A pilot randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of two 14-day primaquine regimens for the radical cure of vivax malaria in South India.

Kavitha SaravuChaitanya TellapragadaShrivathsa KulavalliWilbin XavierShashikiran UmakanthGouthami BrahmarouphuNavyasree Kola SrinivasJagadish Puralae ChannabasavaiahAnzil BavaAbdul Vahab SaadiVasudev GuddattuKapaettu SatyamoorthyKrishnamurthy Bhat

Published in: Malaria journal (2018)

This small pilot trial supports the effectiveness of the currently recommended lower dose (0.25 mg/kg/day) 14 day PQ regimen for the radical cure of vivax malaria in South India. Trial registration Clinical Trials Registry-India, CTRI/2017/03/007999. Registered 3 March 2017, http://ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/regtrial.php?modid=1&compid=19&EncHid=82755.86366 .

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
clinical trial
randomized controlled trial
study protocol
systematic review
phase ii
double blind