2021
Persistent Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia 72 Hours after Treatment with Artemether-Lumefantrine Predicts 42-Day Treatment Failure in Mali and Burkina Faso
Beshir K, Diallo N, Somé F, Sombie S, Zongo I, Fofana B, Traore A, Dama S, Bamadio A, Traore O, Coulibaly S, Maurice O, Diarra A, Kaboré J, Kodio A, Togo A, Dara N, Coulibaly M, Dao F, Nikiema F, Compaore Y, Kabore N, Barry N, Soulama I, Sagara I, Sirima S, Ouédraogo J, Djimde A, Sutherland C. Persistent Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia 72 Hours after Treatment with Artemether-Lumefantrine Predicts 42-Day Treatment Failure in Mali and Burkina Faso. Antimicrobial Agents And Chemotherapy 2021, 65: 10.1128/aac.00873-21. PMID: 34060901, PMCID: PMC8284475, DOI: 10.1128/aac.00873-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArtemether-lumefantrineClinical episodesFirst treatment episodeComplete parasite clearanceDrug treatment groupPlasmodium falciparum parasitemiaQuantitative PCRMalaria transmission intensityEvaluable patientsParasitological efficacyParasite clearanceTreatment failureSubmicroscopic parasitemiaTreatment episodesTreatment outcomesTreatment groupsBetter efficacyDay 42Short intervalsH posttreatmentParasitemiaRegimensPatientsBurkina FasoTransmission intensity
2014
Efficacy and Day 7 Plasma Piperaquine Concentrations in African Children Treated for Uncomplicated Malaria with Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine
Zongo I, Somé FA, Somda SA, Parikh S, Rouamba N, Rosenthal PJ, Tarning J, Lindegardh N, Nosten F, Ouédraogo JB. Efficacy and Day 7 Plasma Piperaquine Concentrations in African Children Treated for Uncomplicated Malaria with Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e103200. PMID: 25133389, PMCID: PMC4136730, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDHA-PQRecurrent malariaDaily dosePlasma concentrationsSingle-arm open-label trialHigher median plasma concentrationsFalciparum malaria treatmentMedian daily dosePharmacokinetics of piperaquineRate of recrudescenceOpen-label trialUncomplicated falciparum malariaMedian plasma concentrationVenous plasma concentrationsSuccessful treatment outcomeDihydroartemisinin-PiperaquineExploratory endpointsParasitological efficacyPiperaquine concentrationsUncomplicated malariaOverall recurrenceYounger patientsFalciparum malariaClinical efficacyCombination therapy