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Mehdipour P, Rajasekhar M, Dini S, Zaloumis S, Abreha T, Adam I, Awab GR, Baird JK, Brasil LW, Chu CS, Cui L, Daher A, do Socorro M Gomes M, Gonzalez-Ceron L, Hwang J, Karunajeewa H, Lacerda MVG, Ladeia-Andrade S, Leslie T, Ley B, Lidia K, Llanos-Cuentas A, Longley RJ, Monteiro WM, Pereira DB, Rijal KR, Saravu K, Sutanto I, Taylor WRJ, Thanh PV, Thriemer K, Vieira JLF, White NJ, Zuluaga-Idarraga LM, Guerin PJ, Price RN, Simpson JA, Commons RJ. Effect of adherence to primaquine on the risk of Plasmodium vivax recurrence: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Malar J 2023; 22:306. [PMID: 37817240 PMCID: PMC10563365 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-023-04725-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Imperfect adherence is a major barrier to effective primaquine radical cure of Plasmodium vivax. This study investigated the effect of reduced adherence on the risk of P. vivax recurrence. METHODS Efficacy studies of patients with uncomplicated P. vivax malaria, including a treatment arm with daily primaquine, published between January 1999 and March 2020 were identified. Individual patient data from eligible studies were pooled using standardized methodology. Adherence to primaquine was inferred from i) the percentage of supervised doses and ii) the total mg/kg dose received compared to the target total mg/kg dose per protocol. The effect of adherence to primaquine on the incidence of P. vivax recurrence between days 7 and 90 was investigated by Cox regression analysis. RESULTS Of 82 eligible studies, 32 were available including 6917 patients from 18 countries. For adherence assessed by percentage of supervised primaquine, 2790 patients (40.3%) had poor adherence (≤ 50%) and 4127 (59.7%) had complete adherence. The risk of recurrence by day 90 was 14.0% [95% confidence interval: 12.1-16.1] in patients with poor adherence compared to 5.8% [5.0-6.7] following full adherence; p = 0.014. After controlling for age, sex, baseline parasitaemia, and total primaquine dose per protocol, the rate of the first recurrence was higher following poor adherence compared to patients with full adherence (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR) = 2.3 [1.8-2.9]). When adherence was quantified by total mg/kg dose received among 3706 patients, 347 (9.4%) had poor adherence, 88 (2.4%) had moderate adherence, and 3271 (88.2%) had complete adherence to treatment. The risks of recurrence by day 90 were 8.2% [4.3-15.2] in patients with poor adherence and 4.9% [4.1-5.8] in patients with full adherence; p < 0.001. CONCLUSION Reduced adherence, including less supervision, increases the risk of vivax recurrence.
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- Parinaz Mehdipour
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- ICAP, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Unaizah College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
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- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Nangarhar Medical Faculty, Nangarhar University, Jalalabad, Afghanistan
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit Indonesia, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Diretoria de Ensino E Pesquisa, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, AM, Brazil
- Programa de Pós‑Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade Do Estado Do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brazil
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Fiocruz Clinical Research Platform, Vice-Presidency of Research and Biological Collections, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Superintendência de Vigilância Em Saúde Do Estado Do Amapá - SVS/AP, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil
- Federal University of aMAPA, Universidade Federal Do Amapá - UNIFAP), Macapá, Amapá, Brazil
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- Regional Centre for Public Health Research, National Institute for Public Health, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
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- U.S. President's Malaria Initiative, Malaria Branch, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Medicine-Western Health, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne, St. Albans, VIC, Australia
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil
- Instituto Leônidas & Maria Deane, Fiocruz, Manaus, Brazil
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
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- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Nova University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- HealthNet-TPO, Kabul, Afghanistan
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Universitas Nusa Cendana, Kupang, Indonesia
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- Unit of Leishmaniasis and Malaria, Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Alexander Von Humboldt", Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Mahidol Vivax Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Centro de Pesquisa Em Medicina Tropical de Rondonia (CEPEM), Porto Velho, Brazil
- Fundação Universidade Federal de Rondonia (UNIR), Porto Velho, Brazil
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- Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Madhava Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka, India
- Manipal Centre for Infectious Diseases, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Madhava Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Federal University of Pará, Universidade Federal Do Pará - UFPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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- Grupo Malaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
- Facultad Nacional de Salud Publica, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), Oxford, UK
- Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO), Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
- WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia.
- WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), Asia-Pacific Regional Centre, Darwin, NT, Australia.
- General and Subspecialty Medicine, Grampians Health - Ballarat, Ballarat, Australia.
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Osei L, Basurko C, Nacher M, Vignier N, Elenga N. About the need to address pediatric health inequalities in French Guiana : a scoping review. Arch Pediatr 2022; 29:340-346. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2022.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2021] [Revised: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Salles PF, Perce-da-Silva DS, Rossi AD, Raposo LR, Ramirez Ramirez AD, Pereira Bastos OM, Pratt-Riccio LR, Cassiano GC, Baptista ARS, Cardoso CC, Banic DM, Machado RLD. CYP2D6 Allele Frequency in Five Malaria Vivax Endemic Areas From Brazilian Amazon Region. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:542342. [PMID: 34366834 PMCID: PMC8343396 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.542342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Genetic variability was linked with individual responses to treatment and susceptibility to malaria by Plasmodium vivax. Polymorphisms in the CYP2D6 gene may modulate enzyme level and activity, thereby affecting individual responses to pharmacological treatment. The aim of the study was to investigate whether or not CYP2D6 single nucleotide polymorphisms rs1065852, rs38920-97, rs16947 and rs28371725 are unequally distributed in malaria by Plasmodium vivax individuals from the Brazilian Amazon region. The blood samples were collected from 220 unrelated Plasmodium vivax patients from five different endemic areas. Genotyping was performed using SNaPshot® and real-time polymerase chain reaction methods. In all five areas, the rs1065852 (CYP2D6*10, C.100C > T), rs3892097 (CYP2D6*4, 1846C > T) and rs16947 (CYP2D6*2, C.2850G > A), as a homozygous genotype, showed the lowest frequencies. The rs28371725 (CYP2D6*41, 2988G > A) homozygous genotype was not detected, while the allele A was found in a single patient from Macapá region. No deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were found, although a borderline p-value was observed (p = 0.048) for the SNP rs3892097 in Goianésia do Pará, Pará state. No significant associations were detected in these frequencies among the five studied areas. For the SNP rs3892097, a higher frequency was observed for the C/T heterozygous genotype in the Plácido de Castro and Macapá, Acre and Amapá states, respectively. The distribution of the CYP2D6 alleles investigated in the different areas of the Brazilian Amazon is not homogeneous. Further investigations are necessary in order to determine which alleles might be informative to assure optimal drug dosing recommendations based on experimental pharmacogenetics.
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- Paula Ferreira Salles
- Centro de Investigação de Microrganismos, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunologia Clínica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Saúde Global e Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Virologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunologia Clínica, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Emergence of Plasmodium vivax Resistance to Chloroquine in French Guiana. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2019; 63:AAC.02116-18. [PMID: 31481442 PMCID: PMC6811453 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02116-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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In South America, Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine was recently reported in Brazil and Bolivia. The objective of this study was to collect data on chloroquine resistance in French Guiana by associating a retrospective evaluation of therapeutic efficacy with an analysis of recurrent parasitemia from any patients. Patients with P. vivax infection, confirmed by microscopy and a body temperature of ≥37.5°C, were retrospectively identified at Cayenne Hospital between 2009 and 2015. Follow-up and treatment responses were performed according to the World Health Organization protocol. Parasite resistance was confirmed after dosage of a plasma concentration of chloroquine and microsatellite characterization. The pvmdr1 and pvcrt-o genes were analyzed for sequence and gene copy number variation. Among the 172 patients followed for 28 days, 164 presented adequate clinical and parasitological responses. Eight cases of treatment failures were identified (4.7%; n = 8/172), all after 14 days. The therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine was estimated at 95.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 92.5 to 98.1%; n = 164/172). Among the eight failures, five were characterized: two cases were true P. vivax chloroquine resistance (1.2%; 95% CI, 0 to 2.6%; n = 2/172), and three cases were found with subtherapeutic concentrations of chloroquine. No particular polymorphism in the Plasmodium vivax pvmdr1 and pvcrt-o genes was identified in the resistant parasites. This identified level of resistance of P. vivax to chloroquine in French Guiana does not require a change in therapeutic recommendations. However, primaquine should be administered more frequently to limit the spread of resistance, and there is still a need for a reliable molecular marker to facilitate the monitoring of P. vivax resistance to chloroquine.
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Commons RJ, Simpson JA, Thriemer K, Chu CS, Douglas NM, Abreha T, Alemu SG, Añez A, Anstey NM, Aseffa A, Assefa A, Awab GR, Baird JK, Barber BE, Borghini-Fuhrer I, D'Alessandro U, Dahal P, Daher A, de Vries PJ, Erhart A, Gomes MSM, Grigg MJ, Hwang J, Kager PA, Ketema T, Khan WA, Lacerda MVG, Leslie T, Ley B, Lidia K, Monteiro WM, Pereira DB, Phan GT, Phyo AP, Rowland M, Saravu K, Sibley CH, Siqueira AM, Stepniewska K, Taylor WRJ, Thwaites G, Tran BQ, Hien TT, Vieira JLF, Wangchuk S, Watson J, William T, Woodrow CJ, Nosten F, Guerin PJ, White NJ, Price RN. The haematological consequences of Plasmodium vivax malaria after chloroquine treatment with and without primaquine: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. BMC Med 2019; 17:151. [PMID: 31366382 PMCID: PMC6670141 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1386-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Malaria causes a reduction in haemoglobin that is compounded by primaquine, particularly in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. The aim of this study was to determine the relative contributions to red cell loss of malaria and primaquine in patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax. METHODS A systematic review identified P. vivax efficacy studies of chloroquine with or without primaquine published between January 2000 and March 2017. Individual patient data were pooled using standardised methodology, and the haematological response versus time was quantified using a multivariable linear mixed effects model with non-linear terms for time. Mean differences in haemoglobin between treatment groups at day of nadir and day 42 were estimated from this model. RESULTS In total, 3421 patients from 29 studies were included: 1692 (49.5%) with normal G6PD status, 1701 (49.7%) with unknown status and 28 (0.8%) deficient or borderline individuals. Of 1975 patients treated with chloroquine alone, the mean haemoglobin fell from 12.22 g/dL [95% CI 11.93, 12.50] on day 0 to a nadir of 11.64 g/dL [11.36, 11.93] on day 2, before rising to 12.88 g/dL [12.60, 13.17] on day 42. In comparison to chloroquine alone, the mean haemoglobin in 1446 patients treated with chloroquine plus primaquine was - 0.13 g/dL [- 0.27, 0.01] lower at day of nadir (p = 0.072), but 0.49 g/dL [0.28, 0.69] higher by day 42 (p < 0.001). On day 42, patients with recurrent parasitaemia had a mean haemoglobin concentration - 0.72 g/dL [- 0.90, - 0.54] lower than patients without recurrence (p < 0.001). Seven days after starting primaquine, G6PD normal patients had a 0.3% (1/389) risk of clinically significant haemolysis (fall in haemoglobin > 25% to < 7 g/dL) and a 1% (4/389) risk of a fall in haemoglobin > 5 g/dL. CONCLUSIONS Primaquine has the potential to reduce malaria-related anaemia at day 42 and beyond by preventing recurrent parasitaemia. Its widespread implementation will require accurate diagnosis of G6PD deficiency to reduce the risk of drug-induced haemolysis in vulnerable individuals. TRIAL REGISTRATION This trial was registered with PROSPERO: CRD42016053312. The date of the first registration was 23 December 2016.
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Affiliation(s)
- Robert J Commons
- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. .,WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), Clinical Module, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.,Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- ICAP, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.,Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Organización Panamericana de Salud, Oficina de País Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Research Team, Bacterial, Parasitic, Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.,Nangarhar Medical Faculty, Nangarhar University, Jalalabad, Afghanistan
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.,Infectious Diseases Society Sabah-Menzies School of Health Research Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Vice-presidency of Research and Reference Laboratories, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tergooi Hospital, Hilversum, the Netherlands
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at LSTMH, Fajara, The Gambia
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- Superintendência de Vigilância em Saúde do Estado do Amapá - SVS/AP, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil.,Universidade Federal do Amapá - UNIFAP, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.,Infectious Diseases Society Sabah-Menzies School of Health Research Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- U.S. President's Malaria Initiative, Malaria Branch, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.,Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINEMA), Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.,Department of Biology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil.,Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane (FIOCRUZ-Amazonas), Manaus, Brazil
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,HealthNet-TPO, Kabul, Afghanistan
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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- The Department of Pharmacology and Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil.,Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical de Rondônia (CEPEM), Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.,Universidade Federal de Rondônia (UNIR), Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Tropical Diseases Clinical Research Center, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka, India.,Manipal McGill Center for Infectious Diseases, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), Oxford, UK.,Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil.,Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.,Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Tropical Diseases Clinical Research Center, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Federal University of Pará (Universidade Federal do Pará - UFPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Public Health Laboratory, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Infectious Diseases Society Sabah-Menzies School of Health Research Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.,Gleneagles Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. .,WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN), Clinical Module, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. .,Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. .,Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Thellier M, Simard F, Musset L, Cot M, Velut G, Kendjo E, Pradines B. Changes in malaria epidemiology in France and worldwide, 2000-2015. Med Mal Infect 2019; 50:99-112. [PMID: 31257063 DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2019.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
In 2015, 212 million new cases of malaria were reported, causing 429,000 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated a 41% decrease in the number of new cases worldwide between 2000 and 2015. The number of deaths from malaria fell by 62% worldwide and by 71% in Africa. In mainland France, malaria is mainly imported by travelers or migrants from endemic areas, in particular sub-Saharan Africa (95%). In France, the number of imported malaria cases, mainly due to Plasmodium falciparum (85%), was estimated at about 82,000 for the period 2000-2015. Over the same period, 6,468 cases of malaria were reported in the French armed forces, of which 2,430 cases (37.6%) were considered as imported because occurring outside of endemic areas. The number of malaria cases also fell between 2000 and 2015 in Mayotte and French Guiana, a malaria transmission zone. Mayotte has entered the elimination of malaria with less than 15 cases per year. In French Guiana, between 300 and 500 cases have been reported annually in recent years. The decline in morbidity and mortality is usually attributed to vector control measures and improved access to effective treatments. However, the Anopheles mosquitoes that transmit the disease have developed resistance against most insecticides. Similarly, malaria parasites have developed resistance against most of the antimalarial drugs used as prevention or treatment, even the latest marketed combinations such as artemisinin-based combination therapies.
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- M Thellier
- Service de parasitologie-mycologie, Centre national de référence du paludisme, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 47, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; UMRS 1136, iPLESP, institut Pierre-Louis d'épidémiologie et de santé publique, Sorbonne université, 27, rue Chaligny, 75571 Paris 12, France; UPMC, faculté de médecine, Sorbonne université, université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, 91, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- MIVEGEC, IRD-CNRS-university Montpellier, 911, avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de parasitologie, Centre collaborateur OMS pour la surveillance des résistances aux antipaludiques, institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23, avenue Louis Pasteur, 97300 Cayenne, France; Centre national de référence du paludisme, institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23, avenue Louis Pasteur, 97300 Cayenne, France
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- UMR2016, unité Mère et enfant face aux infections tropicales, institut de recherche pour le développement, 4, avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
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- Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des armées, GSBdD Marseille Aubagne, BP 40026, 13568 Marseille cedex 02, France; Direction interarmées du service de santé des armées, Quartier La Madeleine, 97306 Cayenne, France
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- Service de parasitologie-mycologie, Centre national de référence du paludisme, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 47, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France; UMRS 1136, iPLESP, institut Pierre-Louis d'épidémiologie et de santé publique, Sorbonne université, 27, rue Chaligny, 75571 Paris 12, France; UPMC, faculté de médecine, Sorbonne université, université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, 91, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Unité parasitologie et entomologie, institut de recherche biomédicale des armées, institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée Infection, 19-21, boulevard Jean-Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France; Aix Marseille université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée Infection, 19-21, boulevard Jean-Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France; Institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée Infection, 19-21, boulevard Jean-Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France; Centre national de référence du paludisme, institut hospitalo-universitaire Méditerranée Infection, 19-21, boulevard Jean-Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
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Mello AGNC, Vieira MVDF, Sena LWPD, Paixão TPD, Pinto ACG, Grisólia DPDA, Silva MT, Vieira JLF. Levels of primaquine and carboxyprimaquine in patients with malaria vivax from the Brazilian Amazon basin. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2018; 60:e66. [PMID: 30379233 PMCID: PMC6201764 DOI: 10.1590/s1678-9946201860066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
In the last two years, a substantial increase in the number of malaria vivax
cases has occurred in the Brazilian Amazon basin. The adequate exposure of
hypnozoites to primaquine is a matter of interest as these dormant forms are
responsible for the maintenance or even the increase of malaria burden in
endemic areas. The aim of this study was to estimate the levels of primaquine
and carboxyprimaquine in whole blood samples of patients with P.
vivax treated with chloroquine and an abbreviated regimen of
primaquine (0.5 mg/kg/d for 7 days), with adequate clinical and parasitological
outcomes after 180 days of follow-up. A total of 40 male patients met the
criteria for inclusion in the study. Primaquine and carboxyprimaquine were
measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. The levels of primaquine in
whole blood samples ranged from 40-238 ng/mL, 42-196 ng/mL and 42-150 ng/mL on
days 1, 3 and 7. The levels of carboxyprimaquine in whole blood samples ranged
from 87-234 ng/mL, 96-252 ng/mL and 74-448 ng/mL on days 1, 3 and 7. These data
provide a reliable estimation of exposure of the infecting parasite to
primaquine. Based on the regional pattern of relapse, the estimated blood levels
of primaquine can be considered effective against hypnozoites of the local
circulating strains of P. vivax.
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Farmácia, Laboratório de Farmacocinética de Antimaláricos, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Farmácia, Laboratório de Farmacocinética de Antimaláricos, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Farmácia, Laboratório de Farmacocinética de Antimaláricos, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Farmácia, Laboratório de Farmacocinética de Antimaláricos, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Farmácia, Laboratório de Farmacocinética de Antimaláricos, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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Commons RJ, Simpson JA, Thriemer K, Humphreys GS, Abreha T, Alemu SG, Añez A, Anstey NM, Awab GR, Baird JK, Barber BE, Borghini-Fuhrer I, Chu CS, D'Alessandro U, Dahal P, Daher A, de Vries PJ, Erhart A, Gomes MSM, Gonzalez-Ceron L, Grigg MJ, Heidari A, Hwang J, Kager PA, Ketema T, Khan WA, Lacerda MVG, Leslie T, Ley B, Lidia K, Monteiro WM, Nosten F, Pereira DB, Phan GT, Phyo AP, Rowland M, Saravu K, Sibley CH, Siqueira AM, Stepniewska K, Sutanto I, Taylor WRJ, Thwaites G, Tran BQ, Tran HT, Valecha N, Vieira JLF, Wangchuk S, William T, Woodrow CJ, Zuluaga-Idarraga L, Guerin PJ, White NJ, Price RN. The effect of chloroquine dose and primaquine on Plasmodium vivax recurrence: a WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network systematic review and individual patient pooled meta-analysis. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2018; 18:1025-1034. [PMID: 30033231 PMCID: PMC6105624 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30348-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Chloroquine remains the mainstay of treatment for Plasmodium vivax malaria despite increasing reports of treatment failure. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the effect of chloroquine dose and the addition of primaquine on the risk of recurrent vivax malaria across different settings. METHODS A systematic review done in MEDLINE, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews identified P vivax clinical trials published between Jan 1, 2000, and March 22, 2017. Principal investigators were invited to share individual patient data, which were pooled using standardised methods. Cox regression analyses with random effects for study site were used to investigate the roles of chloroquine dose and primaquine use on rate of recurrence between day 7 and day 42 (primary outcome). The review protocol is registered in PROSPERO, number CRD42016053310. FINDINGS Of 134 identified chloroquine studies, 37 studies (from 17 countries) and 5240 patients were included. 2990 patients were treated with chloroquine alone, of whom 1041 (34·8%) received a dose below the target 25 mg/kg. The risk of recurrence was 32·4% (95% CI 29·8-35·1) by day 42. After controlling for confounders, a 5 mg/kg higher chloroquine dose reduced the rate of recurrence overall (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR] 0·82, 95% CI 0·69-0·97; p=0·021) and in children younger than 5 years (0·59, 0·41-0·86; p=0·0058). Adding primaquine reduced the risk of recurrence to 4·9% (95% CI 3·1-7·7) by day 42, which is lower than with chloroquine alone (AHR 0·10, 0·05-0·17; p<0·0001). INTERPRETATION Chloroquine is commonly under-dosed in the treatment of vivax malaria. Increasing the recommended dose to 30 mg/kg in children younger than 5 years could reduce substantially the risk of early recurrence when primaquine is not given. Radical cure with primaquine was highly effective in preventing early recurrence and may also improve blood schizontocidal efficacy against chloroquine-resistant P vivax. FUNDING Wellcome Trust, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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- Robert J Commons
- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network, Clinical module, Darwin, NT, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network, Oxford, UK; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- ICAP, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Organización Panamericana de Salud, Oficina de país Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Nangarhar Medical Faculty, Nangarhar University, Jalalabad Afghanistan
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; Infectious Diseases Society Sabah-Menzies School of Health Research Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Unit of Malariology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium; Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia
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- WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network, Oxford, UK; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Vice-Presidency of Research and Reference Laboratories, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Tergooi Hospital, Hilversum, Netherlands
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- Unit of Malariology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium; Medical Research Council Unit, Fajara, The Gambia; Global Health Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium
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- Superintendência de Vigilância em Saúde do Estado do Amapá -SVS/AP, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil; Federal University of Amapá, Macapá, Amapá, Brazil
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- Regional Centre for Public Health Research, National Institute for Public Health, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; Infectious Diseases Society Sabah-Menzies School of Health Research Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Parasitology, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- US President's Malaria Initiative, Malaria Branch, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA; Global Health Group, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Department of Biology, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia
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- International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Leônidas e Maria Deane (FIOCRUZ-Amazonas), Manaus, Brazil
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK; HealthNet-TPO, Kabul, Afghanistan
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Nusa Cendana University, Kupang, Indonesia
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Rondônia, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Tropical Diseases Clinical Research Center, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India; Manipal McGill Center for Infectious Diseases, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network, Oxford, UK; Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil; Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Tropical Diseases Clinical Research Center, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Public Health Laboratory, Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Thimphu, Bhutan
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- Infectious Diseases Society Sabah-Menzies School of Health Research Clinical Research Unit, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia; Infectious Diseases Unit, Clinical Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Division of Clinical Sciences, St George's, University of London, London, UK
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- WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network, Oxford, UK; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Global Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia; WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network, Clinical module, Darwin, NT, Australia; Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Valdes A, Epelboin L, Mosnier E, Walter G, Vesin G, Abboud P, Melzani A, Blanchet D, Blaise N, Nacher M, Demar M, Djossou F. Primaquine 30 mg/day versus 15 mg/day during 14 days for the prevention of Plasmodium vivax relapses in adults in French Guiana: a historical comparison. Malar J 2018; 17:237. [PMID: 29921273 PMCID: PMC6009032 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2378-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The preventive treatment of Plasmodium vivax relapse recommended by the World Health Organization is primaquine at a dose of 15 mg/day for 14 days, except for malaria cases from Asia and Oceania. Since 2006, CDC recommends the use of primaquine at 30 mg/day for 14 days. In France, all cases of malaria due to P. vivax are treated with 30 mg of primaquine. This systematically increased dosage needs to be evaluated according to epidemiological context. The aim of the study was to compare relapses after 14 days of primaquine at 15 or 30 mg/day. METHODS All patients treated with primaquine after a vivax malaria episode in French Guiana, between 1 January, 2007 and 1 August, 2016, were studied. Based on the compulsory hospital pharmacy forms for primaquine delivery, adult patients who received 15 or 30 mg of primaquine during 14 days for hypnozoite eradication were included. The recommended dose was initially 15 mg and was changed to 30 mg in 2011. Vivax malaria recurrences within 2 months after primaquine treatment, and vivax malaria recurrences 2-6 months after primaquine in each treatment group were analysed using survival analysis at 2, 3 and 6 months. RESULTS Out of 544 patients included, 283 received 15 mg/day and 261 received 30 mg/day of primaquine. At 2 and 3 months after primaquine treatment, the number of recurrences was 7 (2.5%) and 19 (7.3%), and 9 (3.4%) and 15 (5.3%), in the 15 and 30 mg groups (p = 0.51 respectively 0.35), respectively. Within 3 months, the median time to recurrence was 2.05 months in the 15 and 30 mg groups. At 6 months after primaquine treatment, the number of recurrences was 25 (8.8%) and 31 (11.9%) at 15 and 30 mg, respectively (p = 0.24). The median time to recurrence was 2.38 months at 15 mg/day and of 2.64 months at 30 mg/day. CONCLUSIONS There were no significant differences between primaquine at 15 or 30 mg/day for 14 days in the prevention of P. vivax relapses at 2, 3 and 6 months after primaquine treatment in French Guiana.
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- Audrey Valdes
- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Rue de Flamboyants, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Rue de Flamboyants, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana.,Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale (EPAT), EA 3593, Université de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Rue de Flamboyants, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Rue de Flamboyants, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Rue de Flamboyants, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Rue de Flamboyants, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana.,Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale (EPAT), EA 3593, Université de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Rue de Flamboyants, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale (EPAT), EA 3593, Université de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.,Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Parasitologie et Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Service de Pharmacie, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale (EPAT), EA 3593, Université de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.,Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles Guyane, CIC INSERM1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Rue de Flamboyants, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana.,Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale (EPAT), EA 3593, Université de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon, Rue de Flamboyants, 97300, Cayenne, French Guiana. .,Ecosystèmes Amazoniens et Pathologie Tropicale (EPAT), EA 3593, Université de Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
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Daher A, Pereira D, Lacerda MVG, Alexandre MAA, Nascimento CT, Alves de Lima E Silva JC, Tada M, Ruffato R, Maia I, Dos Santos TC, Marchesini P, Santelli AC, Lalloo DG. Efficacy and safety of artemisinin-based combination therapy and chloroquine with concomitant primaquine to treat Plasmodium vivax malaria in Brazil: an open label randomized clinical trial. Malar J 2018; 17:45. [PMID: 29361939 PMCID: PMC5782374 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-018-2192-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background There is general international agreement that the importance of vivax malaria has been neglected, and there is a need for new treatment approaches in an effort to progress towards control and elimination in Latin America. This open label randomized clinical trial evaluated the efficacy and safety of three treatment regimens using either one of two fixed dose artemisinin-based combinations or chloroquine in combination with a short course of primaquine (7–9 days: total dose 3–4.2 mg/kg) in Brazil. The primary objective was establishing whether cure rates above 90% could be achieved in each arm. Results A total of 264 patients were followed up to day 63. The cure rate of all three treatment arms was greater than 90% at 28 and 42 days. Cure rates were below 90% in all three treatment groups at day 63, although the 95% confidence interval included 90% for all three treatments. Most of the adverse events were mild in all treatment arms. Only one of the three serious adverse events was related to the treatment and significant drops in haemoglobin were rare. Conclusion This study demonstrated the efficacy and safety of all three regimens that were tested with 42-day cure rates that meet World Health Organization criteria. The efficacy and safety of artemisinin-based combination therapy regimens in this population offers the opportunity to treat all species of malaria with the same regimen, simplifying protocols for malaria control programmes and potentially contributing to elimination of both vivax and falciparum malaria. Trial registration RBR-79s56s Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12936-018-2192-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- André Daher
- Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Vice-presidency of Research and Reference Laboratories, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
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- Tropical Medicine Research Center of Rondonia (CEPEM), Porto Velho, Brazil.,Federal University of Rondonia (UNIR), Porto Velho, Brazil
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- Research Institute Leônidas & Maria Deane, FIOCRUZ, Manaus, Brazil.,Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil
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- Tropical Medicine Research Center of Rondonia (CEPEM), Porto Velho, Brazil
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- Tropical Medicine Research Center of Rondonia (CEPEM), Porto Velho, Brazil
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- Vice-presidency of Research and Reference Laboratories, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil
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Lo E, Lam N, Hemming-Schroeder E, Nguyen J, Zhou G, Lee MC, Yang Z, Cui L, Yan G. Frequent Spread of Plasmodium vivax Malaria Maintains High Genetic Diversity at the Myanmar-China Border, Without Distance and Landscape Barriers. J Infect Dis 2017; 216:1254-1263. [PMID: 28329141 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Background In Myanmar, civil unrest and the establishment of internally displaced person (IDP) settlements along the Myanmar-China border have impacted malaria transmission. Methods Microsatellite markers were used to examine source-sink dynamics for Plasmodium vivax between IDP settlements and surrounding villages in the border region. Genotypic structure and diversity were compared across the 3 years following the establishment of IDP settlements, to infer demographic history. We investigated whether human migration and landscape heterogeneity contributed to P. vivax transmission. Results P. vivax from IDP settlements and local communities consistently exhibited high genetic diversity within populations but low polyclonality within individuals. No apparent genetic structure was observed among populations and years. P. vivax genotypes in China were similar to those in Myanmar, and parasite introduction was unidirectional. Landscape factors, including distance, elevation, and land cover, do not appear to impede parasite gene flow. Conclusions The admixture of P. vivax genotypes suggested that parasite gene flow via human movement contributes to the spread of malaria both locally in Myanmar and across the international border. Our genetic findings highlight the presence of large P. vivax gene reservoirs that can sustain transmission. Thus, it is important to reinforce and improve existing control efforts along border areas.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eugenia Lo
- Program in Public Health, University of California-Irvine
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- Program in Public Health, University of California-Irvine
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- Program in Public Health, University of California-Irvine
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- Program in Public Health, University of California-Irvine
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- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, Kunming Medical University, China
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- Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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- Program in Public Health, University of California-Irvine
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Pedro RS, Brasil P, Pina-Costa A, Machado CR, Damasceno LS, Daniel-Ribeiro CT, Guaraldo L. Pharmacotherapy follow-up: Role in active malaria surveillance in a travel medicine centre outside the transmission area in Brazil. J Clin Pharm Ther 2017; 42:750-757. [PMID: 28612497 DOI: 10.1111/jcpt.12575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE Malaria is a potentially severe disease, widespread in tropical and subtropical areas. Apart from parasite drug resistance, which receives the largest share of attention, several factors directly influence the response to antimalarial treatment such as incorrect doses, adverse drug events, lack of adherence to treatment, drug quality and drug-drug interactions. Pharmacotherapy follow-up can be used to monitor and improve the effectiveness of treatment, prevent drug-related problems and ensure patient safety. The aim of this study was to describe the results of the implementation of pharmacotherapy follow-up of patients with malaria seen at a reference centre for malaria diagnosis and treatment (CPD-Mal) located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, an area without malaria transmission. METHODS A descriptive study was conducted from January 2009 to September 2013 at the Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI) of the Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz). All malaria patients enrolled in the study were treated according to the Brazilian Malaria Therapy Guidelines. Data collected during pharmacotherapy follow-up were recorded in a standardized form. The variables included were age, gender, comorbidities, antimalarials and concomitant medications used, adverse drug reactions (ADR), clinical and parasitological cure times, and treatment outcomes classified as success, recurrence (recrudescence or relapse); and lost to follow-up. The ADR were classified by severity (DAIDS-NIH), organ system affected (WHO-ART) and likelihood to be caused by drugs (Naranjo scale). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION One hundred thirteen cases of malaria were included. Patients were aged between 13 and 66 years and the majority of them (75.2%) were male. Ninety-four ADR were observed, most classified as mild (85.1%), related to disorders of the gastrointestinal system (63.8%), such as nausea and vomiting, and assessed as "possibly" caused by the antimalarial drugs (91.5%). The majority of clinical (90.9%) and parasitological (87.1%) cure occurred less than 72 hours after treatment initiation. Pharmacotherapy follow-up of malaria treatment by surveillance activities is therefore important regarding information about treatment outcomes as well as patient safety, resulting in better patient care and reducing the chance of relapses. The results underscore its use as a tool for monitoring adherence and drug resistance outside an endemic area. WHAT IS NEW AND CONCLUSION Pharmacotherapy follow-up should be considered a useful malaria surveillance tool that can be developed by reference centres for comprehensive health care assistance and monitoring of therapeutic resistance.
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- R S Pedro
- Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária (CPD-Mal), Fiocruz and Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS)-Ministério da Saúde (MS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária (CPD-Mal), Fiocruz and Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS)-Ministério da Saúde (MS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária (CPD-Mal), Fiocruz and Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS)-Ministério da Saúde (MS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária (CPD-Mal), Fiocruz and Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS)-Ministério da Saúde (MS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária (CPD-Mal), Fiocruz and Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS)-Ministério da Saúde (MS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária (CPD-Mal), Fiocruz and Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS)-Ministério da Saúde (MS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Laboratório de Pesquisa em Malária, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI), Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Centro de Pesquisa, Diagnóstico e Treinamento em Malária (CPD-Mal), Fiocruz and Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde (SVS)-Ministério da Saúde (MS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Gomes MDSM, Vieira JLF, Cassiano GC, Musset L, Legrand E, Nacher M, Couto VSCD, Machado RLD, Couto ÁARD. EVALUATION OF CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN OF Plasmodium vivax TO ESTIMATE ITS PREVALENCE IN OIAPOQUE , AMAPÁ STATE, BRAZIL, BORDERING FRENCH GUIANA. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2016; 58:72. [PMID: 27680177 PMCID: PMC5048643 DOI: 10.1590/s1678-9946201658072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Malaria is a major health problem for people who live on the border between Brazil
and French Guiana. Here we discuss Plasmodium vivax distribution
pattern in the town of Oiapoque, Amapá State using the
circumsporozoite (CS) gene as a marker. Ninety-one peripheral blood samples from
P. vivax patients have been studied. Of these, 64 individuals
were from the municipality of Oiapoque (Amapá
State, Brazil) and 27 patients from French Guiana (August to December 2011). DNA
extraction was performed, and a fragment of the P. vivax CS gene was
subsequently analyzed using PCR/RFLP. The VK210 genotype was the most common in both
countries (48.36% in Brazil and 14.28% in French Guiana), followed by the P.
vivax-like (1.10% in both Brazil and French Guiana) and VK247 (1.10% only
in Brazil) in single infections. We were able to detect all three CS genotypes
simultaneously in mixed infections. There were no statistically significant
differences either regarding infection site or parasitaemia among individuals with
different genotypes. These results suggest that the same genotypes circulating in
French Guiana are found in the municipality of Oiapoque in Brazil.
These findings suggest that there may be a dispersion of parasitic populations
occurring between the two countries. Most likely, this distribution is associated
with prolonged and/or more complex transmission patterns of these genotypes in
Brazil, bordering French Guiana.
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- Margarete do Socorro Mendonça Gomes
- Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Amapá. Amapá State, Brazil. E-mail: .,Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, Pará State, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ;
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas. São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil. E-mails: ;
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- Laboratoire de parasitologie, Centre National de référence du Paludisme, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane. Cayenne, French Guiana. E-mails: ;
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- Laboratoire de parasitologie, Centre National de référence du Paludisme, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane. Cayenne, French Guiana. E-mails: ;
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- Université des Antilles et de la Guyane. Cayenne, French Guiana. E-mail:
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- Universidade Federal do Pará. Belém, Pará State, Brazil. E-mails: ; ; ; .,Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas. São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil. E-mails: ; .,Instituto Evandro Chagas. Ananindeua, Pará State, Brazil. E-mail:
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Pereira D, Daher A, Zanini G, Maia I, Fonseca L, Pitta L, Ruffato R, Marchesini P, Fontes CJ. Safety, efficacy and pharmacokinetic evaluations of a new coated chloroquine tablet in a single-arm open-label non-comparative trial in Brazil: a step towards a user-friendly malaria vivax treatment. Malar J 2016; 15:477. [PMID: 27639847 PMCID: PMC5027105 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1530-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Malaria remains a major public health problem, with half the world population at risk of contracting malaria. The effects of Plasmodium vivax on prosperity and longevity have been highlighted in several recent clinical case reports. The first line of vivax treatment drugs has seen no radical innovation for more than 60 years. This study introduces a subtle incremental innovation to vivax treatment: a chloroquine and primaquine co-blister. The co-blister includes a new chloroquine formulation incorporating coated tablets to mask the drug's bitter taste and user-friendly packaging containing tablets of each drug, which may improve patient adherence and facilitate the appropriate use of the drugs. This new formulation will replace the non-coated chloroquine distributed in Brazil. METHODS Patients were orally treated with 150 mg coated chloroquine tablets for 3 days: an initial 450 mg dose, followed by two 300 mg doses. The patients were treated concomitantly with two 15 mg primaquine tablets for 7-9 days, according to their weight. The primary objective of this study was to prove parasitological and clinical cure rates above 90 % by day 28. RESULTS This single-arm open-label non-comparative trial was conducted according to the WHO recommended methodology for the surveillance of anti-malarial drug efficacy in the Brazilian Amazon. On day 28, the parasitological and clinical response was adequate in 98.8 % of patients (CI 95 % 93.4-100 %). The success rate on day 3 was 100 %, and the cumulative success rate by day 28 was 98.8 % (CI 95 % 91.7-99.8 %). There were no serious adverse events, with most adverse events classified as mild. The pharmacokinetic parameters of chloroquine analysed in whole blood dry spot samples showed mean (coefficient of variation) Cmax and AUC0-t values of 374.44 (0.35) and 3700.43 (0.36) ng/mL, respectively. DISCUSSION This study reports an appropriate safety and efficacy profile of a new formulation of coated chloroquine tablets for vivax malaria treatment in the Brazilian Amazon. The cure rates meet the WHO efficacy criteria, supporting current Brazilian guidelines and the use of the formulation for vivax malaria treatment. Nevertheless, further studies should be conducted to address adherence and the effectiveness of the formulation. Trial registration RBR-77q7t3-UTN: U1111-1121-2982. Registered 10th May 2011.
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- Dhelio Pereira
- Tropical Medicine Research Center of Rondônia (CEPEM), Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.,Laboratory of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Disease, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR), Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
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- Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Vice-presidency of Research and Reference Laboratories, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, National Institute of Infectious Disease, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Vice-presidency of Research and Reference Laboratories, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pharmacokinetics (Sefar), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Institute of Drug Technology (Farmanguinhos), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Tropical Medicine Research Center of Rondônia (CEPEM), Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
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- National Programme of Malaria Control, Ministry of Health, Brasília, Brazil
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- Julio Müller Hospital, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
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