Ethiopia Malaria Therapeutic Efficacy Study

November 17, 2010 updated by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ethiopia In-vivo Efficacy Study 2009: Evaluating the Efficacy of Artemether-lumefantrine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium Falciparum Infection and Either Artemether-lumefantrine or Chloroquine for P. Vivax Infection

In this stdy, patients aged above 6 months with symptomatic malaria presenting to health centers will be enrolled for treatment with artemether-lumefantrine for P. falciparum infection, and either artemether-lumefantrine or chloroquine for P. vivax infection. Clinical, parasitologic, and hematologic parameters will be monitored for P. falciparum and P. vivax infection over a 42-day follow-up period, which will be used to evaluate drug efficacy. Results from this research study will be used to assist Ethiopia in assessing their current national malaria drug policies.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Following the rapid development of significant drug resistance of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) to chloroquine and then sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (the first line therapy in Ethiopia 1998-2004), artemether- lumefantrine (Coartem or AL) was adopted as first line therapy in Ethiopia in 2004. According to the current national malaria diagnosis and treatment guidelines, first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum infection is AL. First-line treatment for Plasmodium vivax (Pv) is with chloroquine (CQ) alone without primaquine therapy in malarious areas. For all clinical infection without laboratory confirmation, AL which is effective against both Pf and Pv is the first-line treatment. Thus, in Ethiopia, where treatment for malaria without laboratory confirmation occurs frequently, Pv is often treated with AL as the standard of care. Furthermore, World Health Organization (WHO) recommends AL for the treatment of Pv, where AL has been adopted as first-line treatment for Pf. Now with wide-spread use of AL and CQ, we propose to conduct an antimalarial efficacy study to monitor the effectiveness of these therapies in Ethiopia and to determine how efficacious these drugs remain. This information will inform future policy changes with respect to appropriate antimalarial strategies.

The simplest and most universally accepted measure of testing for antimalarial drug treatment efficacy, the standardized procedures outlined in the World Health Organization Assessment and monitoring of antimalarial drug efficacy for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria and the WHO Monitoring antimalarial drug resistance, will be followed.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

354

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

  • Ethiopia
    • Oromia
      • Debrezeit, Oromia, Ethiopia
        • DebreZeit Malaria Center
      • Zeway, Oromia, Ethiopia
        • Bulbula Health Center

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

6 months and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Slide-confirmed infection with P. falciparum, with parasitemia of 1,000-100,000 asexual forms/ μl or slide confirmed infection with P. vivax with > 250 asexual forms/ μl
  • Lives within 20 km of the enrolling health facility
  • Weight ≥ 5.0 kg
  • Axillary temperature ≥ 37.5º C or history of fever during the previous 24 or 48 hours for P. falciparum and P. vivax infection, respectively
  • Patient or caregiver agrees to all blood draws and return visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • General danger signs or symptoms of severe malaria
  • Signs or symptoms of severe malnutrition, defined as weight-for-age ≤ 3 standard deviations below the mean (NCHS/WHO normalized reference values;
  • Slide confirmed infection with any other Plasmodium spp. besides falciparum/vivax or mixed plasmodium infection
  • Severe anemia, defined as Hg < 5 g/dl
  • Known hypersensitivity to any of the drugs being evaluated
  • Presence of febrile conditions caused by diseases other than malaria
  • Serious or chronic medical condition (cardiac, renal, hepatic diseases, sickle cell disease, HIV/AIDS)
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
  • Children weighing less than 5 kilograms.

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: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Chloroquine-P. vivax
P. vivax randomized to receive chloroquine 3-day regimen
Drug: Chloroquine- P. vivax
Total of 25mg base per kg over 3 days (10 mg base/kg on Days 1 and 2, and 5 mg base/kg on Day 3)
Experimental: Artemether-Lumefantrine: P. vivax
Drug: Artemether-Lumefantrine: P. vivax
administered twice daily for three days as tablets containing 20 mg of artemether plus 120 mg of lumefantrine in a fixed dose combination at a dosage
Experimental: Artemether-lumefantrine: P. falciparum
administered twice daily for three days as tablets containing 20 mg of artemether plus 120 mg of lumefantrine in a fixed dose combination at a dosage
Drug: Artemether-lumefantrine: P. falciparum
administered twice daily for three days as tablets containing 20 mg of artemether plus 120 mg of lumefantrine in a fixed dose combination at a dosage

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Determine Early Treatment Failures, Late Clinical Failures, Late Parasitological Failures, or Adequate Clinical and Parasitological Response during 28 days of follow-up for P. falciparum. Measure the treatment failure of AL and CQ for P. vivax
Time Frame: 28 days
28 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Determine Early Treatment Failures, Late Clinical Failures, Late Parasitological Failures, or Adequate Clinical and Parasitological Response during 42 days of follow-up for P. falciparum. Measure the treatment failure of AL and CQ for P. vivax durin
Time Frame: 42 days
42 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Collaborators

Columbia University
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jimee Hwang, MD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 17, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 17, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

January 20, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 18, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 17, 2010

Last Verified

November 1, 2010

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • CDC-NCZVED-5628

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