2022
Seasonal use case for the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine: a mathematical modelling study
Thompson H, Hogan A, Walker P, Winskill P, Zongo I, Sagara I, Tinto H, Ouedraogo J, Dicko A, Chandramohan D, Greenwood B, Cairns M, Ghani A. Seasonal use case for the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine: a mathematical modelling study. The Lancet Global Health 2022, 10: e1782-e1792. PMID: 36400084, DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00416-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeasonal malaria chemopreventionSeasonal transmission settingsS vaccinationTransmission settingsTransmission seasonFull therapeutic coursePhase 3b trialSevere malaria outcomesUK Medical Research CouncilEstimates of casesDuration of protectionMalaria transmission intensityEntomological inoculation rateGreater absolute reductionMedical Research CouncilTransmission intensitySignificant additional protectionAge-based strategiesMalaria outcomesClinical malariaMalaria chemopreventionVaccination scheduleMalaria vaccineClinical incidenceClinical trialsThe duration of protection against clinical malaria provided by the combination of seasonal RTS,S/AS01E vaccination and seasonal malaria chemoprevention versus either intervention given alone
Cairns M, Barry A, Zongo I, Sagara I, Yerbanga S, Diarra M, Zoungrana C, Issiaka D, Sienou A, Tapily A, Sanogo K, Kaya M, Traore S, Diarra K, Yalcouye H, Sidibe Y, Haro A, Thera I, Snell P, Grant J, Tinto H, Milligan P, Chandramohan D, Greenwood B, Dicko A, Ouedraogo J. The duration of protection against clinical malaria provided by the combination of seasonal RTS,S/AS01E vaccination and seasonal malaria chemoprevention versus either intervention given alone. BMC Medicine 2022, 20: 352. PMID: 36203149, PMCID: PMC9540742, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02536-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuration of protectionSeasonal malaria chemopreventionClinical malariaMalaria chemopreventionProtective efficacyDifferent vaccine delivery systemsFlexible parametric survival modelsMalaria transmission seasonOverall protective efficacyVaccine delivery systemChild clusteringBooster dosesSeasonal vaccinationMalaria vaccinationSevere malariaDelivery intervalParametric survival modelsCox regressionMalaria vaccinePrimary seriesRecent trialsIntervention groupConclusionsThe efficacyAS01ECox model
2021
The Duration of Protection from Azithromycin Against Malaria, Acute Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, and Skin Infections When Given Alongside Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: Secondary Analyses of Data from a Clinical Trial in Houndé, Burkina Faso, and Bougouni, Mali
Phiri M, Cairns M, Zongo I, Nikiema F, Diarra M, Yerbanga R, Barry A, Tapily A, Coumare S, Thera I, Kuepfer I, Milligan P, Tinto H, Dicko A, Ouédraogo J, Greenwood B, Chandramohan D, Sagara I. The Duration of Protection from Azithromycin Against Malaria, Acute Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, and Skin Infections When Given Alongside Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention: Secondary Analyses of Data from a Clinical Trial in Houndé, Burkina Faso, and Bougouni, Mali. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021, 73: e2379-e2386. PMID: 33417683, PMCID: PMC8492219, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeasonal malaria chemopreventionMass drug administrationMalaria chemopreventionPlacebo-controlled trialEvidence of protectionDuration of protectionHospital admissionAcute respiratoryIllness episodesWeeks postadministrationClinical trialsSkin infectionsSkin conditionsDrug AdministrationProfile of protectionAzithromycinPoisson regressionChild survivalSecondary analysisBurkina FasoDifferent causesExtent of protectionChemopreventionMalariaAdministration
2020
The duration of chemoprophylaxis against malaria after treatment with artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine and the effects of pfmdr1 86Y and pfcrt 76T: a meta-analysis of individual patient data
Bretscher M, Dahal P, Griffin J, Stepniewska K, Bassat Q, Baudin E, D’Alessandro U, Djimde A, Dorsey G, Espié E, Fofana B, González R, Juma E, Karema C, Lasry E, Lell B, Lima N, Menéndez C, Mombo-Ngoma G, Moreira C, Nikiema F, Ouédraogo J, Staedke S, Tinto H, Valea I, Yeka A, Ghani A, Guerin P, Okell L. The duration of chemoprophylaxis against malaria after treatment with artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine and the effects of pfmdr1 86Y and pfcrt 76T: a meta-analysis of individual patient data. BMC Medicine 2020, 18: 47. PMID: 32098634, PMCID: PMC7043031, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-1494-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-line treatmentDuration of chemoprophylaxisPost-treatment prophylaxisIndividual patient dataAS-AQArtemether-lumefantrinePlasmodium falciparum malaria casesPfcrt 76TPatient dataFalciparum malaria casesPotential public health impactHigh transmission areasDuration of protectionLonger protectionPublic health impactTransmission intensityWild-type Pfmdr1Pfmdr1 86YMalaria morbidityClinical incidenceMean durationClinical trialsChemoprevention programMultivariable modelHigh prevalence