Oral chloroquine tablet (25 mg base/kg divided to be given over 3 days; day 0, 5 mg base/kg per/meal for 3 meals; day 1, 5 mg/kg; day 2, 5 mg/kg). In this trial, we study the efficacy of chloroquine alone for the treatment of uncomplicated vivax malaria. So we give Primaquine after study finished. The standard treatment of vivax malaria patient in Thailand is 25 mg base/kg divided to be given over 3 days plus primaquine 20 mg base taken daily for 14 days.
Sponsors
Bureau of Vector-borne Disease, Bureau of Vector-Borne Disease
Phase 4
Efficacy and safety of chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in Mae Hong Son and Kanchanaburi provinces in Thailand
Not yet recruitingACTRN12610000554066
Start: 2010-08-01Target: 100Updated: 2020-01-13
Efficacy and safety of chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria in Ratchaburi, Trat and Chanthaburi provinces of Thailand
Not yet recruitingACTRN12611000404921
Start: 2011-05-01Target: 100Updated: 2020-01-13