Effect of Liver and Blood-stage Treatment on Subsequent Plasmodium Reinfection and Morbidity

NCT ID: NCT02143934

Last Updated: 2014-05-21

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

524 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-08-31

Study Completion Date

2014-05-31

Brief Summary

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This study specifically seeks to quantify the contribution of relapes to the burden of P. vivax infections and disease by determining on the effect of radical pre-erythrocytic and erythrocytic clearance on subsequent rates of Plasmodium spp. infection and disease in children aged 5-10 years in a treatment to re-infection study design. In order the clear liver-stage/blood-stages G6PD-normal children were randomised to receive Chloroquine (3 days, standard dose) and Coartem (3 days, standard dose) plus either i) primaquine (20 days, 0.5mg/kg) or ii) placebo (20days). These drugs were administered over a period of 4 weeks.

In addition to this epidemiological data, the study will assess the natural acquisition of cellular and humoral immune responses to P. falciparum and P. vivax, thus assisting in the determination of correlates of clinical immunity to P. falciparum and P. vivax in PNG children aged 5-10 years.

These data will not only be essential for development of future vaccines against P. vivax and P falciparum but provide invaluable insight into the contribution of long-lasting liver-stages to the force of infection with P. vivax that will contribute towards designing more rational approaches to the treatment of P. vivax both in the context of case management and future attempts at elimination.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Plasmodium Vivax Infection Plasmodium Vivax Clinical Episode Plasmodium Falciparum Infection Plasmodium Falciparum Clinical Episode

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Primaquine

Primaquine, 0.5mg/kg/day, 20 days directly observed treatment Chloroquine, 25mg/kg total dose, divided over 3 days directly observed treatment Artemether-Lumefantrine, 3 days BD

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Primaquine

Intervention Type DRUG

Chloroquine

Intervention Type DRUG

Artemether Lumefantrine

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Placebo, 20 days directly observed treatment Chloroquine, mg/kg, 3 days directly observed treatment Artemether-Lumefantrine, 3 days BD

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Sugar pills, appearance identical to Primaquine tablets

Chloroquine

Intervention Type DRUG

Artemether Lumefantrine

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Primaquine

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Sugar pills, appearance identical to Primaquine tablets

Intervention Type DRUG

Chloroquine

Intervention Type DRUG

Artemether Lumefantrine

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Coartem

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* aged 5-10 years (±3 months)
* permanent residents of the area
* absence of history of hypersensitivity reactions to the drugs

Exclusion Criteria

* chronic illness
* severe malnutrition (weight-for-age nutritional Z score \[WAZ\] \<60th percentile)
* severe anemia (Hb \<5 g/dL),
* G-6-PD deficiency (\<60% G-6-PD activity)
* permanent disability, which prevents or impedes study participation. Any 1 or more of the criteria is sufficient to exclude study participation.
Minimum Eligible Age

5 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

10 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Barcelona Centre for International Health Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ivo Mueller, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research; Centre de Recerca en Salut Internacional de Barcelona (CRESIB)

Inoni Betuela, MD PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

PNG Institute of Medical Research

Louis Schofield, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Locations

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PNG Institute of Medical Research

Maprik, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

Site Status

Countries

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Papua New Guinea

References

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Potter GE, Callier V, Shrestha B, Joshi S, Dwivedi A, Silva JC, Laurens MB, Follmann DA, Deye GA. Can incorporating genotyping data into efficacy estimators improve efficiency of early phase malaria vaccine trials? Malar J. 2023 Dec 19;22(1):383. doi: 10.1186/s12936-023-04802-0.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38115002 (View on PubMed)

Potter GE, Callier V, Shrestha B, Joshi S, Dwivedi A, Silva JC, Laurens MB, Follmann DA, Deye GA. Can incorporating genotyping data into efficacy estimators improve efficiency of early phase malaria vaccine trials? Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 Sep 22:rs.3.rs-3370731. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3370731/v1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37790581 (View on PubMed)

Stadler E, Cromer D, Mehra S, Adekunle AI, Flegg JA, Anstey NM, Watson JA, Chu CS, Mueller I, Robinson LJ, Schlub TE, Davenport MP, Khoury DS. Population heterogeneity in Plasmodium vivax relapse risk. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Dec 19;16(12):e0010990. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010990. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36534705 (View on PubMed)

Holzschuh A, Gruenberg M, Hofmann NE, Wampfler R, Kiniboro B, Robinson LJ, Mueller I, Felger I, White MT. Co-infection of the four major Plasmodium species: Effects on densities and gametocyte carriage. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Sep 13;16(9):e0010760. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010760. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36099312 (View on PubMed)

Hofmann NE, Karl S, Wampfler R, Kiniboro B, Teliki A, Iga J, Waltmann A, Betuela I, Felger I, Robinson LJ, Mueller I. The complex relationship of exposure to new Plasmodium infections and incidence of clinical malaria in Papua New Guinea. Elife. 2017 Sep 1;6:e23708. doi: 10.7554/eLife.23708.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28862132 (View on PubMed)

Wampfler R, Hofmann NE, Karl S, Betuela I, Kinboro B, Lorry L, Silkey M, Robinson LJ, Mueller I, Felger I. Effects of liver-stage clearance by Primaquine on gametocyte carriage of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Jul 21;11(7):e0005753. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005753. eCollection 2017 Jul.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28732068 (View on PubMed)

Robinson LJ, Wampfler R, Betuela I, Karl S, White MT, Li Wai Suen CS, Hofmann NE, Kinboro B, Waltmann A, Brewster J, Lorry L, Tarongka N, Samol L, Silkey M, Bassat Q, Siba PM, Schofield L, Felger I, Mueller I. Strategies for understanding and reducing the Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale hypnozoite reservoir in Papua New Guinean children: a randomised placebo-controlled trial and mathematical model. PLoS Med. 2015 Oct 27;12(10):e1001891. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001891. eCollection 2015 Oct.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26505753 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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07200734

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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