Therapeutic Efficacy Testing of artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria infection in mainland Tanzania

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Malaria; Infection - Studies of infection and infectious agents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612001092886
• Lead Sponsor: Ministry of Health of Tanzania

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-10-12
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 352

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients aged 6- months-10 years.
2. mono-infection with P. falciparum detected by microscopy;
3. parasitaemia of greater than or equal to 250/microlitre asexual forms;
4. presence of axillary temperature greater than or equal to 37.5 degrees celsius or history of fever during the past 24 hours
5. ability to swallow oral medication;
6. ability and willingness to comply with the study protocol for the duration of the study and to comply with the study visit schedule; and
7. Informed consent from the parent or guardian of children.

Exclusion Criteria

1. presence of general danger signs in children aged 6 months-10 years or signs of severe falciparum malaria according to the definitions of WHO;
2. mixed or mono-infection with another Plasmodium species detected by microscopy;
3. presence of severe malnutrition (defined as a child whose growth standard is below –3 z-score, has symmetrical oedema involving at least the feet or has a mid-upper arm circumference of less than 110 mm);
4. presence of febrile conditions due to diseases other than malaria (e.g. measles, acute lower respiratory tract infection, severe diarrhoea with dehydration) or other known underlying chronic or severe diseases (e.g. cardiac, renal and hepatic diseases, HIV/AIDS);
5. regular medication, which may interfere with antimalarial pharmacokinetics;
6. history of hypersensitivity reactions or contraindications to any of the medicine(s) being tested or used as alternative treatment(s);

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent of artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure (early treatment failure, late clinical failure, late parasitological failure).<br><br>Enrolled patients will be assessed for parasitological (using microscopy), clinical responses during the 28 days follow-up and treatment outcomes will be classified according to the latest WHO protocol.[at day 28 following treatment]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of adverse events in all enrolled patients will be documented. Parents or guardians of all enrolled patients will be asked routinely about previous symptoms and about symptoms that have emerged since the previous follow-up visit. When clinically indicated, patients will be evaluated and treated appropriately. All adverse events will be recorded on the case report form.<br><br>Possible medicine related adverse effects include dizziness, itching, vomiting, abdominal pain, flatulence, headache, bodyache, diarrhoea, tinnitus and increased hair loss, macular rash, reduction in neutrophil counts and convulsions. However, it is likely that many of these effects are disease-related rather than medicine-induced.[at day 28 following treatment]