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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00639873
Date of registration: 14/03/2008
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Medical University of Vienna
Public title: Artemisinin Resistance in Bangladesh
Scientific title: Artemisinin Resistance in Bangladesh
Date of first enrolment: June 2008
Target sample size: 126
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00639873
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Bangladesh
Contacts
Name:     Harald Noedl, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Medical University of Vienna
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Acute symptomatic falciparum malaria infection as determined by malaria smear with a
parasite density of 1,000 to 100,000 asexual parasites/uL as determined on the
screening smear with fever (defined as =37.5C), or reported history of fever within
the last 48 hours.

2. Age: 8-65 years old

3. All females between the age of 12 and 50 are required to have a negative human
chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) pregnancy test (urine). All females of childbearing
potential (not surgically sterile, or less than two years menopausal) are required to
use an acceptable method of contraception throughout the study

4. Written informed consent obtained

5. Willing to stay under close medical supervision for the study duration of 42 days

6. Otherwise healthy outpatients

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Pregnant women, nursing mothers, or women of childbearing potential who do not use an
acceptable method of contraception

2. Mixed malaria infection on admission by malaria smear

3. A previous history of intolerance or hypersensitivity to the study drugs or to drugs
with similar chemical structures

4. Malaria drug therapy administered in the past 30 days by history

5. History of significant cardiovascular, liver or renal functional abnormality or any
other clinically significant illness, which in the opinion of the investigator would
place them at increased risk.

6. Symptoms of severe vomiting (no food or inability to take food during the previous 8
hours).

7. Signs or symptoms of severe malaria (as defined by WHO 2000)

8. Unable and/or unlikely to comprehend and/or follow the protocol



Age minimum: 8 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Malaria
Intervention(s)
Drug: quinine-doxycycline
Drug: Artesunate
Primary Outcome(s)
Cure [Time Frame: 42 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Treatment response [Time Frame: 42 Days]
Secondary ID(s)
MUW # 83/2008
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
World Health Organization
Ethics review
Results
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