 22 September 2022
Time: 10:30-12:00
Chair: Ed Zijlstra, Consultant Expert PKDL/Mycetoma, DNDi
| A randomized, double blind phase ii proof-of-concept superiority trial of fosravuconazole 200 mg or 300 mg weekly dose versus itraconazole 400 mg daily, all three arms in combination with surgery, in patients with eumycetoma in Sudan – Top Line Results Ahmed Hassan Fahal, Professor of Surgery, The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Sudan |
| A randomized, double blind phase II proof-of-concept superiority trial of fosravuconazole 200 mg or 300 mg weekly dose versus itraconazole 400 mg daily, all three arms in combination with surgery, in patients with eumycetoma in Sudan – PK results Borna Nyaoke, Senior Clinical Project Manager & Medical Manager, DNDi, Kenya |
| Using serum beta-glucan measurements and sequencing of the Madurella mycetomatis azole target gene to predict therapeutic outcome during azole treatment in human mycetoma Wendy van de Sande, Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Erasmus MC, Netherlands |
| Comparing the diagnostic performance of the commonly used eumycetoma diagnostic tests using sequencing of the internally transcribed spacer region as the golden standard Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Researcher, The Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Sudan |
Side event
Insight into the need for eumycetoma treatment
Date: Thursday, 22 September 2022
Time: 19:00-21:00
Location: Virtual event
Chair: Kavita Singh, India and South-Asia Director, DNDi
| The Mycetoma program in DNDi: historical overview and outlook Ed Zijlstra, Consultant Expert PKDL/Mycetoma, DNDi |
| Conducting the world’s first ever randomized clinical trial on Mycetoma in Sudan Ahmed Fahal, Mycetoma Research Centre, Khartoum, Sudan |
| Mycetoma situation in India Dilip Kachhawa, S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur, India |
| Dermatological Neglected Diseases in India Vijay Zawar, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik City, India |
