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NCT01047436
An Open Label Randomised Comparative Trial to Establish the Efficacy of 3 mg/kg ArTiMist™ When Compared to Intravenous Quinine in Children With Severe or Complicated Falciparum Malaria, or Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria With Gastrointestinal Complications
Phase 2 trial testing Quinine in Falciparum Malaria in 31 participants. Completed in 1 January 2010.
1 January 2010
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Proto Pharma Ltd |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 2 |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 31 |
| Start date | 1 December 2009 |
| Primary completion | 1 January 2010 |
| Estimated completion | 1 January 2010 |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Quinine (QUININE) — full drug profile →
- Artemether (ARTEMETHER) — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Falciparum Malaria — all drugs for Falciparum Malaria →
Sponsor
Proto Pharma Ltd — full company profile →
Who can join
Eligibility, any sex, with Falciparum Malaria. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
What's being measured
Primary outcomes are the specific endpoints the trial is designed to prove or disprove.
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Parasitological Success Defined as a Reduction in Parasite Count of ≥ 90% of Baseline at 24 Hours After the First Dose
Time frame: 24 hours after first dose -
Time for Parasite Count to Fall by 90% PCT(90)
Time frame: 3h (hours), 6h, 12h, 18h, 24h, 30h, 36h, 48h, 54h, 60h
The time taken for the parasite count to fall 90% from baseline -
Time for Parasite Count to Fall by 50% PCT(50)
Time frame: 3 h (hours) , 6h, 12h, 18h, 24h, 30h, 36h, 48h, 54h, 60h
The time taken for the parasite count to fall 50% from baseline
Sponsor's own description
The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of Artemether Sublingual Spray (ArTiMist™) with intravenous quinine in children with severe or complicated falciparum malaria, or children with uncomplicated malaria with gastrointestinal complications.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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The global pipeline of new medicines for the control and elimination of malaria.
Anthony MP, Burrows JN, Duparc S, Moehrle JJ, et al · · 2012 · cited 100× · PMID 22958514 · DOI 10.1186/1475-2875-11-316 -
Efficacy of a novel sublingual spray formulation of artemether in African children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
Bendel D, Rulisa S, Ansah P, Sirima S. · · 2015 · cited 2× · PMID 26303805 · DOI 10.1128/aac.00243-15
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Related trials
Other trials of Quinine
Trials testing the same drug.
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- NCT05720390 — Effects of Intragastric Quinine, Alone or Combined With L-leucine, on Postprandial Glycaemic Control · NA · completed
Other recruiting trials for Falciparum Malaria
Currently open trials in the same condition.
- NCT05911828 — A Study to Determine Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Different Orally Administered Regimens of the Combina · Phase 1 · recruiting
- NCT06529237 — Malaria Molecular Surveillance in Mozambique (Phase 2) · recruiting
Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01047436 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Proto Pharma Ltd
- Last refreshed: 26 January 2011
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