drugset / Trial / NCT00378625

Efficacy, Effect on Gametocytes and Tolerability of the Addition of Artesunate to Amodiaquine in Colombia

NCT00378625

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blind

Summary

The primary goal of this study is to quantify the benefit of adding artesunate to amodiaquine in treating patients with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria, in a low transmission area in Colombia. The benefit will be assessed in terms of: * Efficacy * Tolerability * Time of fever clearance * Time of parasite clearance * Proportion of gametocyte carriers

Timeline

Start
2000-04
Primary completion
Completion
2006-03

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Artesunate Small molecule