Clinical trials: open to volunteers, in Papua New Guinea
Pharmacokinetics of Tafenoquine
Investigating the Pharmacokinetics of Tafenoquine in Healthy Papua New Guinean Children
Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread malaria species and the second largest contributor to symptomatic malaria worldwide.
- Trial name
- NCT07052162
- Testing
- Single dose tafenoquine (10 mg/kg) given with water, Single dose tafenoquine (10 mg/kg) given with fat
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Curtin University
Malaria
An Ultra-short Course of Primaquine for the Radical Cure of Vivax Malaria
Current treatment regimens to prevent relapsing malaria are too long. A shorter higher dose treatment could improve treatment outcomes, but this needs to be balanced against increased risk of side effects.
- Trial name
- PRIMUS (NCT07468526)
- Testing
- High dose ultra short Primaquine
- Where
- 5 sites in Ethiopia, Indonesia and 2 more
- Volunteers
- 1,019 people
- Sponsor
- Menzies School of Health Research
Uncomplicated Malaria
Investigating the Pharmacology of Tafenoquine in Papua New Guinean Children With Uncomplicated Malaria
Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically widespread malaria species and the second largest contributor to symptomatic malaria worldwide.
- Trial name
- NCT07403643
- Testing
- Single dose tafenoquine (10 mg/kg), Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ), Artemether + Lumefantrine
- Where
- Papua New Guinea
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Curtin University