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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03201770
Date of registration: 21/06/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Shin Poong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
Public title: Cohort Event Monitoring Study of Pyramax®
Scientific title: Phase IIIb/IV Cohort Event Monitoring Study To Evaluate, In Real Life Setting, The Safety And Tolerability In Malaria Patients Of The Fixed-Dose Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy Pyramax®
Date of first enrolment: June 22, 2017
Target sample size: 8572
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03201770
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Cameroon Congo Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Côte D'Ivoire Gabon
Contacts
Name:     Michael Ramharter, MD, DTM&H
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Affiliation:  CERMEL, University of Tübingen, Germany
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Uncomplicated malaria (Plasmodia of any species) diagnosed as per national policies
and in line with WHO recommendations:

- Fever or history of fever in the previous 24 h and/or the presence of anaemia,
for which pallor of the palms appears to be the most reliable sign in young
children.

- Confirmation of malaria by a parasitological diagnosis (RDT or Microscopy (thick
blood smear). analysis).

- Weight =5 kg - < 20 kg (granules); =20 kg (tablets).

- Ability to take an oral medication.

- Ability and willingness to participate based on signed informed consent (a parent or a
guardian has to sign for children below 18 years old) and on signed assent form for
minors that could be required per national regulations in each participating country.

- The patient has to comply with all scheduled follow-up visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with clinical signs or symptoms of hepatic injury (such as nausea, abdominal
pain associated with jaundice) or known severe liver disease (i.e. decompensated
cirrhosis, Child-Pugh stage 3 or 4).

- Known allergy to artemisinin and/or to pyronaridine.

- Known pregnancy.

- Lactating women should be excluded if other anti-malarial treatments are available.

- Complicated malaria as per WHO definition (Annex 2)

- Patients that the investigator considers would be at particular risk if receiving an
anti-malarial or if participating in the study.

- Patients having been treated with Pyramax in the previous 28 days.



Age minimum: 3 Months
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Malaria,Falciparum
Intervention(s)
Drug: pyronaridine artesunate
Primary Outcome(s)
Evaluation and identification of hepatic safety events, including raised liver function tests [Time Frame: Assessment up to Day 28.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Overall safety [Time Frame: Assessment up to Day 28.]
Evaluation of Efficacy [Time Frame: Assessment up to Day 28.]
Secondary ID(s)
SP-C-021-15
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Medicines for Malaria Venture
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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