Evaluation of Alternative Antimalarial Drugs for Malaria in Pregnancy

Summary

The study aims at comparing the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Mefloquine (MQ) to Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) as Interment Preventive Treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) for the prevention of malaria effects on the mother and her infant.

Timeline

Start

2009-09

Primary completion

2012-12

Completion

2013-12

Publications

• Barry KM, Zoumenou R, Boivin MJ, Massougbodji A, Gonzalez R, Bodeau-Livinec F. Assessment of long-term mental health effects of mefloquine use during pregnancy: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial in Benin. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2026 Jul-Aug;72:103006. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2026.103006. Epub 2026 Jun 15.
• Pons-Duran C, Wassenaar MJ, Yovo KE, Marin-Carballo C, Briand V, Gonzalez R. Intermittent preventive treatment regimens for malaria in HIV-positive pregnant women. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Sep 26;9(9):CD006689. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006689.pub3.
• Garrison A, Boivin MJ, Fievet N, Zoumenou R, Alao JM, Massougbodji A, Cot M, Bodeau-Livinec F. The Effects of Malaria in Pregnancy on Neurocognitive Development in Children at 1 and 6 Years of Age in Benin: A Prospective Mother-Child Cohort. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Mar 9;74(5):766-775. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab569.
• Zoleko-Manego R, Mischlinger J, Dejon-Agobe JC, Basra A, Mackanga JR, Akerey Diop D, Adegnika AA, Agnandji ST, Lell B, Kremsner PG, Matsiegui PB, Gonzalez R, Menendez C, Ramharter M, Mombo-Ngoma G. Birth weight, growth, nutritional status and mortality of infants from Lambarene and Fougamou in Gabon in their first year of life. PLoS One. 2021 Feb 9;16(2):e0246694. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246694. eCollection 2021.
• Garrison A, Khoshnood B, Courtin D, Milet J, Garcia A, Massougbodji A, Ayotte P, Cot M, Bodeau-Livinec F. Blood lead level in infants and subsequent risk of malaria: A prospective cohort study in Benin, Sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One. 2019 Jul 18;14(7):e0220023. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220023. eCollection 2019.
• Mireku MO, Davidson LL, Zoumenou R, Massougbodji A, Cot M, Bodeau-Livinec F. Consequences of prenatal geophagy for maternal prenatal health, risk of childhood geophagy and child psychomotor development. Trop Med Int Health. 2018 Aug;23(8):841-849. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13088. Epub 2018 Jun 22.
• Moya-Alvarez V, Ouedraogo S, Accrombessi M, Cot M. High folate levels are not associated with increased malaria risk but with reduced anaemia rates in the context of high-dosed folate supplements and intermittent preventive treatment against malaria in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Benin. Trop Med Int Health. 2018 Jun;23(6):582-588. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13064. Epub 2018 May 21.
• Ndam NT, Mbuba E, Gonzalez R, Cistero P, Kariuki S, Sevene E, Ruperez M, Fonseca AM, Vala A, Maculuve S, Jimenez A, Quinto L, Ouma P, Ramharter M, Aponte JJ, Nhacolo A, Massougbodji A, Briand V, Kremsner PG, Mombo-Ngoma G, Desai M, Macete E, Cot M, Menendez C, Mayor A. Resisting and tolerating P. falciparum in pregnancy under different malaria transmission intensities. BMC Med. 2017 Jul 17;15(1):130. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0893-6.
• Gonzalez R, Ruperez M, Sevene E, Vala A, Maculuve S, Bulo H, Nhacolo A, Mayor A, Aponte JJ, Macete E, Menendez C. Effects of HIV infection on maternal and neonatal health in southern Mozambique: A prospective cohort study after a decade of antiretroviral drugs roll out. PLoS One. 2017 Jun 2;12(6):e0178134. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178134. eCollection 2017.
• Mireku MO, Davidson LL, Boivin MJ, Zoumenou R, Massougbodji A, Cot M, Bodeau-Livinec F. Prenatal Iron Deficiency, Neonatal Ferritin, and Infant Cognitive Function. Pediatrics. 2016 Dec;138(6):e20161319. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-1319. Epub 2016 Nov 17.
• Mombo-Ngoma G, Mackanga JR, Gonzalez R, Ouedraogo S, Kakolwa MA, Manego RZ, Basra A, Ruperez M, Cot M, Kabanywany AM, Matsiegui PB, Agnandji ST, Vala A, Massougbodji A, Abdulla S, Adegnika AA, Sevene E, Macete E, Yazdanbakhsh M, Kremsner PG, Aponte JJ, Menendez C, Ramharter M. Young adolescent girls are at high risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: an observational multicountry study. BMJ Open. 2016 Jun 29;6(6):e011783. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011783.
• Bodeau-Livinec F, Glorennec P, Cot M, Dumas P, Durand S, Massougbodji A, Ayotte P, Le Bot B. Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Infants and Mothers in Benin and Potential Sources of Exposure. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Mar 11;13(3):316. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13030316.
• Ruperez M, Gonzalez R, Mombo-Ngoma G, Kabanywanyi AM, Sevene E, Ouedraogo S, Kakolwa MA, Vala A, Accrombessi M, Briand V, Aponte JJ, Manego Zoleko R, Adegnika AA, Cot M, Kremsner PG, Massougbodji A, Abdulla S, Ramharter M, Macete E, Menendez C. Mortality, Morbidity, and Developmental Outcomes in Infants Born to Women Who Received Either Mefloquine or Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine as Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Cohort Study. PLoS Med. 2016 Feb 23;13(2):e1001964. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001964. eCollection 2016 Feb.
• Mireku MO, Davidson LL, Koura GK, Ouedraogo S, Boivin MJ, Xiong X, Accrombessi MM, Massougbodji A, Cot M, Bodeau-Livinec F. Prenatal Hemoglobin Levels and Early Cognitive and Motor Functions of One-Year-Old Children. Pediatrics. 2015 Jul;136(1):e76-83. doi: 10.1542/peds.2015-0491. Epub 2015 Jun 8.
• Sicuri E, Fernandes S, Macete E, Gonzalez R, Mombo-Ngoma G, Massougbodgi A, Abdulla S, Kuwawenaruwa A, Katana A, Desai M, Cot M, Ramharter M, Kremsner P, Slustker L, Aponte J, Hanson K, Menendez C. Economic evaluation of an alternative drug to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 27;10(4):e0125072. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125072. eCollection 2015.
• Gonzalez R, Desai M, Macete E, Ouma P, Kakolwa MA, Abdulla S, Aponte JJ, Bulo H, Kabanywanyi AM, Katana A, Maculuve S, Mayor A, Nhacolo A, Otieno K, Pahlavan G, Ruperez M, Sevene E, Slutsker L, Vala A, Williamsom J, Menendez C. Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with mefloquine in HIV-infected women receiving cotrimoxazole prophylaxis: a multicenter randomized placebo-controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2014 Sep 23;11(9):e1001735. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001735. eCollection 2014 Sep.
• Gonzalez R, Mombo-Ngoma G, Ouedraogo S, Kakolwa MA, Abdulla S, Accrombessi M, Aponte JJ, Akerey-Diop D, Basra A, Briand V, Capan M, Cot M, Kabanywanyi AM, Kleine C, Kremsner PG, Macete E, Mackanga JR, Massougbodgi A, Mayor A, Nhacolo A, Pahlavan G, Ramharter M, Ruperez M, Sevene E, Vala A, Zoleko-Manego R, Menendez C. Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with mefloquine in HIV-negative women: a multicentre randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2014 Sep 23;11(9):e1001733. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001733. eCollection 2014 Sep.

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