Drugs / Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine
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Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine

also known as DHA-PPQ · DHA-PQP · DHAp · DHP · Eurartesim · Artekin · Arterakin · D-ARTEPP · +6 more
Developed for
malaria · Plasmodium falciparum malaria · pregnancy disorder
Investigated by
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences · National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania · University of California, San Francisco · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
+63 more · National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) · Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium · World Health Organization · Barcelona Institute for Global Health · Doris Duke Charitable Foundation · Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Uganda · Kenya Medical Research Institute · Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania · Makerere University · Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research · University of Bergen · University of Maryland, Baltimore · University of Melbourne · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research · Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand · Bandim Health Project · Centre Muraz · Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire (Cermes), Niamey · Clinton Health Access Initiative, Eswatini · Curtin University · Epicentre · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Switzerland · Indonesia University · Institute of Tropical Medicine(KIT), Amsterdam · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · Lihir Medical Centre · Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit · Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme · Manhiça Health Research Centre · Mbarara University of Science and Technology · Menzies School of Health Research · Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Tanzania · Ministry of Health, Swaziland · Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences · National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Vietnam · National Malaria Control Program · North Carolina State University · Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam · RTI International · Simon Kariuki · Southeast University, China · Stanford University · Tampere University · The AIDS Support Organization · The President's Malaria Initiative · Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Zambia · Ulrika Morris · United States Army Medical Materiel Development Activity · University College, London · University of Antwerp · University of Copenhagen · University of Durham · University of Khartoum · University of Massachusetts, Worcester · University of Oxford · University of Sheffield · University of Texas · University of Toronto · Uppsala University · Yale University · Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme

Trials 33

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 01 trial
Phase 0 NCT07021430 Jul 2026 → Jul 2028 expected malaria University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 12 trials
Phase 1 NCT02612545 Nov 2015 → Oct 2018 Plasmodium falciparum malaria National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01525511 Jun → Sep 2012 — University of Oxford Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 21 trial
Phase 2 NCT01165372 Aug 2010 → May 2011 malaria Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 39 trials · 2 met primary · 3 missed
Phase 3 NCT05426434 Aug 2022 → Mar 2025 overdue malaria, pregnancy disorder Menzies School of Health Research Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT03640403 Mar 2019 → Dec 2020 Plasmodium falciparum malaria, anemia National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania Completed Mixed
Phase 3 NCT03208179 Mar 2018 → Mar 2020 malaria, pregnancy disorder Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Completed Missed primary
Phase 3 NCT03009526 Jan 2017 → Oct 2018 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Kamuzu University of Health Sciences Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT02315690 Sep 2015 → Jul 2017 malaria University of California, San Francisco Completed Missed primary
Phase 3 NCT02605720 Sep 2015 → Jan 2016 malaria Lihir Medical Centre Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT02987270 Apr 2013 → Aug 2015 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Simon Kariuki Completed Missed primary
Phase 3 NCT00852423 Jun 2010 → Oct 2013 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT00527800 Aug 2007 → Mar 2013 HIV infectious disease, malaria University of California, San Francisco Completed Met primary
Phase 415 trials · 2 met primary · 1 missed
Phase 4 NCT07322068 Sep 2026 → Jun 2033 expected Plasmodium falciparum malaria Stanford University Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06083688 Oct 2024 → Jul 2025 overdue Plasmodium falciparum malaria, anemia Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05980156 Feb → Jul 2023 Plasmodium falciparum malaria, anemia University of Maryland, Baltimore Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05244954 Feb → Aug 2022 Plasmodium falciparum malaria, anemia University of Maryland, Baltimore Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT04487145 Nov 2020 → Apr 2022 HIV infectious disease University of California, San Francisco Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT04245033 Jul 2020 → May 2021 malaria National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT04160026 Nov 2019 → Jul 2020 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Completed Met primary
Phase 4 NCT03431714 Jul → Dec 2017 Plasmodium falciparum malaria National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT04897919 Aug 2015 → Oct 2017 malaria Bandim Health Project Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT02590627 May 2014 → Dec 2015 malaria National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania Completed No outcome recorded
Phase not applicable5 trials · 2 missed
— NCT06870344 Mar 2025 → Oct 2026 expected Plasmodium falciparum malaria University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
— NCT02878200 Nov 2016 → Dec 2018 malaria London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Completed Missed primary
— NCT02721186 Apr → Dec 2016 malaria Ulrika Morris Completed Missed primary
— NCT02914145 Nov 2015 → Dec 2017 malaria Manhiça Health Research Centre Completed No outcome recorded
— NCT01280162 Sep 2010 → Feb 2011 malaria Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand Completed No outcome recorded
Comparator or background therapy12 trials
Phase 1 NCT01552330 Comparator May → Oct 2012 — University of Oxford Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02511353 Background Jul 2015 → Jul 2016 malaria Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT04844905 Background May 2021 → Mar 2023 Plasmodium falciparum malaria, filariasis, hookworm infectious disease, scabies +1 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Unknown Missed primary
Phase 3 NCT04336189 Comparator Dec 2020 → Jul 2024 malaria Grant Dorsey, M.D, Ph.D. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT02802501 Background Apr 2018 → Aug 2019 Plasmodium vivax malaria GlaxoSmithKline Completed Met primary

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 2

DateIssuerRelease
2020-12-04 Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial Development Co. Ltd. Results Fosun Pharma Invites Top-Experts to Discuss New Trends in Maternal and Childhood Malaria Chemoprevention for 9th eCME fosunpharma.com ↗
Trials of ITPp with Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine (DHA-PPQ) vs. SP show significantly less clinical malaria, less malaria during pregnancy and less moderate anaemia.
2019-11-21 Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial Development Co. Ltd. Regulatory Fosun Pharma Achieves Another Breakthrough for its Artemisinin Preparation First Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine Phosphate Product for Use in Children Receives WHO Pre-certification fosunpharma.com ↗
On 21 November 2019, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd (“Fosun Pharma”or“Group”; Stock Code: 600196.SH, 02196.HK) announced that 2 strengths of D-ARTEPP Dispersible (dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine phosphate dispersible tablets) and 2 strengths of D-ARTEPP (dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine phosphate tablets) developed by its subsidiary Guilin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Guilin Pharma”) have is prequalified by the World Health Organization (WHO prequalification of medicine, “WHO PQ”).

All press releases naming this drug 2 releases

DateIssuerRelease

Evidence & citations 16 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 49 sources stand behind the page.

FieldValueCited text
Known as dihydroartemisinin piperaquine “Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQP); the fixed-dose combination of Dihydroartemisinin (DHA) and Piperaquine phosphate (PQP) is now one of the recommended drugs by WHO as...” NCT01525511 ↗
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“Subject will receive primaquine (PQ) then receive PQ together dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQP) after 1 week washout period and receive DHA-PQP for the third regimen...” NCT01552330 ↗

“The study assessed the efficacy and safety of artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Tanzania.” NCT03431714 ↗

“The study assessed the efficacy and safety of artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Tanzania.” NCT03431714 ↗

“Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) is a WHO pre-qualified artemisinin combination therapy widely used for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria.” NCT06870344 ↗

“Delayed parasite clearance after treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients in central Vietnam.” PMID 25224002 ↗ Sep 2014

“Monthly IPTp with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, a 3-day regimen, is an emerging alternative” PMID 39304238 ↗ Oct 2024

“dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHAp) + single low dose (SLD) primaquine” NCT02721186 ↗

NCT02192944 ↗

NCT02987270 ↗

NCT02605720 ↗

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Known as Artekin “Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine combination (Artekin)” NCT02259426 ↗
Known as Arterakin “Arterakin (DHA-PPQ)” NCT01775592 ↗
Known as D-ARTEPP “dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (D-ARTEPP, Guilin Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., China)” NCT02721186 ↗
Known as DHA-PPQ “A WHO standard protocol was used to assess efficacy of the combinations artesunate-amodiaquine (AS-AQ Winthrop®), dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ, Eurartesim®) and...” PMID 29370844 ↗ Jan 2018
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“Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA/PPQ) given monthly for 3 months” NCT02605720 ↗

“dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ)” NCT04767217 ↗

“Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ)” NCT02612545 ↗

“Arterakin (DHA-PPQ)” NCT01775592 ↗

Known as DHA-PQ “DHA-PQ tablets are green film coated intended for oral use and contain 20/160mg or 40/320mg of dihydroartemisinin (DHA) and piperaquine phosphate (PQ) respectively.” NCT00852423 ↗
Known as DHA-PQP “Subject will receive primaquine (PQ) then receive PQ together dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQP) after 1 week washout period and receive DHA-PQP for the third regimen...” NCT01552330 ↗
2

“dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQP)after 1 week washout period” NCT01525511 ↗

“Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQP)” NCT02802501 ↗

Known as DHAp “In the fMDA arm, all individuals in the target area will receive dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHAp) once daily for 3 days with the first dose taken no later than 5 weeks...” NCT02315690 ↗
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“two rounds of MDA with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHAp) + single low dose (SLD) primaquine” NCT02721186 ↗

Known as DHP “In Malawi, there is an on-going cluster randomised trial that aims to find the optimum strategy for delivery of dihydroartemesinin-piperaquine (DHP) for PMC in children with...” PMID 30567567 ↗ Dec 2018
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“The drug that will be given is 3-day dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHP) treatment.” NCT01878357 ↗

Known as dihydroartemesinin-piperaquine “In Malawi, there is an on-going cluster randomised trial that aims to find the optimum strategy for delivery of dihydroartemesinin-piperaquine (DHP) for PMC in children with...” PMID 30567567 ↗ Dec 2018
Known as Dihydroartemisinin (DHA)-Piperaquine “An Active Malaria Epidemiology Cohort Study With Evaluation of a 2 Day Versus 3 Day Treatment Regimen of Dihydroartemisinin (DHA)-Piperaquine for Patients With Uncomplicated Malaria” NCT01280162 ↗
Known as Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine (DP) “This is an active observational Cohort Study of malaria epidemiology with a nested two arm, randomized, open label Treatment Study comparing the efficacy, safety, tolerability...” NCT01280162 ↗
Known as Dihydroartemisnin- piperaquine -Eurartesim “Dihydroartemisnin- piperaquine -Eurartesim®” NCT04160026 ↗
Known as Duo-Cotecxin “DP (Duo-Cotecxin) will be supplied by Holley-Cotec, Beijing, China.” NCT04336189 ↗
Known as Eurartesim “A WHO standard protocol was used to assess efficacy of the combinations artesunate-amodiaquine (AS-AQ Winthrop®), dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ, Eurartesim®) and...” PMID 29370844 ↗ Jan 2018
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“DHA-PQP: * 1 tablet of Eurartesim contains: DHA 40 mg: piperaquine 320 mg” NCT01525511 ↗

Route Oral “intended for oral use” NCT00852423 ↗