Acceptability of Mebendazole Chewable Tablet in Peruvian Children
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  • Release Date: 2022-03-21
  • acceptability
  • medicine
  • chewable
  • formulation
  • pediatric
  • children
  • mebendazole
  • soiltransmitted-helminthiasis
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This video is adapted from 10.3390/pharmaceutics14010027

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) is among the most common of parasitic infections, affecting vulnerable populations in tropical/subtropical areas globally. In endemic countries, children, a high-risk population, require treatment and preventive interventions. Mebendazole, a WHO recommended medicine, originally formulated as a tablet that was often crushed for administration to young children unable to swallow it, was reformulated as a chewable tablet. Acceptability is a key aspect for treatment effectiveness in pediatrics. Researchers used a validated data-driven approach - the CAST - ClinSearch Acceptability Score Test ® - to investigate the acceptability of the 500-mg mebendazole chewable tablet in children aged 2 to 4 years in Peru. Observer-reported outcomes were collected for 182 medicine intakes. Acceptability was scored using the acceptability reference framework: a three-dimensional map juxtaposing “positively accepted” and “negatively accepted” profiles. Results found that the 500-mg mebendazole chewable tablet was classified as “positively accepted” in children aged 2 to 4 years. Acceptability increased with age and some acceptability issue remain for the younger children. Nevertheless, this formulation was considerably better accepted than the conventional tablets regardless of treatment in young children. This chewable formulation appears to be an appropriate alternative to the hard tablet of mebendazole for treatment of STH and preventive interventions in children aged 2 to 4 years.

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Vallet, T.; Perez, F.; Callahan, K.; Ruiz, F. Acceptability of Mebendazole Chewable Tablet in Peruvian Children. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/223 (accessed on 27 July 2024).
Vallet T, Perez F, Callahan K, Ruiz F. Acceptability of Mebendazole Chewable Tablet in Peruvian Children. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/223. Accessed July 27, 2024.
Vallet, Thibault, Fernando Perez, Kristin Callahan, Fabrice Ruiz. "Acceptability of Mebendazole Chewable Tablet in Peruvian Children" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/223 (accessed July 27, 2024).
Vallet, T., Perez, F., Callahan, K., & Ruiz, F. (2022, March 21). Acceptability of Mebendazole Chewable Tablet in Peruvian Children. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/223
Vallet, Thibault, et al. "Acceptability of Mebendazole Chewable Tablet in Peruvian Children." Encyclopedia. Web. 21 March, 2022.
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