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Evaluation of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the prevention of COVID-19 (COPCOV): A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Schilling WHK, Mukaka M, Callery JJ, Llewelyn MJ, Cruz CV,  et al.
2024-09-12 • PLOS Medicine
2024-09-12 • PLOS Medicine

BACKGROUND

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has proved ineffective in treating patients hospitalised with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), but uncertainty remains over its safety an...

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Population pharmacokinetics of lumefantrine in pregnant and nonpregnant women with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda

Kloprogge F, Piola P, Dhorda M, Muwanga S, Turyakira E,  et al.
2013-11-13 • CPT: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology
2013-11-13 • CPT: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology
Pregnancy alters the pharmacokinetic properties of many antimalarial compounds. The objective of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetic properties of lumefantrine in pregnant and...
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Severe acute malnutrition results in lower lumefantrine exposure in children treated with artemether-lumefantrine for uncomplicated malaria

Chotsiri P, Denoeud-Ndam L, Baudin E, Guindo O, Diawara H,  et al.
2019-06-01 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
2019-06-01 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has been reported to be associated with increased malaria morbidity in Sub‐Saharan African children and may affect the pharmacology of antimalarial drugs....
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Adherence and population pharmacokinetic properties of amodiaquine when used for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in African children

Ding J, Coldiron ME, Assao B, Guindo O, Blessborn D,  et al.
2019-10-25 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
2019-10-25 • Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Poor adherence to seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) might affect the protective effectiveness of SMC. Here, we evaluated the population pharmacokinetic properties of amodiaquine and...
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Development of weight and age-based dosing of daily primaquine for radical cure of vivax malaria

Taylor WRJ, Hoglund RM, Peerawaranun P, Nguyen TN, Hien TT,  et al.
2021-09-09 • Malaria Journal
2021-09-09 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
In many endemic areas, Plasmodium vivax malaria is predominantly a disease of young adults and children. International recommendations for radical cure recommend fixed tar...
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Review

Complex interactions between malaria and malnutrition: a systematic literature review

Das D, Grais RF, Okiro EA, Stepniewska K, Mansoor R,  et al.
2018-10-29 • BMC Medicine
2018-10-29 • BMC Medicine
Despite substantial improvement in the control of malaria and decreased prevalence of malnutrition over the past two decades, both conditions remain heavy burdens that cause hundreds of ...
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Artemether-lumefantrine dosing for malaria treatment in young children and pregnant women: A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic meta-analysis

Kloprogge F, Workman L, Borrmann S, Tekete M, Lefevre G,  et al.
2018-06-12 • PLOS Medicine
2018-06-12 • PLOS Medicine
The fixed dose combination of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) is the most widely used treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Relatively lower cure rates and lumefantrine...
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Competing risk events in antimalarial drug trials in uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network individual participant data meta-analysis

WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network Methodology Study Group, Dahal P, Simpson JA, Abdulla S, Achan J,  et al.
2019-07-05 • Malaria Journal
2019-07-05 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND
Therapeutic efficacy studies in uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria are confounded by new infections, which constitute competing risk events since they can potenti...
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Use of population pharmacokinetics to assess adherence to amodiaquine used for seasonal malaria chemoprevention

Ding J, Coldiron ME, Assao B, Guindo O, Blessborn D,  et al.
2020-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
2020-05-20 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
INTRODUCTION
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) has been widely implemented by MSF in the African Sahel. It consists of monthly courses of antimalarial drugs during the high-risk...
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Pharmacokinetic properties of artemether, dihydroartemisinin, lumefantrine and quinine in pregnant women with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Uganda

Tarning J, Kloprogge F, Dhorda M, Jullien V, Nosten F,  et al.
2013-08-05 • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
2013-08-05 • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
ABSTRACTPregnancy alters the pharmacokinetic properties of many drugs used in the treatment of malaria, usually resulting in lower drug exposures. This i...
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Population Pharmacokinetics of Piperaquine after Two Different Treatment Regimens with Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine in Patients with Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Thailand

Tarning J, Ashley EA, Lindegardh N, Stepniewska K, Phaiphun L,  et al.
2008-03-01 • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
2008-03-01 • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
The population pharmacokinetics of piperaquine in adults and children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria treated with two different dosage regimens of dihydroartemisinin-pi...