Broad One Health Endectocide-based Malaria Intervention in Africa (BOHEMIA)

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

48145 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-03-17

Study Completion Date

2024-10-03

Brief Summary

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The BOHEMIA program consists of a combination of studies organized around a central community prevention mass drug administration protocol and four sub-studies (i.e.; social science, entomology, health economics, and environmental), each written as an individual protocol. The protocol is central but used in two separate, individually powered trials in Mozambique and Kenya. The trials have been powered on the efficacy outcome and designed to meet the requirements of World Health Organization's (WHO) preferred product characteristics (PPC) for endectocides.

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Detailed Description

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WHO's PPC states that the desired efficacy of an endectocide as stand-alone insecticide in areas of high to moderate transmission is at least 20% reduction in the incidence of clinical malaria (as primary outcome) and incidence of infection (as secondary outcome) in children under 5 years old (the highest incidence age-group in areas with high-transmission), lasting for at least 1 month following a single regimen. Assessing this effect requires a cluster-randomized design with meticulous follow-up of a cohort of children for efficacy and the whole exposed population for safety outcomes, which is the design selected for the BOHEMIA trials.

Two BOHEMIA cluster randomized trials will be carried out in Mozambique (Southern Africa) and Kenya (Eastern Africa). These sites encompass different transmission dynamics that increase the generalizability of results, namely: (a) a gradient of malaria transmission: moderate in Kenya and very high in Mozambique, (b) different species composition of vector population, (c) different rain patterns and environmental conditions, and (d) different livestock species and human/livestock ratios (in Mozambique).

Population:

Co-primary objectives are determined in different populations. Efficacy is primarily determined in a pediatric active cohort (children under 5 years of age in Mozambique and 5-15 years in Kenya), and safety is determined in anyone who receives the drug. Pregnant women and children under 15 kgs are not eligible for treatment.

Treatment Groups:

Two groups of clusters (three in Mozambique) will be randomized to receive (a) ivermectin in humans, (b) ivermectin in humans + livestock (only in Mozambique), or (c) albendazole control. In Mozambique, the study district will be subject to enhanced passive surveillance for malaria.

Primary Outcome Measure:

The primary outcome measure is proposed as incidence in a six-month period given that ivermectin is a short-acting intervention with \<1% residual drug at 30 days after each dose. Efficacy assessment will continue 4 months post last dose of ivermectin, and this will include analysis of the vector population. We have proposed the appropriate duration of impact evaluation relevant to the biology of the intervention, and geared towards being able to clean the data, lock the database, and conduct the primary efficacy and safety analysis efficiently.

Estimated Duration of Study:

Throughout the study there will be two different groups of participants enrolled, the ones receiving the treatment (\>15 kg) and the ones in the active pediatric cohort for the main outcome of malaria incidence (the ages of highest incidence in each country, under 5 years of age in Mozambique and 5-15 years in Kenya). Each group will participate for different periods of time.

Only the group enrolled in the active pediatric cohort will contribute to the primary efficacy outcome and this group will participate from date of first dose for six months. The group receiving treatment (\>15 kg) will contribute to the primary safety outcome and several secondary outcomes (PK, Neglected Tropical Diseases \[NTDs\]) and this group will participate for four months. Women of child-bearing age will be visited one month after the third dose for a final pregnancy test, any pregnancy occurring during the trial will be followed until birth. The cross-sectional survey will enroll participants of all ages one month after the last Mass Drug Administration (MDA) round.

WHO guidance states that trial design and duration should reflect the nature of the intervention and are left at the discretion of researchers. These trials are robustly powered and are being conducted in moderate to high burden areas, so we believe the risk of failing to find an effect is low and if so, it would throw the utility of the intervention into question.

Advancing the development of this new tool towards implementation in the field can be accomplished in a time frame to contribute to the 2030 Global Technical Strategy (GTS) goals.

Conditions

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Malaria

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The BOHEMIA trials are open-label with random assignment to one of 3 treatment arms in Mozambique and 2 in Kenya: (a) ivermectin in humans, (b) ivermectin in humans + livestock (only in Mozambique), or (c) albendazole control.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Open label, assessor-blinded

Study Groups

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Albendazole

The albendazole group will receive a single dose of 400 mg, given once a month for three months. Generic products will be used in both countries, the final product will be GMP certified and fully bioequivalent with GSK's Albenza®. Bendex (CIPLA) in Mozambique and G-Abzole (Guilin) in Kenya.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Albendazole Pill

Intervention Type DRUG

Using a MDA approach, fieldworkers will administer albendazole using directly observed treatment methodology to participants

Ivermectin human

The ivermectin group will receive a single dose of 400 mcg/kg, given once a month for three months. Product to be used is Stromectol (Merck) in Mozambique and Ivermectin 3mg USP (Edenbridge) in Kenya.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Ivermectin Pill

Intervention Type DRUG

Using a MDA approach, fieldworkers will administer ivermectin using directly observed treatment methodology to participants

Ivermectin human and livestock (Mozambique only)

The ivermectin group will receive a single dose of 400 mcg/kg, given once a month for three months. Product to be used is Stromectol (Merck). For livestock, locally registered veterinary injectable ivermectin at 1% will be used.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Ivermectin Pill

Intervention Type DRUG

Using a MDA approach, fieldworkers will administer ivermectin using directly observed treatment methodology to participants

Ivermectin Injectable Product

Intervention Type DRUG

Veterinary ivermectin injectable will be given to livestock in the relevant cluster

Interventions

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Albendazole Pill

Using a MDA approach, fieldworkers will administer albendazole using directly observed treatment methodology to participants

Intervention Type DRUG

Ivermectin Pill

Using a MDA approach, fieldworkers will administer ivermectin using directly observed treatment methodology to participants

Intervention Type DRUG

Ivermectin Injectable Product

Veterinary ivermectin injectable will be given to livestock in the relevant cluster

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Alben, Bendex Stromectol Veterinary Ivermectin 1%

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

For human treatment/safety cohort:

* Residents of the study area
* Male or female weighing more than 15kg
* Adult able to provide written consent
* Minors aged 12 to 17 able to provide assent
* Parent/guardian's able to provide consent for minors
* Negative pregnancy test for women aged between 13 and 49
* Agreement to adhere to study visits and procedures

For pediatric active cohort:

* Children in the age of highest burden at the time of enrollment (under 5 years of age in Mozambique or 5-15 in Kenya)
* Residents of the study area
* Parent/guardian's able to provide consent for minors
* Minors aged 12 to 15 in Kenya able to provide assent

For cross sectionals:

* Residents of the area for at least 3 months prior to enrolment
* Parent/guardian's consent for minors
* Ability to provide assent for minors aged 12 to 17
* Written consent from adults

For livestock treatment:

* Owner/guardian able to provide consent
* Animal expected to spend at least one week every study month inside the cluster border

Exclusion Criteria

For human treatment/safety cohort:

* Known hypersensitivity to ivermectin or albendazole
* Risk of Loa as assessed by travel history to Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Nigeria or Sudan
* Pregnant women
* Lactating women in the first week postpartum
* Children \< 15 kg
* Currently participating in another clinical trial
* Unwilling to provide informed consent or assent
* Unwilling to adhere to study visits and/or procedures
* Severely ill either self-reported or in the eyes of the investigator, e.g. defined as need for clinical care, or active or progressive disease interfering with activities of daily living. If in doubt, these criteria can be confirmed after a call with either the site PI/MD/safety officer against a pre-defined list.
* Currently under treatment with inhibitors of CYP3A or P-gp or other drugs that can interfere with the study

For incidence cohort:

* Non-residents
* Currently enrolled in other clinical trial

For cross sectionals:

• Non-residents

For livestock treatment (Mozambique):

* Received ivermectin less than four weeks ago
* Intention to milk or slaughter the animal for human consumption during the withdrawal period (28 days after dosing)
* Calves under 8 weeks and piglets under 6 weeks of age

Minimum Eligible Age

1 Week

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes