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Table 2 Clinical trials of clindamycin monotherapy against P. falciparum malaria

From: Macrolides and associated antibiotics based on similar mechanism of action like lincosamides in malaria

Study demographic details

Regimen

Year

Place

Reference

Pop

Nb

Dosage

Form

Nb doses/d

Route

Nb days

Efficacy (%)

1975

USA

Clyde, 1975 [50]

A

3

450 mg

Salt

3

PO

3

100

1975

Thailand

Hall, 1975 [79]

A

10

450 mg

Salt

3

PO

3

50

1981

Brazil

Alecrim, 1981 [80]

A

17

10 mg/kg

Salt

2

IV

3

65

1981

Brazil

Alecrim, 1981 [80]

A

14

10 mg/kg

Salt

2

IV + PO

7

100

1982

Brazil

Alecrim, 1982 [81]

A

26

10 mg/kg

Salt

2

IV, PO

5

100

1982

Philippines

Rivera, 1982 [82]

A

24

300 mg

Salt

2

IV + PO

7

100

1982

Philippines

Rivera, 1982 [82]

A

12

600 mg

Salt

2

IV + PO

7

100

1982

Philippines

Cabrera, 1982 [83]

A

12

10 mg/kg

Salt

2

IV + PO

7

100

1982

Philippines

Cabrera, 1982 [83]

A

19

20 mg/kg

Salt

2

IV

3

89

1984

Columbia

Restrepo, 1984 [84]

A

6

20 mg/kg

Salt

2

IV

3

100

1984

Columbia

Restrepo, 1984 [84]

A

9

10 mg/kg

Salt

2

IV + PO

7

100

1984

Columbia

Restrepo, 1984 [84]

A

5

20 mg/kg

Salt

2

IV

7

100

1984

Columbia

Restrepo, 1984 [84]

A

10

20 mg/kg

Salt

1

IV

7

100

1985

Sudan

El Wakeel, 1985 [85]

A

20

5 mg/kg

Salt

2

PO

5

90

1988

Brazil

Meira, 1988 [86]

A, C

129

10 mg/kg

Salt

2

PO, IV

5–7

97

1988

Brazil

Meira, 1988 [86]

A, C

16

10 mg/kg

Salt

1

PO, IV

5–7

50

1988

Brazil

Meira, 1988 [86]

A, C

35

2.5 mg/kg

Salt

1

PO

5

80

1989

Brazil

Kremsner, 1988 [20]

A

35

5 mg/kg

Base

2

PO

5

100

1990

Philippines

Salazar, 1990 [87]

A

31

300 mg

Salt

2

PO

5

100

1990

Philippines

Salazar, 1990 [87]

A

10

600 mg

Salt

2

PO

5

100

1993

Gabon

Salazar, 1990 [87]

A

38

5 mg/kg

Base

2

PO

5

97

1994

East Timor

Oemijati, 1994 [88]

A

30

300 mg

Salt

2

PO

5

100

  1. A adults, C children