Safety of Primaquine + Artemether-lumefantrine in G6PD Deficient Males With an Asymptomatic Malaria Infection (SAFEPRIM)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the tolerability and safety of increasing doses of primaquine in combination with artemether-lumefantrine in G6PD deficient males with an asymptomatic P. falciparum malaria infection.

Timeline

Start

2014-10

Primary completion

2015-12

Completion

2015-12

Publications

• Bastiaens GJH, Tiono AB, Okebe J, Pett HE, Coulibaly SA, Goncalves BP, Affara M, Ouedraogo A, Bougouma EC, Sanou GS, Nebie I, Bradley J, Lanke KHW, Niemi M, Sirima SB, d'Alessandro U, Bousema T, Drakeley C. Safety of single low-dose primaquine in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient falciparum-infected African males: Two open-label, randomized, safety trials. PLoS One. 2018 Jan 11;13(1):e0190272. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190272. eCollection 2018.

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