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临床试验/NCT00529867
NCT00529867已完成4 期

A Randomized Open-Label Trial of the Efficacy of Artemether-Lumefantrine Suspension Compared With Artemether-Lumefantrine Tablets for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in Children Less Than Five Years in Western Kenya

Dafra Pharma1 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 267 人开始时间: 2007年5月最近更新:
适应症
干预措施
相关药物

试验速览

阶段
4 期
状态
已完成
发起方
入组人数
267
试验地点
1
主要终点
To compare PCR corrected cure-rates on day 14 and 28

研究概览

简要总结

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and efficacy in children aged 6 - 59 months with uncomplicated malaria, treated with either conventional artemether/lumefantrine tablets(Coartem®) or artemether/ lumefantrine suspension (Co-artesiane®) in Western Kenya

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Randomized
干预模型
Parallel
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
None

入排标准

年龄范围
6 Months 至 59 Months(Child)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Children aged between 6 and 59 months
  • Minimum body weight of 5kg
  • Presence of fever (Temp >/= 37.5°C) or a history of fever in the last 24 hours
  • Presence of asexual P. falciparum monoinfection
  • Initial parasite density of between 2,000 and 200,000 asexual parasites/µl of blood
  • Not suffering from severe and complicated forms of malaria
  • Able to take drugs under study by the oral route
  • Parent or guardian gives informed written consent to participate in study

排除标准

  • Severe and/or complicated malaria (WHO, 2000 classification), including severe anaemia (Hb =/<5 g/dl), two or more seizures in last 24 hrs and hyper-parasitaemia (>200,000 µl)
  • Patients treated with mefloquine, halofantrine within the 7 days before Day 0 or with quinine salts and artemisinin derivatives within 3 days before Day 0, or artemether-lumefantrine 30 days before Day 0
  • Patients who require intensive care for malaria or another severe concomitant illness capable of interfering with the clinical evolution of malaria
  • Patients with vomiting and/or diarrhoea
  • Signs of severe malnutrition (defined as follows: children with weight/height ratio below 3 standard deviations or below 70% of the median of the WHO standardized reference values, or still with symmetrical oedema affecting both feet)
  • Presence of general danger signs in children below 5 years or other signs of serious and complex Plasmodium falciparum, as stated in the present WHO definitions
  • Patients with known history of heart disease or arrhythmia
  • History of allergy to artemether/lumefantrine or quinine

研究组 & 干预措施

A

Active Comparator

干预措施: Artemether/lumefantrine tablets (Drug)

B

Active Comparator

干预措施: Artemether/Lumefantrine suspension (Drug)

结局指标

主要结局

To compare PCR corrected cure-rates on day 14 and 28

时间窗: 1 year

次要结局

  • Monitor any possible adverse reactions following use of both drugs(28 days)
  • To determine and compare Adequate Clinical and Parasitological Response (ACPR) at days 14 and 28(28 days)
  • To determine and compare proportion of children with gametocytes on days 0, 7, 14, and 28(28 days)

研究者

发起方
Dafra Pharma
申办方类型
Industry

研究点 (1)

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