Table 2.
In Vivo Antimalarial Efficacy Using a Single Oral Dose of Trioxane Combined with Mefloquine Hydrochloride or Lumefantrine in P.berghei Infected Mice
trioxane | single oral dose (mg/kg)
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survival after infection (days) | avg survival | % parasitemia suppression1 | ||
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trioxane | adjuvant | dose | ||||
E-26 | 6 | mefloquine | 18 | 16, 35, 37, 60 | 37.0 | >99.9 |
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26 | 6 | mefloquine | 18 | 16, 60, 60, 60 | 49.0 | >99.9 |
26 | 6 | lumefantrine | 18 | 13, 16, 16, 60 | 26.3 | >99.9 |
26 | 150 | none | 0 | 7, 7, 9, 10 | 8.3 | 98 |
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27 | 6 | mefloquine | 18 | 16, 60, 60, 60 | 49.0 | >99.9 |
27 | 6 | lumefantrine | 18 | 16, 29, 60, 60 | 41.3 | >99.9 |
27 | 150 | none | 0 | 7, 60, 60, 60 | 46.8 | >99 |
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28 | 6 | mefloquine | 18 | 15, 29, 60, 60 | 41 | >99.9 |
30 | 6 | mefloquine | 18 | 18, 20, 20, 37 | 23.8 | >99.9 |
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31 | 6 | mefloquine | 18 | 35, 60, 60, 60 | 53.8 | >99.9 |
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31 | 150 | none | 0 | 7, 60, 60, 60 | 46.8 | >99.9 |
controls: | ||||||
vehicle (no drug) | 0 | 0 | 6, 7, 7, 15 | 8.8 | 0 | |
artemether(4b) | 6 | mefloquine | 18 | 29, 29, 36, 60 | 38.5 | >99.9 |
artemether(4b) | 6 | lumefantrine | 18 | 15, 16, 16, 29 | 19.0 | >99.9 |
mefloquine | 0 | 18 | 15, 16, 30, 31 | 23.0 | >99.9 | |
lumefantrine | 0 | 18 | 7, 7, 7, 35 | 14.0 | >99.9 |
determined on day 3 post infection