Low Dose Primaquine for Clearance of Gametocytes

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Primaquine (PQ) is currently the only available drug that can clear mature transmission stages of P. falciparum parasites. PQ was previously shown to clear gametocytes that persist after artemisinin-combination therapy. However, there are safety concerns about the use of PQ at the currently recommended dose of 0.75mg/kg in individuals who are glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient. PQ causes transient but significant haemolysis in G6PD deficient individuals; this side-effect is dose dependent. There are indications that a lower dosing of PQ may effectively reduce gametocyte carriage but the lowest efficacious dose for gametocyte clearance is currently unknown. Recently, the World Health Organization changed their recommendation to a low dose of primaquine, 0.25mg/kg. However, there is no direct evidence on the extent to which (low dose) PQ prevents malaria transmission to mosquitoes and what the lowest efficacious dose is.

In the current study we aim to identify the lowest efficacious dose of PQ in individuals with normal G6PD function. Children with asymptomatic malaria and normal G6PD enzyme function will be randomized to treatment with artemether-lumefantrine alone or in combination with low doses of PQ. All enrolled individuals will receive a full three-day course of AL, and will be randomized to receive a dose of primaquine or placebo with their fifth dose of AL. Efficacy will be determined based on gametocyte carriage during follow-up, measured by molecular methods. For a subset of participants with patent gametocytes, primaquine effect on infectivity to mosquitoes will be assessed by membrane feeding assays

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT01935882
Study type	Interventional
Source	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Status	Completed
Phase	Phase 2/Phase 3
Start date	September 2013
Completion date	July 2015

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Low Dose Primaquine for Clearance of Gametocytes — LOPRIM

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