Overview

Reducing the Risk of P. Vivax After Falciparum Infections in Co-endemic Areas

Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2021-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study is designed as a multi-centre randomized, open label trial to compare the safety and efficacy of a high dose primaquine (PQ) treatment in G6PD normal patients with P. falciparum to reduce the risk of subsequent P. vivax episodes to current standard practice of providing only schizontocidal treatment.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Menzies School of Health Research
Collaborators:
Addis Ababa University
Arba Minch University
Arba Minch University, Ethiopia
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Treatments:
Primaquine