2017
Population Pharmacokinetic Properties of Piperaquine in Falciparum Malaria: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
Hoglund RM, Workman L, Edstein MD, Thanh NX, Quang NN, Zongo I, Ouedraogo JB, Borrmann S, Mwai L, Nsanzabana C, Price RN, Dahal P, Sambol NC, Parikh S, Nosten F, Ashley EA, Phyo AP, Lwin KM, McGready R, Day NP, Guerin PJ, White NJ, Barnes KI, Tarning J. Population Pharmacokinetic Properties of Piperaquine in Falciparum Malaria: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. PLOS Medicine 2017, 14: e1002212. PMID: 28072872, PMCID: PMC5224788, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002212.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPiperaquine exposureDose regimenFalciparum malariaSmall childrenLarger childrenDay 7 plasma concentrationsThree-compartment disposition modelUncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malariaNonlinear mixed-effects modellingPopulation pharmacokinetic propertiesIndividual Participant Data Meta-AnalysisPlasmodium falciparum malariaPopulation pharmacokinetic modelData Meta-AnalysisGuideline development groupUseful therapeutic lifeYoung childrenWorldWide Antimalarial Resistance NetworkConcentration-time dataWorld Health OrganizationDose occasionPiperaquine pharmacokineticsMixed-effects modellingUncomplicated malariaDose regimens
2012
Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Piperaquine in Children With Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria
Tarning J, Zongo I, Somé FA, Rouamba N, Parikh S, Rosenthal PJ, Hanpithakpong W, Jongrak N, Day NP, White NJ, Nosten F, Ouedraogo J, Lindegardh N. Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Piperaquine in Children With Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2012, 91: 497-505. PMID: 22258469, PMCID: PMC3736305, DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2011.254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUncomplicated falciparum malariaFalciparum malariaPopulation pharmacokineticsThree-compartment distribution modelNonlinear mixed-effects modelingRecurrent malaria infectionsTotal piperaquine exposureArtemisinin combination treatmentWeight-normalized dosePlasma concentration-time profilesYoung childrenMixed-effects modelingConcentration-time profilesPiperaquine concentrationsPiperaquine exposureDose regimenMalaria infectionPlasma concentrationsPharmacodynamic propertiesCombination treatmentBody weightPiperaquineSignificant covariatesOlder childrenMalaria