Very Severe Malaria Treated by Intravenous Artesunate

NCT ID: NCT04516317

Last Updated: 2022-03-24

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

578 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-08-10

Study Completion Date

2022-03-22

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

In endemic areas, Plasmodium falciparum malaria exacts a huge public health toll, causing close to half a million deaths each year. In non-endemic industrialized areas, imported malaria may develop. In France, around 5000 imported cases occured annually, including 10-15% of severe malaria.

The criteria for defining severe malaria in endemic areas are established by the World Health Organization (WHO), and have been adjusted for severe imported malaria. In France, in order to optimize management, severe imported malaria is separated into two groups: very severe malaria (VSM) and less severe malaria (LSM). Briefly VSM included coma and/or shock and/or respiratory failure and/or acidosis and/or hyperlactatemia and/or death during hospitalization.

In France, severe imported malaria is treated with intravenous artesunate. Little is known about the management of imported VSM in the ICU with intravenous artesunate.

In a French national multicentric retrospective frame, the main objective of the present study is to describe in detail: epidemiology, management, outcome and prognostic of very severe imported malaria treated with intravenous artesunate during the period 2011-2019. The second objective is to retrospectively compare two groups : VSM treated with intravenous artesunate in the ICU during 2011-2019 versus VSM treated with intravenous quinine in the ICU during 2000-2010.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

See Brief Summary

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Severe Malaria

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Group intravenous artesunate (around 300 patients)

Period 2011-2019

None (Observational study Group intravenous artesunate)

Intervention Type OTHER

Retrospective descriptive study of Group intravenous artesunate

Group intravenous quinine (around 300 patients)

Period 2000-2010

None (Observational study Group intravenous quinine)

Intervention Type OTHER

Retrospective descriptive study of Group intravenous quinine

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

None (Observational study Group intravenous artesunate)

Retrospective descriptive study of Group intravenous artesunate

Intervention Type OTHER

None (Observational study Group intravenous quinine)

Retrospective descriptive study of Group intravenous quinine

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* More than 18 year-old at the time of inclusion AND
* Hospitalization in the ICU AND
* For severe imported malaria (Plasmodium falciparum) AND
* Very Severe Malaria episode defined during the 72 first hours as :

* Neurological failure: Glasgow Coma Scale score\<11 or repeated convulsions and/or
* Shock: Systolic Blood Pressure\<80 mmHg despite adequate fluid loading or need for vasoactive drugs and/or
* Respiratory distress: Mechanical Ventilation or Non Invasive Ventilation ; or if spontaneous breathing: arterial pO2\<60 mmHg or pulse oxymetry\<92% in room air ; or Respiratory Rate\>32/min and/or
* Acidosis: plasma bicarbonate \<15 mmol/l, or pH\<7,35 and/or
* Hyperlactatemia \> 5 mmol/l and/or
* Death during hospitalization for VSM

Exclusion Criteria

* Less than 18 year-old at the time of inclusion OR
* Opposition to participate in the present study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

Dr Fabrice BRUNEEL

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Dr Fabrice BRUNEEL

Investigator MD

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Learn about the lead researchers overseeing the trial and their institutional affiliations.

Fabrice BRUNEEL, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Versailles Hospital Center

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Fabrice BRUNEEL

Le Chesnay, Île-de-France Region, France

Site Status

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

France

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

P20/18_Palustar

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

More Related Trials

Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.

Intravenous Artesunate and Malaria
NCT01805232 UNKNOWN PHASE4
Phase II Dose Ranging Study of Artesunate
NCT00459615 COMPLETED PHASE2
Artemether/Lumefantrine and Vivax Malaria
NCT01625871 COMPLETED PHASE3