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Clinical phenotypes include localized CL (LCL), mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) and diffuse CL (DCL). Despite the high disease burden, treatment options and high-quality data on treatment outcomes are limited.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To evaluate the effectiveness of standard treatments in Ethiopia to inform future clinical trials.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted an observational cohort study of patients with parasitologically confirmed cutaneous leishmaniasis at two specialized dermatology referral hospitals. Clinical- and patient-reported outcomes were assessed at baseline and at standardized times during follow-up. The primary clinical outcome measure (\u2018cure\u2019) was complete re-epithelialization or flattening of the index lesion at day 90. Patient-reported outcomes were assessed using skin-specific and general quality-of-life scores.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We enrolled 666 participants from April 2022 to October 2023. Median patient age was 20\u2005years (interquartile range 14\u201335) and 405 patients were male (60.8%). More than half (n = 372; 55.9%) had previously received traditional treatment for CL. Most participants had LCL (n = 390; 58.6%) or MCL (n = 261; 39.1%). Intramuscular sodium stibogluconate 20\u2005mg kg\u20131 daily was the most frequently used systemic therapy, either alone or in combination with lesion-directed therapy (cryotherapy or intralesional sodium stibogluconate). At day 90, 28.3% (n = 83\/293) of participants with LCL, 23.5% (v = 47\/200) with MCL and 8% (n = 1\/12) with DCL were deemed cured. By day 90, all patient-reported outcomes of skin health improved for those with LCL or MCL, but skin and CL-related quality-of-life scores did not improve for those with DCL. Most participants (n = 522\/641; 81.4%) experienced at least one clinical adverse event and 7.2% (n = 46\/641) had abnormal laboratory findings during treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Current treatment strategies have low cure rates in Ethiopia. Well-designed randomized controlled trials are urgently needed to improve management of CL caused by L. aethiopica.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/bjd\/ljag061","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,14]],"date-time":"2026-02-14T12:37:50Z","timestamp":1771072670000},"page":"1142-1150","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Clinical and patient-reported outcomes of cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment in Ethiopia: a prospective observational cohort study from two referral hospitals"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"194","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0455-2518","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shimelis Nigusse","family":"Doni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatovenereology, ALERT Comprehensive Hospital , Addis Ababa ,","place":["Ethiopia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fewzia 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