Tolerability and Efficacy of Artemether-Lumefantrine Versus Artesunate + Amodiaquine in Zanzibar

NCT03764527 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 408

Last updated 2018-12-06

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Summary

The primary objective of the study was to determine PCR corrected cure-rates up to day 42 in children with uncomplicated malaria, treated with either Artesunate + Amodiaquine or Coartem®.

Secondary objectives were to determine safety and possible selection of mutations related to the resistance of the tested drugs.

Conditions

  • Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria

Interventions

DRUG

Artemether-lumefantrine

Two doses a day for 3 days, under supervision

DRUG

Coadministered Artesunate plus Amodiaquine

One dose a day for 3 days, under supervision

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • World Health Organization

    collaborator OTHER
  • Professor Anders Björkman

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Abdullah Ali · Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
59 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-11-01
Primary Completion
2003-02-17
Completion
2003-02-17

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