Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
Conditions
Keywords
Malaria
Brief summary
The goal of this study is to develop a safe, well tolerated, and highly efficacious azithromycin combination treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Azithromycin is a drug that has shown potential for malaria treatment. It will be combined with other malaria drugs currently approved for treatment in Thailand. About 120 people, ages 20-65, will be enrolled in Thailand. Participants will have severe cases of malaria and they will be hospitalized 28 days for treatment.
Detailed description
The study is aimed at identifying a well tolerated, practical and highly efficacious treatment regimen of azithromycin in combination with artesunate or quinine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria for future studies, to monitor for the tolerability and safety of these combination regimens and to compare tolerability, safety and efficacy of azithromycin when given in combination with artesunate as compared to quinine. This study is also aimed at comparing tolerability, safety and efficacy of the combination of artesunate and azithromycin when given as a single daily dose (200mg As+1000mg Az) for 3 days as compared to 2 doses of 100mg As+750mg Az per day for 3 days and to compare the tolerability, safety and efficacy of the combination of quinine and azithromycin when given as 3 daily doses of quinine (10mg/kg) + Az 500mg vs. 2 daily doses of quinine (10mg/kg) + Az 750mg when given for 3 days.
Interventions
Sponsors
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Acute symptomatic falciparum malaria infection as determined by malaria smear with a parasite density of 100 to 100,000 asexual parasites/µL with fever, defined as \>37.5ºC, during the current illness, or history (within the last 48 hours) of fever. 2. Age: 20-65 years old 3. Male or female. All females are required to have a negative human chorionic gonadotropic (hCG) pregnancy test (urine). All females of childbearing potential (not surgically sterile, or less than two years post menopausal) are required to use an acceptable method of contraception, such as implant, injectable, oral contraceptive(s) with additional barrier contraception, intrauterine device, sexual abstinence, or vasectomized partner, throughout the study. 4. Written informed consent obtained. 5. Willing to stay hospitalized for 28 days for treatment and observations. 6. Otherwise healthy outpatients (with no other clinically-significant illnesses as described in
Exclusion criteria
, #6).
Countries
Thailand
Outcome results
None listed