Status:

COMPLETED

To Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability and PK of Intravenous Cipargamin in Participants With Severe Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria

Lead Sponsor:

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Collaborating Sponsors:

Wellcome Trust

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)

Conditions:

Severe Malaria

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-100 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify the safe and effective dose of intravenous cipargamin in participants with moderately severe and severe malaria. The study also intends to evaluate clinical t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Cohort 1: Participants aged ≥ 12 years with moderately severe malaria as defined in (prostration and/or repeated vomiting) without presence of other signs of severe malaria (and with high P. falciparum parasitemia (60,000-250,000 parasites per µl)
  • Subsequent Cohorts 2 to 5: Participants diagnosed with severe malaria as defined in modified version of WHO criteria and P. falciparum parasite count of ≥ 5000 per µl
  • Cohort 2: Participants aged ≥ 12 years
  • Cohort 3: Participants aged 6 - \< 12 years
  • Cohort 4: Participants aged 2 - \< 6 years
  • Cohort 5: Participants aged ≥ 6 months - \< 2 years

Exclusion

  • Exclusion criteria applying to all Cohorts 1 to 5:
  • Mixed Plasmodium infections
  • Treatment with quinine or artemisinin derivative or any other antimalarial drug or any antibiotic with known antimalarial activity within 12 hours of screening.
  • Signs/symptoms of severe malnutrition in general accordance with WHO guidelines:
  • Under 18 years: \<-3 Z-scores of WHO growth standard for weight-for-height/length (in children \< 5 years) or BMI for age (5-18 years), or very low mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC \< 115 mm in children \< 12 years, \< 160mm 12-18 years), or bilateral pitting edema
  • Over 18 years: BMI \< 16 kg/m2 or MUAC \< 160mm or bilateral pitting edema
  • Known underlying illness, surgical or medical condition, which is not related to ongoing event of severe malaria and which might jeopardize the participant's health in case of participation in the study or which might alter the distribution, metabolism or excretion of study treatment. For example:
  • neurological or neurodegenerative disorders,
  • cardiac, renal, or hepatic disease, diabetes,
  • epilepsy, cerebral palsy,
  • known or suspected to be HIV-1 positive and/or receiving antiretroviral treatment
  • malignancy of any organ system (other than localized basal cell carcinoma of the skin or in situ cervical cancer), treated or untreated, within the past 5 years, regardless of whether there is evidence of local recurrence or metastases
  • known or suspected cases of active infections or concurrent febrile illness such as TB, Typhoid, COVID-19 etc.
  • Additional exclusion criteria are as follows:
  • Exclusion criteria for Cohort 1:
  • ALT \> 5 x the upper limit of normal range (ULN), regardless the level of total bilirubin
  • Total bilirubin is \> 3 mg/dL
  • Body weight of \< 35 kg or \>75 kg
  • Exclusion criteria for Cohort 2:
  • Body weight of \< 35 kg or \>75 kg
  • Participants diagnosed as moderately severe malaria due to repeated vomiting without presence of any of the symptoms of severe malaria
  • Exclusion criteria for Cohorts 3 to 5:
  • Body weight of \< 5 kg
  • Participants diagnosed as moderately severe malaria due to repeated vomiting without presence of any of the symptoms of severe malaria

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 7 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 20 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

254 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04675931

Start Date

March 7 2022

End Date

August 20 2025

Last Update

December 22 2025

Active Locations (9)

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Novartis Investigative Site

Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso, 2208

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Novartis Investigative Site

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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Novartis Investigative Site

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 13BP972

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Novartis Investigative Site

Agboville, Côte d’Ivoire, BP 154