ALB and Marchiafava-Bignami disease: However, in recent randomised clinical trials, single-dose oxantel pamoate (20 mg/kg), a meta-oxyphenol analogue of pyrantel, has shown higher efficacy (CR: 26.3; 50%; ERR: 93.2; 97.7%) against T. trichiura infections [19,20], compared to ALB (CR: 2.6%; ERR: 45%) and MBD (CR: 9; 11.8%; ERR: 58.5; 75%).