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This is an open-label pharmacokinetic study in 24 healthy Thai participants. Participants will be admitted in the inpatient ward and each participant will attend a total of 4 visits, including one screening visit and three hospital admissions. Participants will be randomized into one of six groups.
Each group will receive 3 drug regimens consisting of (1) piperaquine, (2) pyronaridine plus artesunate, or (3) piperaquine, pyronaridine, and artesunate, administered once per day for three consecutive days in different sequential orders.
After each regimen, participants will be followed up for six weeks for clinical assessments and laboratory evaluations to study the pharmacokinetics. A washout period of at least eight weeks will be implemented between each regimen.
This study is funded by the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), Tokyo, Japan, under grant number G2025-117.
This study will enroll 24 healthy Thai participants. Participants will complete one screening visit and three inpatient study periods.
Participants will be randomly assigned to one of six study groups and will receive three different study drugs in a crossover design, as described below:
Each treatment study drug will be administered for three consecutive days. The order of administration will differ by study group as follows:
Group 1 (n = 4): Study drug 1 → Study drug 2 → Study drug 3
Group 2 (n = 4): Study drug 1 → Study drug 3 → Study drug 2
Group 3 (n = 4): Study drug 2 → Study drug 1 → Study drug 3
Group 4 (n = 4): Study drug 2 → Study drug 3 → Study drug 1
Group 5 (n = 4): Study drug 3 → Study drug 1 → Study drug 2
Group 6 (n = 4): Study drug 3 → Study drug 2 → Study drug 1
After each treatment period, participants will be followed for six weeks, during which seven follow-up visits will be conducted for clinical assessments and blood sampling. A washout period of at least eight weeks will be observed between treatment periods to allow for complete elimination of the study drugs from the body.
Each participant will take part in the study for about 6 months. The entire study is expected to last about 12 months.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group 1 (Piperaquine → Artesunate-pyronaridine → Piperaquine plus artesunate-pyronaridine) | Experimental |
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| Group 2 (Piperaquine → Piperaquine plus artesunate-pyronaridine → Artesunate-pyronaridine) | Experimental |
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| Group 3 (Artesunate-pyronaridine → Piperaquine → Piperaquine plus artesunate-pyronaridine) | Experimental |
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| Group 4 (Artesunate-pyronaridine → Piperaquine plus artesunate-pyronaridine → Piperaquine) | Experimental |
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| Group 5 (Piperaquine plus artesunate-pyronaridine → Piperaquine → artesunate-pyronaridine) | Experimental |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Piperaquine | Drug | Piperaquine is an antimalarial medicine normally combined with an artemisinin derivative in the combination therapy dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine. |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of adverse events | Adverse events will be assessed as one of safety and tolerability parameters. | Approximately 6 months |
| Number of events concerning of abnormal electrocardiographic | Electrocardiographic changes especially QTc interval prolongation will be assessed as one of safety and tolerability parameters. | Approximately 6 months |
| Number of events concerning of abnormal vital signs | Abnormal vital signs will be assessed as one of safety and tolerability parameters. | Approximately 6 months |
| Number of events concerning of abnormal laboratory values | Abnormal laboratory values will be assessed as one of safety and tolerability parameters. | Approximately 6 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC∞) | Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC∞) of piperaquine, pyronaridine and artesunate and their metabolites when given alone and in combination. | Approximately 6 months |
| Area under the concentration-time curve (AUClast) |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Healthy as judged by a responsible physician with no abnormality identified on a medical evaluation including medical history and physical examination.
Male or female non-smoker aged between 18 years to 60 years, weighting between 45 and 85 kg.
A female is eligible to participate in this study if she is:
Normal electrocardiogram (ECG) with QTc <450 msec.
Willingness and ability to comply with the study protocol for the duration of the trial.
Participants is willing and able to give written informed consent for participation in the study
Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Kittiyod C Poovorawan, MD | Contact | +662 2036333 | kittiyod.poo@mahidol.ac.th | |
| Thomas Peto, PhD | Contact | +662 2036333 | Tom@tropmedres.ac |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Medical Therapeutic Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine | Bangkok | 10400 | Thailand |
With participant's consent, participant's clinical data and results from blood analyses stored in our database may be shared with other researchers to use in the future in accordance with the current Data Sharing Policy. However, the other researchers will not be given any information that could identify the participant.
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| ID | Term |
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| D008288 | Malaria |
| ID | Term |
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| D011528 | Protozoan Infections |
| D010272 | Parasitic Diseases |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D000096724 | Mosquito-Borne Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| C034759 | piperaquine |
| C000712628 | pyronaridine tetraphosphate, artesunate drug combination |
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| Group 6 (Piperaquine plus artesunate-pyronaridine → artesunate-pyronaridine → Piperaquine) | Experimental |
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| Artesunate-pyronaridine (Pyramax) | Drug | Artesunate-pyronaridine is a medicine that contains the active substances pyronaridine tetraphosphate and artesunate. |
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| Piperaquine and artesunate-pyronaridine (Pyramax) | Drug | Piperaquine is an antimalarial medicine. Artesunate-pyronaridine is a medicine that contains the active substances pyronaridine tetraphosphate and artesunate. |
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Area under the concentration-time curve (AUClast) of piperaquine, pyronaridine and artesunate and their metabolites when given alone and in combination. |
| Approximately 6 months |
| Maximum concentration (Cmax) | Maximum concentration (Cmax) of piperaquine, pyronaridine and artesunate and their metabolites when given alone and in combination. | Approximately 6 months |
| Elimination clearance (CL/F) | Elimination clearance (CL/F) of piperaquine, pyronaridine and artesunate and their metabolites when given alone and in combination. | Approximately 6 months |
| Terminal elimination half-life (t1/2) | Terminal elimination half-life (t1/2) of piperaquine, pyronaridine and artesunate and their metabolites when given alone and in combination. | Approximately 6 months |
| Apparent volume of distribution (Vd) | Apparent volume of distribution (Vd) of piperaquine, pyronaridine and artesunate and their metabolites when given alone and in combination. | Approximately 6 months |
| D000079426 |
| Vector Borne Diseases |