- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT01178021
Estimating the Risk of Plasmodium Vivax Relapses in Afghanistan (VRA)
This is an open label two-arm randomized prospective study of two treatments for P. vivax malaria. Patients meeting study inclusion criteria will be enrolled and allocated either chloroquine alone or chloroquine plus primaquine (0.25mg/kg/day for 14 days). Patients will be followed-up for 1 year, with clinical and laboratory examinations at each visit. Patients with recurrent P. vivax infection will be treated with the same medication as initially randomized unless contraindicated. Recurrences in the two arms will be compared to estimate the risk of and mean duration to relapse, classify the relapse pattern as early or late relapse and to estimate the efficacy and safety of the study drugs.
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) analysis will be used as far as possible help to distinguish between relapse and re-infection. Samples for chloroquine pharmacokinetic analysis will be collected on day 7 from each study subject as well as on the day of recurrence if within 8 weeks of chloroquine
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Globally more than 100 countries are endemic of malaria and about 60% of world population are at risk of getting the infection while around 10% are harboring malaria parasite in their blood stream. Of the four species of plasmodium that infect humans, Plasmodium vivax is responsible for 50% of all malaria cases outside Africa, and is endemic in the Middle East, Asia and Western Pacific, with a lower prevalence in Central and South America a common cause of malaria in many tropical and subtropical regions. Conventional control methods are rather inefficient for preventing transmission of this species of malaria. This is partly due to the persistence of the infectious reservoir, which take the form of latent hypnozoites in the liver, producing recurrent relapses and opportunities for new transmission for several years after initial infection.
Primaquine (PQ) is the only available drug regimen which can eliminate the persisting liver stages (hypnozoites) of P. vivax,but its use for 14 days is ineffective to prevent relapses at 15 mg daily dose (0.25mg/kg) in Southeast Asia and in Brazil, and at a higher dose of 22.5 mg daily in the Southwest Pacific. Due to high relapse rates, a primaquine regimen of 30 mg daily (0.5 mg/kg) for 14 d is now widely recommended for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) normal patients.
P.vivax is the predominant species in Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. In this area G6PD deficiency is a common trait (7% in Pakistani and 14% in Afghan Pashtoon respectively). However facilities to test for G6PD deficiency are not available and hence routine administration of primaquine is not recommended in national guidelines because of the risk of severe haemolysis in those who cannot be tested.
Several national malaria programmes in Asia have adopted a truncated 5-day course of PQ for vivax malaria to reduce the risk of haemolysis to reasonable levels and to increases compliance rates. Recently this has been documented as being ineffective at reducing relapse rates amongst Afghan refugees in Pakistan while a supervised 14 day course can significantly reduce the frequency of second and third episodes of disease. This is also confirmed by a study in India. Use of the 14 day course is only recommended where the G6PD status of the individual is known, and, currently, where compliance with the full course can be assured. However supervision of patients for 14 day post presentation is seldom feasible in the majority of settings where vivax malaria predominates. Therefore the supposition that patients in a low literacy population will not comply with a 14 day course of treatment in the absence of supervision needs to be confirmed under normal operational conditions. Compliance in taking the drug cannot be monitored by direct observation or by chemical assay of residues in the blood because such interference may, in itself, affect compliance.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Jalalabad, Afghanistan
- Provincial Malaria Control Centers (MRC)
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Kunduz, Afghanistan
- Provincial Malaria Control Centers (MRC)
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Faryab
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Maimana, Faryab, Afghanistan
- Provincial Malaria Control Centers (MRC)
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults and children >6 months
- Negative pregnancy test in women at risk of pregnancy
- Microscopic diagnosis of Plasmodium vivax mono-infection (>200/µl asexual forms)
- Axillary temperature ≥37.5°C or oral/rectal temperature ≥38°C or history of fever within the last 24 hours
- Ability to swallow oral medication
- Participant (or parent/guardian if <18 years old) is willing and able to give written informed consent
- Ability (in the investigator's opinion) and willingness of patient or parent/guardian to comply with all study requirements
Exclusion Criteria:
- Severe malaria (see WHO definition)
- Patients with microscopic diagnosis of co-infection with Plasmodium falciparum
- Haemoglobin concentration <8g/dl
- Presence of any condition which in the judgement of the investigator would place the subject at undue risk or interfere with the results of the study e.g. other acute febrile conditions or chronic disease
- Pregnancy or lactation
- History or phenotypic test compatible with severe G6PD deficiency
- History of hypersensitivity to any of the drugs being tested
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: NONE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Chloroquine
Standard arm
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Chloroquine 10 mg/kg on day 0 & 1 and 5mg/kg on day 2
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EXPERIMENTAL: Chloroquine/Primaquine
Chloroquine combined with primaquine
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Chloroquine 10 mg/kg on day 0 & 1 and 5mg/kg on day 2 Primaquine (if given) 0.25mg/kg/day for 14 days
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Secondary vivax attack
Time Frame: 1 year
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Completion of the 1-year (± 1 month) follow-up period without secondary vivax attack
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1 year
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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secondary vivax attack
Time Frame: 6 months
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Completion of 6-months (± 1 month) follow-up without secondary vivax attack
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6 months
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G6PD prevalence
Time Frame: Time of enrollment
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G6PD status of patients
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Time of enrollment
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Recurrence
Time Frame: 1 year
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Time to first recurrence, median time between episodes of vivax infections and total number of episodes in the follow up period
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1 year
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Days of illness, haematocrit
Time Frame: 1 year
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Overall number of days of illness and haematocrit below 30%
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1 year
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Chloroquine levels
Time Frame: Day 7
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Whole blood chloroquine level at day 7 and any day of recurrence of Plasmodium vivax malaria
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Day 7
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Adverse events
Time Frame: 1 year
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Adverse event profiles of chloroquine and primaquine
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1 year
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Collaborators and Investigators
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ESTIMATE)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Pathologic Processes
- Infections
- Disease Attributes
- Vector Borne Diseases
- Parasitic Diseases
- Protozoan Infections
- Recurrence
- Malaria
- Malaria, Vivax
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Anti-Infective Agents
- Peripheral Nervous System Agents
- Analgesics
- Sensory System Agents
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
- Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Antiprotozoal Agents
- Antiparasitic Agents
- Antimalarials
- Amebicides
- Filaricides
- Antinematodal Agents
- Anthelmintics
- Chloroquine
- Chloroquine diphosphate
- Primaquine
Other Study ID Numbers
- BAKMAL0903
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