Chemoprevention regimen | Trials | ||
Drug | Dose | Frequency | |
Chloroquine | 300 mg | Weekly | Cot 1992 BFA; Cot 1995 CMR; Ndyomugyenyi 2000 UGA; Villegas 2007 THA |
Pyrimethamine | 100 mg | Monthly | Morley 1964 NGA |
25 mg | Weekly | Nahlen 1989 NGA | |
Proguanil | 100 mg | Daily | Fleming 1986 NGA |
Pyrimethamine‐dapsone | 25 mg/100 mg | Every two weeks | Greenwood 1989 GMB |
12.5 mg/100 mg | Weekly | Menendez 1994 GMB | |
Sulfadoxine‐pyrimethamine | 1500 mg/75 mg | One to two doses | Shulman 1999 KEN |
Two doses | Challis 2004 MOZ; Menendez 2008 MOZ; Njagi 2003i KEN; Parise 1998i KEN | ||
Up to four doses | Mbaye 2006 GMB | ||
Monthly | Parise 1998ii KEN | ||
Mefloquine | 500 mg loading dose, 250 mg weekly for 4 weeks, 125 mg weekly until delivery | Weekly | Nosten 1994 THA |