Chloroquine (CQ) and Azithromycin (AZ) Combination for Malaria Prophylaxis
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Official title
A Phase 2a Open Label Study of the Safety and Efficacy of a Single Dose of Weekly Chloroquine (CQ) and Azithromycin (AZ) Administered in Combination for Malaria Prophylaxis in Healthy Adults Challenged With 7G8 Chloroquine-Resistant Plasmodium Falciparum in a Controlled Human Malaria Infection (CHMI) Model
Brief summary
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This is an open label, Phase 2 study with controlled human malaria infection (CHMI). Twenty three subjects will be enrolled into 2 groups (15 subjects in the Chloroquine-Azithromycin \[CQ/AZ\] Intervention Group, and 8 subjects in the Chloroquine \[CQ\] Group). The CQ/AZ Group will receive experimental intervention of 300 mg of CQ and 2 g of azithromycin (AZ). The CQ Group will receive 300 mg of CQ only. All subjects will participate in the CHMI and will be required to stay at a hotel for evaluation for a maximum of 14 nights starting 7 days after the challenge. A standard dose of atovaquone-proguanil (Malarone®) will be administered to all symptomatic parasitemic subjects under directly observed treatment.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03278808
- Recruitment status
- Withdrawn
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 50 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 16, 2018
- Primary completion
- Dec 29, 2019
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2019
- Last update posted
- Feb 26, 2020
2018 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Research Unit, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences | Bethesda | Maryland | 20814 | — |
| WRAIR | Silver Spring | Maryland | 20910 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 26, 2020 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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