2020
Evaluation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in two areas of intense seasonal malaria transmission: Secondary analysis of a household-randomised, placebo-controlled trial in Houndé District, Burkina Faso and Bougouni District, Mali
Cairns M, Sagara I, Zongo I, Kuepfer I, Thera I, Nikiema F, Diarra M, Yerbanga S, Barry A, Tapily A, Coumare S, Milligan P, Tinto H, Ouédraogo J, Chandramohan D, Greenwood B, Djimde A, Dicko A. Evaluation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in two areas of intense seasonal malaria transmission: Secondary analysis of a household-randomised, placebo-controlled trial in Houndé District, Burkina Faso and Bougouni District, Mali. PLOS Medicine 2020, 17: e1003214. PMID: 32822362, PMCID: PMC7442230, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeasonal malaria chemopreventionMalaria chemopreventionUncomplicated malariaTransmission seasonIntense seasonal malaria transmissionDay 28 PCRParasitological response rateUncomplicated clinical malariaPlacebo-controlled trialIncidence of hospitalisationSeasonal malaria transmissionIncidence rate ratiosBurden of malariaRapid diagnostic testsBougouni DistrictAsymptomatic malariaClinical malariaPlacebo groupStudy drugMalaria parasitaemiaAge range 3Parent trialAmodiaquine resistancePrevalence ratiosProtective efficacy
2018
Pyronaridine–artesunate or dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine versus current first-line therapies for repeated treatment of uncomplicated malaria: a randomised, multicentre, open-label, longitudinal, controlled, phase 3b/4 trial
Drugs T, Sagara I, Beavogui A, Zongo I, Soulama I, Borghini-Fuhrer I, Fofana B, Traore A, Diallo N, Diakite H, Togo A, Koumare S, Keita M, Camara D, Somé A, Coulibaly A, Traore O, Dama S, Goita S, Djimde M, Bamadio A, Dara N, Maiga H, Sidibe B, Dao F, Coulibaly M, Alhousseini M, Niangaly H, Sangare B, Diarra M, Coumare S, Kabore M, Ouattara S, Barry A, Kargougou D, Diarra A, Henry N, Soré H, Bougouma E, Thera I, Compaore Y, Sutherland C, Sylla M, Nikiema F, Diallo M, Dicko A, Picot S, Borrmann S, Duparc S, Miller R, Doumbo O, Shin J, Gil J, Björkman A, Ouedraogo J, Sirima S, Djimde A. Pyronaridine–artesunate or dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine versus current first-line therapies for repeated treatment of uncomplicated malaria: a randomised, multicentre, open-label, longitudinal, controlled, phase 3b/4 trial. The Lancet 2018, 391: 1378-1390. PMID: 29606364, PMCID: PMC5889791, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(18)30291-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArtemisinin-based combination therapyFirst-line artemisinin-based combination therapyArtemether-lumefantrineDay 28Day 42Study drugUncomplicated malariaMalaria episodesEligible participantsIncidence ratePan African Clinical Trials RegistryUncomplicated P falciparum malariaCurrent first-line therapyAfrican Clinical Trials RegistryDeveloping Countries Clinical Trials PartnershipDihydroartemisinin-piperaquine treatmentFirst malaria episodeP falciparum malariaUncomplicated malaria episodesFirst-line therapyHistory of feverClinical Trials RegistryNon-falciparum speciesMild transient elevationUK Medical Research Council