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Ivermectin-artemisinin Combination Therapy for Eradication of Malaria

NCT05605925 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 138

Last updated 2022-11-04

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Summary

Malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Uganda has the 3rd highest global burden of malaria cases (5%) and the 7th highest level of deaths (3%), accounting for over 10,500 deaths annually. Uganda also has the highest proportion of malaria cases in East and Southern Africa (23.7%). Even with the current prevention strategies including use of impregnated mosquito nets, in 2017, malaria still accounted for 27-34 % of outpatient visits, 19-30 % of hospital admissions, up to 20% of all hospital deaths nationally. A significant percentage of deaths occur at home and are not reported by the facility-based Health Management Information System (HMIS). 27.2% of inpatient deaths among children under five years of age are due to malaria. The transmission of Plasmodium from humans to mosquitoes depends on the presence of mature gametocytes transmission stages. The current first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria is artemether lumefantrine, an artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) which rapidly clears asexual parasites and developing gametocytes but leaves mature P. falciparum gametocytes largely unaffected, thus a proportion of patients may transmit malaria after successful ACT treatment and there is an urgent need to prevent this malaria transmission.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Artemether/lumefantrine

4 tabs artemether/lumefantrine 20/120mg, twice daily for 3 days

DRUG

Ivermectin

IVN 600 mcg/kg/day for 3 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Makerere University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-04
Primary Completion
2022-12-31
Completion
2022-12-31

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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Diseases

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