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Table 2 Ongoing clinical studies

From: The story of artesunate–mefloquine (ASMQ), innovative partnerships in drug development: case study

Country

Study type

Phase

n

Primary objective

Nigeria

Sickle cell proguanil vs AS+MQ vs SP+AQ

1/2

270

Safety and tolerability of bi-monthly intermittent preventive treatment with AS+MQ or sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine + amodiaquine compared to proguanil for prevention of malaria and related complications in patients with sickle cell anaemia

Amazon Basin

Efficacy

2/3

100

Evaluate the effectiveness of ASMQ FDC to treat uncomplicated falciparum malaria in the Juruá Valley

Burkina Faso

Pregnant women

2/3

48

PK of ASMQ FDC in pregnant women

Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Zambia

Pregnant women: ASMQ vs DHA-PQ vs ASAQ vs AL

3

3500

Efficacy and safety of four ACTs (artemether-lumefantrine, amodiaquine-artesunate, mefloquine-artesunate and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine) in pregnant women with P. falciparum malaria

Tanzania, Burkina Faso and Kenya

Efficacy, safety and PK in children ASMQ vs AL

4

940

Efficacy, safety and population pharmacokinetics ASMQ FDC in African children vs artemether-lumefantrine

Thailand

Pregnant women: ASMQ vs DHA-PQ vs AL

3

1,000

Randomized trial of three ACT for malaria in pregnancy (DMA)

Brazil

Efficacy and safety P. vivax: ASMQ+PQ vs CQ+PQ vs AL+PQ

3

264

Efficacy and safety for treating P. vivax: ASMQ+PQ vs CQ+PQ vs AL+PQ