Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Active, not recruiting
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT03529396 |
Other study ID # |
CAAE: 70177317.1.0000.0005 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Active, not recruiting |
Phase |
Phase 2
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
July 20, 2018 |
Est. completion date |
November 2023 |
Study information
Verified date |
March 2023 |
Source |
Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
A clinical study to assess the safety and efficacy of alternative regimens of primaquine for
radical cure of vivax malaria in glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient. G6PD
deficient patients with P. vivax monoinfection will be treated with either weekly or delayed
one-week course of primaquine, and the currently recommended by national guideline, 12-week
chloroquine regimen to compare treatment safety among groups. All groups will be actively
monitored for hemolysis during treatment and will have six-month follow-up period to assess
treatment efficacy.
Description:
This is an open-label, randomized, phase II, clinical trial of safety and efficacy. Patients
will be screened for eligibility and treated at the Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor
Vieira Dourado in Manaus and the Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical (Cepem) in Porto
Velho, Brazil. A total of 104 vivax malaria patients will be recruited into the study, 52
G6PD deficient (Arm 1) and 52 G6PD normal (Arm 2). Patients with
spectrophotometrically-confirmed G6PD deficiency (10-60% of adjusted mean male activity) will
be divided into three subgroups of 10 patient each. All arms will receive standard 3-day
chloroquine course. Additionally, Arm 1a will receive a delayed course of primaquine for 7
days, starting only at the fifth-day post-chloroquine initiation [ARM HALTED DUE TO SAFETY
CONCERNS]. Arm 1b will receive weekly primaquine, once a week, for 8 weeks. Arm 1c will
receive prophylactic 12-week course of chloroquine, as recommended by national guidelines for
such patients (control group in terms of safety). Arm 2, the control group of efficacy, will
receive standard regimen, comprised of 3-day chloroquine plus concomitant 7-day primaquine.
All patients will receive directly observed therapy (DOT) and will be closely monitored for
clinical parameters and laboratory markers of hemolysis including hemoglobin, methemoglobin,
lactate dehydrogenase, haptoglobin, reticulocytes, indirect bilirubin, aspartate
aminotransferase, and urinalysis. All groups will be followed for 6 months after treatment to
assess relapse rate. Primary endpoint is the tolerability of the regimens defined by
hemoglobin fall. Secondary endpoints include treatment failure (relapse during follow-up),
frequency of adverse effects, and rate of hemoglobin fall during treatment.