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Last refreshed on: 11 April 2016
Main ID:  NCT02610686
Date of registration: 23/10/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Vietnam
Public title: Evaluating the Efficacy of Chloroquine for the Treatment of Plasmodium Vivax Infections in Central Vietnam
Scientific title: Evaluating the Efficacy of Chloroquine for the Treatment of Plasmodium Vivax Infections in Central Vietnam
Date of first enrolment: March 2015
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02610686
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Vietnam
Contacts
Name:     Phuc Bui, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +84 913522874
Email: phucnimpe@yahoo.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Duong Tran, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  National Institute of Malariology Parasitology Entomology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Name:     Phuc Bui, PhD, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +84 913522874
Email: phucnimpe@yahoo.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Anna Rosanas-Urgell, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Mono-infection of P. vivax by light microscopy (LM) with asexual parasite density
>250/µl

- Age =1year

- Axillary temperature = 37.5º C and/or history of fever during the previous 48 hours;

- Patient or caregiver consent to enrolment and agree to sampling and return visits;

Exclusion Criteria:

- General danger signs or symptoms of severe malaria (as per WHO definitions; Annex I);

- Signs or symptoms of severe malnutrition, defined as weight-for-age = 3 standard
deviations below the mean (NCHS/WHO normalized reference values, Annex II);

- Slide confirmed infection with any other Plasmodium species (including mixed
infections);

- Severe anaemia, defined as haemoglobin (Hb) <7g/dl in adults and <5g/dl in children;

- Known hypersensitivity to any of the drugs being evaluated;

- Presence of fever due to illness other than malaria;

- History of serious and/or chronic medical condition (cardiac, renal, hepatic
diseases, sickle cell disease, HIV/AIDS);

- Pregnancy (confirmed by rapid test) or breastfeeding;

- Regular use of medication that may interfere with antimalarial pharmacokinetics;



Age minimum: 1 Year
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Plasmodium Vivax
Intervention(s)
Drug: Chloroquine
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of patients with Adequate Clinical and Parasitological Response (ACPR) at day 42 after treatment with Chloroquine. [Time Frame: day 42]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Ex vivo susceptibility of P. vivax isolates to QN, DHA , PPQ and CQ (Mean IC50 and IC90) [Time Frame: At day0 and day of recurrence of P.vivax parasitemia after initial parasite clearance assessed up to day 42]
Secondary ID(s)
ITM- NIMPE
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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