The purpose of the study is to obtain efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetic (PK) data following treatment with artemether-lumefantrine dispersible tablet in infants \< 5 kg of body weight (BW) with uncomplicated falciparum malaria.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
One dispersible tablet taken orally twice a day during 3 days.
Novartis Investigative Site
Cotonou, Benin
Novartis investigative site
Cotonou, Benin
Novartis Investigative Site
Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso
Novartis investigative site
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Corrected 28 Day Parasitological Cure Rate
Number of participants with clearance of asexual parasites by day 7 after initiating study treatment without recrudescence at day 28, corrected for re-infection by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assay.
Time frame: 28 days
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Corrected Parasitological Cure Rate at Day 14 and 42
Number of participants with clearance of asexual parasites by day 7 after initiating study treatment without recrudescence at day 14 and day 42, corrected for re-infection by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assay.
Time frame: Day 14 and 42
Number of Participants With Parasitological Uncorrected Cure Rate at Day 3, 7, 14, 28 and 42
Number of patients with clearance of asexual parasites at day 3, 7, 14, 28 and 42 after initiating study treatment.
Time frame: Day 3, 7, 14, 28 and 42
Percent Change of Parasite Count From Baseline at 24 Hours
Percent change of parasite count from baseline at 24 hours
Time frame: baseline, 24 hours
Number of Participants With Parasitaemia at 48 Hours After Treatment Initiation Greater Than at Baseline
Number of participants with parasite density at 48 hours after treatment initiation greater than parasite density at baseline.
Time frame: 48 hours
Number of Participants With Parasitaemia at 72 Hours After Treatment Initiation Greater Than or Equal to 25 Percent of Count at Baseline
Number of participants with parasite density at 72 hours after treatment initiation greater than or equal to 25 percent of parasite density at baseline.
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Novartis investigative site
Calabar, Nigeria
Novartis investigative site
Kinshasa, Republic of the Congo
Novartis investigative site
Lomé, Togo
Time frame: 72 hours
Time to Parasite Clearance (PCT)
Time from first dose until first total and continued disappearance of asexual parasite forms which remains at least a further 48 hours.
Time frame: Up to 7 days
Time to Fever Clearance (FCT)
Time from first dose to the first time the axillary body temperature decreased below and remained below 37.5° C for at least 48 hours.
Time frame: Up to 7 days
Time to Gametocyte Clearance (GCT)
Time from first dose until first total and continued disappearance of gametocytes which remains at least a further 48 hours.
Time frame: Up to 7 days