Drugs / piperaquine
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piperaquine

Small molecule

Developed for
malaria · Plasmodium falciparum malaria · Plasmodium vivax malaria · pregnancy disorder · parasitemia · anemia · sickle cell disease
Investigated by
University of Oxford · Medicines for Malaria Venture · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
+134 more · Radboud University Medical Center · University of California, San Francisco · Kenya Medical Research Institute · Mahidol University · QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso · L'université de Thiès · PATH · Richmond Pharmacology Limited · Centre de Recherche Médicale de Lambaréné · Clinical Network Services (CNS) Pty Ltd · Gadjah Mada University · Indonesia-MoH · Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Uganda · Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium · KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Program · Kamuzu University of Health Sciences · Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania · Makerere University · Manhiça Health Research Centre · Menzies School of Health Research · Ministry of Health, Zambia · National Centre for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Cambodia · National Malaria Control Program, Niger · Q-Pharm Pty Limited · Shoklo Malaria Research Unit · The PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) · Tulane University · University of Melbourne · University of Yaounde 1 · Wellcome Trust · AKROS Global Health · Albert Schweitzer Hospital · Apt. Dian Yudianto; Dr. dr Erni J. Nelwan, Sp.PD, Ph.D; Apt.Hesty Utami Ramadaniati, M.Clin, Pharm, Ph.D · Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand · Army Malaria Institute, Australia · Association Camerounaise pour le Marketing Social (ACMS), Cameroon · BEIJING HOLLEY-COTEC PHARMACEUTICALS CO. LTD. · Barcelona Institute for Global Health · Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine · Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation · Biotechnology Center (BTC), University of Yaounde I, Cameroon · CPR Pharma Services Pty Ltd, Australia · CardiaBase · Centre Muraz · Centre for Global Health Research, Ghana · Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal · Cross Research S.A. · Department of Medical Research, Lower Myanmar · Department of State for Health and Social Welfare, The Gambia · Disease Control, Department of Health, Myanmar · East African Network for Monitoring Antimalarial Treatment · Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · European Union · European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) · FHI 360 · Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium · Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado · Gates Malaria Partnership · GlaxoSmithKline · Global Health Uganda LTD · Holley-Cotec Pharmaceuticals Co., LTD. · Ifakara Health Institute · Impact Malaria, Cameroon · Imperial College London · Indiana University · Indonesia University · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Jomaa Pharma GmbH · KEMRI Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR), Kisumu, Kenya · Kenya National AIDS & STI Control Programme · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital Wellcome Trust Research Unit · all 140 on the full record

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PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 111 trials
Phase 1 NCT07470424 Jun 2026 → Jun 2027 expected malaria University of Oxford Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT06172686 Jan → Feb 2024 malaria Ifakara Health Institute Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT05160363 Feb → May 2022 — Medicines for Malaria Venture Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT03542149 Apr 2018 → Apr 2019 malaria Medicines for Malaria Venture Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02568098 Oct 2015 → Dec 2016 — University of Oxford Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02431637 Apr 2015 → Sep 2016 malaria Medicines for Malaria Venture Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02184637 Jul 2014 → Apr 2015 Plasmodium vivax malaria GlaxoSmithKline Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01958619 Oct 2013 → Jan 2014 malaria Medicines for Malaria Venture Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01853475 Apr → Jul 2013 malaria Medicines for Malaria Venture Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT01660022 Sep 2012 → May 2013 — Medicines for Malaria Venture Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/22 trials
Phase 1/2 NCT04280692 Aug 2022 → Dec 2025 Plasmodium falciparum malaria University of Oxford Suspended No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT02836002 Jun 2016 → Jun 2017 malaria Radboud University Medical Center Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 24 trials
Phase 2 NCT05252845 Jan → Jun 2023 Plasmodium falciparum malaria University of Oxford Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05829187 Nov → Dec 2022 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Syamsudin Abdillah,Ph.D, Pharm D Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02909712 Sep 2016 → Jan 2020 malaria, parasitemia, poisoning London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02198807 Mar → Jul 2014 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Jomaa Pharma GmbH Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 2/35 trials · 1 missed
Phase 2/3 NCT04009343 Jun 2019 → Aug 2020 overdue Plasmodium falciparum malaria Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2/3 NCT02461186 Jun 2015 → Jun 2017 Plasmodium falciparum malaria University of Oxford Withdrawn No outcome recorded
Phase 2/3 NCT02083380 Jul 2014 → Oct 2015 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Medicines for Malaria Venture Completed Missed primary
Phase 2/3 NCT00941785 Jul → Dec 2009 malaria London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2/3 NCT00561899 Aug 2007 → Feb 2008 malaria London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 321 trials · 3 met primary · 1 missed
Phase 3 NCT06962319 Sep 2025 → Aug 2028 expected malaria Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT05946642 Jul 2023 → May 2024 malaria Malaria Consortium Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04844099 Apr 2021 → Jun 2023 malaria, sickle cell disease Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Completed Met primary
Phase 3 NCT03923725 Sep 2020 → Mar 2024 Plasmodium falciparum malaria University of Oxford Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04147546 Aug 2020 → Aug 2021 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT04158713 Nov 2019 → Apr 2022 — Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT03671109 Sep 2019 → Jul 2022 HIV infectious disease, malaria, pregnancy disorder Barcelona Institute for Global Health Completed Missed primary
Phase 3 NCT03576313 Aug 2018 → Dec 2019 malaria London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Completed Mixed
Phase 3 NCT03208907 Jul 2018 → Jul 2021 Plasmodium vivax malaria Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 3 NCT01899820 Apr 2013 → Jun 2014 malaria Sabah Ahmed Omar Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 417 trials
Phase 4 NCT07246525 Sep 2026 → Sep 2029 expected malaria University of California, San Francisco Not yet recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06347471 May 2024 → Nov 2025 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Uganda Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT06225297 Jan → Dec 2024 malaria PATH Suspended No outcome recorded Stop: Business
Phase 4 NCT05788094 Jun 2023 → Feb 2026 overdue Plasmodium vivax malaria Shoklo Malaria Research Unit Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05340153 Apr → Dec 2022 malaria University of Yaounde 1 Unknown No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT05294406 Feb 2022 → Dec 2023 malaria Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT04816461 Jul 2021 → Jun 2023 malaria Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT02940756 Mar 2017 → Jan 2018 malaria Ministry of Public Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT02654912 Feb 2016 → Jun 2020 malaria PATH Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 4 NCT02324738 Jan → May 2015 — University of Oxford Completed No outcome recorded
Phase not applicable11 trials · 2 met primary · 2 missed
— NCT07281443 Sep 2024 → Dec 2026 expected Plasmodium falciparum malaria, parasitemia Research Institute for Development Active not recruiting No outcome recorded
— NCT04864444 Jun 2021 → Dec 2022 Plasmodium falciparum malaria University of California, San Francisco Completed Missed primary
— NCT03454048 May → Nov 2018 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Radboud University Medical Center Completed No outcome recorded
— NCT02329301 Sep 2014 → Jun 2016 Plasmodium falciparum malaria PATH Completed No outcome recorded
— NCT02001428 Jul 2014 → Mar 2016 Plasmodium falciparum malaria, Plasmodium vivax malaria Gadjah Mada University Completed Missed primary
— NCT01640587 Nov 2013 → Mar 2017 Plasmodium falciparum malaria University of Oxford Terminated No outcome recorded
— NCT01872702 Apr 2013 → Jul 2017 Plasmodium falciparum malaria University of Oxford Completed Met primary
— NCT01624337 May 2012 → Aug 2014 malaria Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Thailand Terminated No outcome recorded
— NCT01326754 Aug 2011 → Jun 2012 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Completed No outcome recorded
— NCT00868465 Apr 2009 → May 2010 malaria Radboud University Medical Center Completed No outcome recorded
Comparator or background therapy47 trials
Phase 1 NCT05930782 Comparator Aug → Dec 2023 malaria Medicines for Malaria Venture Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02614404 Background Nov 2015 → Dec 2016 Plasmodium falciparum malaria HuLow Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02543086 Background Jul → Sep 2015 Plasmodium falciparum malaria Novartis Pharmaceuticals Terminated No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02083406 Background Jul 2014 malaria Medicines for Malaria Venture Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1/2 NCT02802813 Comparator Jun 2016 → Jun 2018 Plasmodium vivax malaria University of Oxford Completed No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 1

DateIssuerRelease
2011-11-22 Sanaria Inc. Results Quantitative assessment of Plasmodium falciparum sexual development reveals potent transmission- blocking activity by methylene blue sanaria.com ↗
The other partner agents monodesethyl-amodiaquine and piperaquine showed activity only against immature gametocytes.

All press releases naming this drug 1 release

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Evidence & citations 10 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 121 sources stand behind the page.

FieldValueCited text
Known as Piperaquine “At each ANC visit: treatment with Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for three days, with the daily number of tablets depending on the weight of the woman; two tablets for women...” NCT01669941 ↗
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“Open Label, Parallel Group Study to Investigate the Pharmacokinetics (PK) Following Oral Co-administration of Piperaquine Phosphate (PQP) Tablets With a Prototype OZ439 + TPGS...” NCT01853475 ↗

“Dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine tablets for adult patients each contain 40 mg dihydroartemisinin and 320 mg piperaquine with a therapeutic dose range between 2-10 mg/kg/day...” NCT05252845 ↗

“Our aim was to compare the safety and efficacy of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine with that of artemether-lumefantrine in patients with uncomplicated malaria caused by...” PMID 17336652 ↗ Mar 2007

“Sixty patients received either dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine (4 mg/kg/day, 3 days; n = 33) or artesunate monotherapy (4 mg/kg/day, 3 days; n = 27) followed by...” PMID 32437557 ↗ Aug 2020

“The primary goal of the study is to compare 2 SMC regimens (SP-AQ and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine [DHA-PQ]) in preventing uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in...” PMID 38252481 ↗ Jan 2024

“Assessing the Feasibility of Combining Dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine and Primaquine for Malaria Mass Drug Administration in High Endemic Communities in the Eastern Region of Ghana” NCT07389057 ↗

“The reactive response consists of treating all individuals within a defined radius of each RDT-confirmed incident malaria case with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHAP).” NCT02654912 ↗

“Piperaquine (320 mg per tablet) 16.8 g/kg daily for 3 days Du-Cotecxin ( 40mg dihydroartemisinin(DHA)/320mg piperaquine(PQP))PQP/DHA 1.6/12.8mg/kg once daily for 3 days” NCT00561899 ↗

“Pharmacokinetic and Mosquito-Lethal Effects of Ivermectin (IVM), Primaquine (PQ), Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine (DHA-PQP) and Albendazole (ABZ) in Healthy Subjects” NCT02568098 ↗

“Age- or weight-based dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine administered monthly for 24 months as intermittent preventive treatment in school-aged children (IPTsc).” NCT07798583 ↗

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Known as PIP “one tablet of DHA-PIP contains 40 mg of dihydroartemisinin (DHA) and 320 mg piperaquine (PIP).” NCT02118090 ↗
Known as Piperaquine Phosphate “Bioavailability Study of Oral OZ439 Prototype Formulations Administered With Piperaquine Phosphate (PQP)” NCT02083406 ↗
Known as Piperaquine phosphate component of eurartesim piperaquine tetraphosphate ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL303933 ↗
Known as Piperaquine tetraphosphate “Piperaquine tetraphosphate 960 mg (three tablets)” NCT05160363 ↗
Known as Piperaquinoline ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL303933 ↗
Known as PPQ “In 2014-2015, a phase 2b clinical study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of a single oral dose of Artefenomel (OZ439)-piperaquine (PPQ) in Asian and African patients...” PMID 30967148 ↗ Apr 2019
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“PPQ: Piperaquine will be administered according to an optimised dosing schedule using tablets of 160 or 500 mg of piperaquine tetraphosphate.” NCT03923725 ↗

“Dihydroartemisinin+ Paperaquine (DHA+PPQ, Artekin)” NCT00682578 ↗

Known as PQP “Open Label, Parallel Group Study to Investigate the Pharmacokinetics (PK) Following Oral Co-administration of Piperaquine Phosphate (PQP) Tablets With a Prototype OZ439 + TPGS...” NCT01853475 ↗
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“Piperaquine (320 mg per tablet) 16.8 g/kg daily for 3 days Du-Cotecxin ( 40mg dihydroartemisinin(DHA)/320mg piperaquine(PQP))PQP/DHA 1.6/12.8mg/kg once daily for 3 days” NCT00561899 ↗

“A novel oral combination of the long-acting antimalarials pyronaridine (PYR) and piperaquine (PQP) has potential for malaria chemoprevention.” PMID 40689586 ↗ Jul 2025

“single oral dose of piperaquine (PQP) in a dispersible granule formulation compared to the PQP hard tablet formulation” NCT05930782 ↗

“Bioavailability Study of Oral OZ439 Prototype Formulations Administered With Piperaquine Phosphate (PQP)” NCT02083406 ↗

Modality Small molecule “It is a bisquinoline antimalarial drug (1,3-bis\[1-(7-chloro-4 quinolyl)-4- piperazinyl\]-propane) that was first synthesised in the 1960s” NCT01845701 ↗
Route Oral “dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine at an estimated total dosing of 6.75mg/kg of dihydroartemisinin and 55mg/kg of piperaquine for 3 days rounded to the nearest half tablet)” NCT01231113 ↗