Status:

WITHDRAWN

Primaquine Double Dose for Radical Cure of Plasmodium Vivax in Colombia

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborating Sponsors:

Pan American Health Organization

Conditions:

Malaria, Vivax

Relapse

Eligibility:

All Genders

5-65 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Primaquine (PQ) is the only widely available treatment to prevent P. vivax relapses. World Health Organization recommends increased PQ doses in East Asia and Oceania, frequently relapsing strains. In ...

Detailed Description

Malaria due to Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) is still a public health challenge in the Americas. In recent years, the rate of decline in the incidence of P. vivax malaria has stalled in the Americas. To...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥5 years
  • Fever (T≥37.5 ⁰C, oral) and/or history of fever in the previous 48 hours
  • P. vivax mono-infection
  • Normal G6PD status using Biosensor™ (SD Bioline, ROK) (G6PD activity ≥ 70% of the adjusted male median (AMM))
  • Written informed consent
  • Living in the study area and willing to be followed for six months

Exclusion

  • Malaria treatment in the previous 30 days,
  • Self-reported chronic disease (including severe cardiac, hepatic, or renal disorders, malnutrition, or HIV),
  • Clinically significant concurrent illness,
  • Use of medications known to interfere with the pharmacokinetics of PQ or CQ,
  • Known hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs,
  • Use of an investigational drug within the previous 30 days or five half-lives (whichever was longer),
  • History of moderate or severe adverse reaction to any of the study drugs,
  • Hemoglobin \< 7 g/dL,
  • Pregnancy (by urine pregnancy test) or breastfeeding,
  • Not able to take oral treatment,
  • Signs of severe malaria:
  • Unable to drink
  • Vomiting (more than twice in the previous 24 hours)
  • Recent history of convulsions (one or more in the previous 24 hours)
  • Impaired consciousness
  • Unable to sit or stand
  • Cerebral malaria (unarousable coma)
  • Severe anemia (hematocrit \<15% or clinical signs) hemoglobin \<5 mg/ml) (Note: we will use hemoglobin less than 7 mg/ml as exclusion criteria)
  • Renal failure (serum creatinine \>3 mg/dL or clinical signs)
  • Pulmonary edema
  • Hypoglycemia (blood glucose \<40mg/dL or clinical signs)
  • Shock (systolic blood pressure \<70 mm Hg in adults; 50 mm Hg in children)
  • Spontaneous bleeding/disseminated intravascular coagulation.
  • Repeated generalized convulsions
  • Acidemia/acidosis (clinical signs)
  • Macroscopic hemoglobinuria
  • Jaundice●

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 20 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 30 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05232227

Start Date

January 20 2023

End Date

October 30 2023

Last Update

May 11 2023

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