Status:

COMPLETED

Postpartum Primaquine in Breast Milk

Lead Sponsor:

University of Oxford

Collaborating Sponsors:

Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

Conditions:

Postpartum Women

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Plasmodium vivax and ovale infections both follow chronically relapsing courses, leading to cumulative morbidity and mortality. P. vivax is the second most common malaria worldwide, with an estimated ...

Detailed Description

This is a prospective open-label, single site, dense pharmacokinetic study of primaquine (0.5 mg/kg daily for 14 days) taken by postpartum lactating women. The study will take place the Shoklo Malari...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Mothers
  • Lactating woman \>= 18 years old
  • Planning to breastfeed for the duration of the study
  • Breastfeeding one infant 48 hours - 5 days old
  • Willingness and ability to comply with the study protocol for the duration of the study
  • Can understand information about the study and provide consent
  • Infants
  • • Healthy neonate 48 hours - 5 days old

Exclusion

  • Mothers
  • Known hypersensitivity to Primaquine (PMQ), defined as history of erythroderma/other severe cutaneous reaction, angioedema or anaphylaxis
  • Known Glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency in mother defined as G6PD activity \<70% of normal male population median by spectrophotometry
  • Presence of any condition which in the judgement of the investigator would place the participant at undue risk or interfere with the results of the study
  • Screening Hct \<33% by complete blood count (CBC)
  • Known history of severe jaundice in a previous child
  • Blood transfusion within the 3 months before screening

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 9 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 23 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

12 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06191458

Start Date

July 9 2024

End Date

February 23 2025

Last Update

June 10 2025

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Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU)

Mae Ramat, Changwat Tak, Thailand, 63140