Cohort Event Monitoring Study of Pyramax®

June 25, 2019 updated by: Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

Phase IIIb/IV Cohort Event Monitoring Study To Evaluate, In Real Life Setting, The Safety And Tolerability In Malaria Patients Of The Fixed-Dose Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy Pyramax®

The study is to be performed in public health facilities in Central and West Africa where Pyramax will be used as treatment of uncomplicated malaria episodes, including repeat episodes. The study is to assess the safety of Pyramax, particularly in patients with underlying liver function abnormalities, in patients who have co-morbid conditions, such as HIV, and also in very small children (<1 year of age).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This is a non-comparative Cohort Event Monitoring study. The study will assess the safety of Pyramax in terms of the evaluation and identification of the hepatic safety events in a sub group of patients enrolled with liver function tests (LFT)s >2x upper limit of normal (ULN) from blood taken immediately prior to treatment without any clinical signs or symptoms of hepatotoxicity and with signs and symptoms of uncomplicated malaria confirmed by a Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) or microscopy (thick blood smear). The study will compare the clinical hepatic safety of Pyramax between a cohort of patients enrolled with LFTs >2xULN and a cohort of patients enrolled with normal LFTs matched for demographic characteristics.

An estimated 8,572 malaria episodes are to be recruited to provide 120 malaria episodes in patients with baseline raised LFTs >2xULN for follow up of liver function. A cohort of at least 2% of children who are <1 year of age will be included for monitoring of liver function.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

8572

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Yaoundé, Cameroon
        • The Biotechnology Center Nkolbisson, Univ of Yaounde I, Messa
      • Brazzaville, Congo
        • Centre de Santé FCRM, Hospital of Talangai
      • Kinshasa, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, XI
        • Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier du Mont Amba
      • Bouaké, Côte D'Ivoire, BP 1500
        • Institut Pierre Richet / Institut National de SanPublique (IPR/INSP)
      • Lambaréné, Gabon, BP 118
        • CERMEL, Albert Schweitzer Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

3 months and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Uncomplicated malaria (Plasmodia of any species) diagnosed as per national policies and in line with WHO recommendations:

    • Fever or history of fever in the previous 24 h and/or the presence of anaemia, for which pallor of the palms appears to be the most reliable sign in young children.
    • Confirmation of malaria by a parasitological diagnosis (RDT or Microscopy (thick blood smear). analysis).
  • Weight ≥5 kg - < 20 kg (granules); ≥20 kg (tablets).
  • Ability to take an oral medication.
  • Ability and willingness to participate based on signed informed consent (a parent or a guardian has to sign for children below 18 years old) and on signed assent form for minors that could be required per national regulations in each participating country.
  • The patient has to comply with all scheduled follow-up visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with clinical signs or symptoms of hepatic injury (such as nausea, abdominal pain associated with jaundice) or known severe liver disease (i.e. decompensated cirrhosis, Child-Pugh stage 3 or 4).
  • Known allergy to artemisinin and/or to pyronaridine.
  • Known pregnancy.
  • Lactating women should be excluded if other anti-malarial treatments are available.
  • Complicated malaria as per WHO definition (Annex 2)
  • Patients that the investigator considers would be at particular risk if receiving an anti-malarial or if participating in the study.
  • Patients having been treated with Pyramax in the previous 28 days.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Pyramax
Pyronaridine artesunate tablets (180/60mg) and granules (60/20mg)
Antimalarial treatment
Other Names:
  • Pyramax

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Evaluation and identification of hepatic safety events, including raised liver function tests
Time Frame: Assessment up to Day 28.
Evaluation and identification of hepatic safety events (including raised liver function tests - LFTs) of Pyramax in a sub group of malaria patients enrolled with LFTs >2xUL.
Assessment up to Day 28.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Overall safety
Time Frame: Assessment up to Day 28.
Evaluation of the adverse event reporting of Pyramax in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria under real life conditions.
Assessment up to Day 28.
Evaluation of Efficacy
Time Frame: Assessment up to Day 28.
Evaluation of the efficacy based on crude Day 28 cure rate by species and PCR adjusted cure rate for Day 28 cure rate for P. falciparum of Pyramax in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria under real life conditions
Assessment up to Day 28.

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Michael Ramharter, MD, DTM&H, CERMEL, University of Tübingen, Germany

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

June 22, 2017

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

April 10, 2019

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

April 10, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 21, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 27, 2017

First Posted (ACTUAL)

June 28, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

June 26, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 25, 2019

Last Verified

January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • SP-C-021-15

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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