Amodiaquine+Artesunate for Uncomplicated Malaria Treatment (ASAQ-MAL)

July 29, 2015 updated by: Tinto Halidou, Centre Muraz

Amodiaquine+Artesunate for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria in Nanoro, Burkina Faso

This is a phase IV one-arm study aiming at recruiting 50 patients to assess the efficacy of AQ+AS in patients with a positive RDT diagnosis of malaria in Nanoro, Burkina Faso.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

150

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

  • Burkina Faso
    • Boulkiemdé
      • Nanoro, Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso, 01
        • CRUN

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:

  • Males and Females aged 6 months and above.
  • Body weight of 5 Kg and above.
  • RDT positive test.
  • Fever (axillary temperature at ≥ 37.5°C) or history of fever in the previous 24 hours.
  • Signed (or thumb-printed whenever patients are illiterate) informed consent.
  • Patients' willingness and ability to comply with the study protocol for the duration of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participation in any other investigational drug study (antimalarial or others) during the previous 30 days.
  • Known hypersensitivity to the study drugs.
  • Severe malaria.
  • Danger signs: not able to drink or breast-feed, vomiting (> twice in 24hours), recent history of convulsions (>1 in 24h), unconscious state, unable to sit or stand.
  • Known intercurrent illness or any condition (cardiac, renal, hepatic diseases) which in the judgement of the investigator would place the subject at undue risk or interfere with the results of the study.
  • Severe malnutrition (defined as weight for height <70% of the median NCHS/WHO reference).

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Amodiaquine+Artesunate
Drug: Artesunate-Amodiaquine
Coformulated AQ+AS by Sanofi-Aventis has been pre-qualified by WHO in 2008.It is administered once daily for three consecutive days, and it is available in three different dosages (25mg/67.5mg; 50mg/135mg; 100mg/270mg)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Treatment failure at day 28
Time Frame: 28 days
28 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Centre Muraz

Collaborators

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2010

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 30, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 1, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

October 4, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 31, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 29, 2015

Last Verified

July 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 016-2010

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