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AL vs DHA-PPQ for Malaria in Cameroonian Children

NCT05340153Phase 4

Key facts

Status
Unknown
Start
Apr 2022
Primary completion
Dec 2022
Sponsor
University of Yaoundé I
Modality
Covalent Small Molecules, Classical Binding Small Molecules, Nucleic Acid-Directed Small Molecules
Conditions
Plasmodium falciparum malaria
01

Overview

Phase 4, randomised, open-label trial of dihydroartemisinin and piperaquine in Plasmodium falciparum malaria, sponsored by University of Yaoundé I. Status: unknown.

02

Design

Study design
RandomizedOpen-label
03

Who it enrols

Children aged 6 months to 10 years with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria and parasite density between 1000-200000/µl.

04

Registry description

Malaria is an infectious disease transmitted by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito. The most vulnerable group that bears the highest disease burden includes children less than five years and pregnant women. Artemether-lumefantrine (AL) has been used for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum in Cameroon since 2006. In 2020, the government of Cameroon also adopted the use of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ) as one of the first line drugs for the treatment of malaria. Globally, several studies among children have reported high efficacy and safety of…

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