An Evaluation of Weekly Tafenoquine

Summary

This was a placebo controlled, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy study of the efficacy of weekly tafenoquine compared with weekly mefloquine or placebo in the chemosuppression of P. falciparum in Nyanza Province, western Kenya.

Timeline

Start

2000-05

Primary completion

2000-10

Completion

2003-03

Publications

• Novitt-Moreno A, Ransom J, Dow G, Smith B, Read LT, Toovey S. Tafenoquine for malaria prophylaxis in adults: An integrated safety analysis. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2017 May-Jun;17:19-27. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.05.008. Epub 2017 May 8.

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