Therapeutic Efficacy Testing For Artemether Lumefantrine in treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 3 sentinel sites (Katete, Mansa and Chipata) in Zambia

Ministry of Health0 sites261 target enrollmentStarted: April 27, 2011Last updated: January 13, 2020

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•*age equal to or above 6 months excluding female aged 12 to 18 years;
•*mono-infection with P. falciparum detected by microscopy;
•*parasitaemia of 1,000 to 200,000/microlitre asexual forms; *presence of axillary equal to or more than 37.5 degrees centigrade or history of fever during the past 24 h;
•*ability to swallow oral medication;
•*ability and willingness to comply with the study protocol for the duration of the study and to comply with the study visit schedule; and
•*informed consent from the patient or from a parent or guardian in the case of children.

•*presence of general danger signs in children aged under 5 years or signs of severe falciparum malaria according to the definitions of World Health Organization (WHO);
•*mixed or mono-infection with another Plasmodium species detected by microscopy;
•*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 below 110 mm);
•*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, Human Immuno Deficiency Virus /Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome(HIV/AIDS);
•*regular medication, which may interfere with antimalarial pharmacokinetics;
•*history of hypersensitivity reactions or contraindications to any of the medicine(s) being tested or used as alternative treatment(s);
•*a positive pregnancy test or breastfeeding;
•*unable to or unwilling to take contraceptives for pregnancy negative married women of child-bearing age.

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