Status:

COMPLETED

In Vivo and in Vitro Efficacy of Antimalarial Treatments in Children in Burkina Faso

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Muraz

Collaborating Sponsors:

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

Conditions:

Malaria

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-15 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Resistance to antimalarial drugs represents a major obstacle for controlling malaria in endemic countries, so that most sub-Saharan countries have changed their antimalarial drug policy to the new Art...

Detailed Description

Plasmodium falciparum resistance to antimalarial drugs represents the major drawback and obstacle for controlling malaria in endemic countries; that's why most sub-Saharan countries have changed their...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 6 - 59 months
  • Weight \> 5 kg
  • Mono-infection with P. falciparum
  • Parasitemia of 4,000-200,000 asexual parasites per µl
  • Fever: \> 37.5 °C or history of fever in the preceding 24 hours
  • Haemoglobin \> 5.0 g/dl
  • Signed informed consent by the parents or guardians
  • Parents' or guardians' willingness and ability to comply with the study protocol for the duration of the trial.

Exclusion

  • Participation in any other clinical trial during the previous 30 days
  • Known hypersensitivity to the study drugs
  • Severe and/or complicated malaria (cases will be referred to Bobo-Dioulasso University hospital for treatment)
  • Danger signs: not able to drink or breast-feed, vomiting (\> twice in 24hours), recent history of convulsions (\>1 in 24h), unconscious state, unable to sit or stand;
  • Known intercurrent illness or any condition which would place the subject at undue risk or interfere with the results of the study.
  • Severe malnutrition (weight for height \<70% of the median NCHS/WHO reference)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

440 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00808951

Start Date

December 1 2008

End Date

February 1 2011

Last Update

August 3 2015

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Tinto Halidou

Bobo-Dioulasso, Houet, Burkina Faso, 01